Greg Wells

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Greg Wells

Greg Wells at Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles.
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 multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter [1] based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written with Adele, The All American Rejects, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Rufus Wainwright, OneRepublic, Mika, Otep, Deftones, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,Alexz Johnson, Colbie Caillat, Jamie Cullum, The Veronicas, Jessie Baylin, Kyosuke Himuro and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, Creeper Lagoon, Celine Dion, Crash Test Dummies, Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John, Team Sleep, Jars of Clay, and the Count Basie Orchestra.

[edit] Career highlights

  • Adele
    • co-wrote the song "One and Only" on Adele's album "21".
  • Mika
  • Katy Perry
  • OneRepublic
    • 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.
  • Celine Dion

[edit] References

  1. ^ GRAMMY.com
  2. ^ Billboard.com delivers Music Chart Coverage- Find Digital Music Charts
  3. ^ http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20080904/LATH03704092008-1.html

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