Greg Wells
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| Greg Wells | |
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 Greg Wells at Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock, pop, classical, jazz |
| Occupations | Record producer, songwriter, musician, mix engineer |
| Instruments | Piano, Synthesizer, drums, guitar, bass, Hammond B3 |
| Website | GregWells.net |
Greg Wells is a Grammy nominated record producer and songwriter [1] based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Katy Perry, Mika, OneRepublic, Pink, Rufus Wainwright, Colbie Caillat, Jamie Cullum, Alexz Johnson, Deftones, Otep, The Veronicas, Jessie Baylin, Kyosuke Himuro and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, Creeper Lagoon, Natasha Bedingfield, Team Sleep, Jars of Clay, Anna Waronker, Hilary Duff, Hanson, Latin popstar Belinda, and the Count Basie Orchestra.
[edit] Career highlights
- One Republic
- produced worldwide #1 hit "Apologize". Wells produced the remix by Timbaland and the original version by OneRepublic making it one of the most successful selling and charting songs of the decade.[2] "Apologize" has sold in excess of 10 million singles worldwide, and stayed at #1 for eight consecutive weeks on Billboard's Pop 100. "Apologize" is now the second-highest legally downloaded song in US digital history.[3] "Apologize" is number 50 on the definitive list of Billboard's Hot 100 All-Time Songs from the chart's first 50 years, August 1958 through July 2008; achieving this status after it spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top 10.
- Katy Perry
- produced #1 U.S. Top 40 hit single "Waking Up In Vegas", and co-wrote with Perry "UR So Gay".
- Mika
- produced and mixed UK artist's debut record Life In Cartoon Motion, sold 6 million albums worldwide, including international #1 smash Grace Kelly.
- Celine Dion
- co-wrote the hit song "The Reason", working with Beatles producer Sir George Martin on the 31 million selling album Let's Talk About Love.
Recent releases include:
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- new album by Katy Perry - to be released in 2010
- new album by Rachel Goodrich - to be released in 2010
- new album by J Davey - to be released in 2010
- Just Like You by Allison Iraheta
- For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert
- The Pursuit by Jamie Cullum
- The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Mika
- Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika
- One of the Boys by Katy Perry
- Apologize by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
- Funhouse by Pink
- Dreaming Out Loud by OneRepublic
- Poses by Rufus Wainwright
- Team Sleep by Team Sleep
- Deftones by Deftones
- House of Secrets by Otep
- Hook Me Up by The Veronicas
- Much Afraid by Jars of Clay
[edit] References
- ^ GRAMMY.com
- ^ Billboard.com delivers Music Chart Coverage- Find Digital Music Charts
- ^ http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20080904/LATH03704092008-1.html
