William Ernest Weeks
Willie Weeks, born William Ernest Weeks (5 August 1986, Winchester, United Kingdom), is a multi-platinum and grammy nominated British artist, songwriter, and producer.[1] He achieved his first Billboard #1 in 2013 with the double-Grammy and ASCAP winning artist, Matt Redman, and has since worked and contributed music for notable artists worldwide such as; BTS, Monsta X, Cravity, Taeyeon, SF9, TVXQ, Mark & Xiumin, Oh My Girl, Jake Isaac, and Newton Faulkner.
Career
His first big commercial achievement came in 2013, writing for Matt Redman’s US Billboard topping album, `Your Grace Finds Me´. Weeks has since been involved in other songs for Redman´s albums, including; These Christmas Lights,[2] Unbroken Praise and Glory Song.[3] He was also a part of writing '27 Million', a song by Matt Redman and LZ7, who released it with the intention to raise awareness for the anti-human trafficking movement. The record was in support of the A21 Campaign, with the aim to abolish modern day slavery. The song reached #12 in the UK official singles chart.[4]
One of Weeks´ big breakthroughs into Kpop was writing the song `Wishing on a Star´ for BTS’s album ”Youth” in 2016. Since then, Weeks has written and produced several major hit songs which led the UKP magazine to name him `the brain behind K-pop´[5]
Recent achievements have been writing the Monsta X songs `Follow`, which reached #1 on the Gaon Music Chart, `Fantasia´[6][7] that reached #1 in the US iTunes chart[8] and `Love Killa´. Other K-pop artists that Weeks has written songs for include; Cravity,[9] Taeyeon,[10] SF9,[11] Mark & Xiumin and Oh My Girl[12]
Further artists that Weeks has had commercial success with as a songwriter and producer include Newton Faulkner,[13] TVXQ and Kizzy Crawford[14]
References
- ^ "INTERVIEW Willie Weeks". issuu. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ These Christmas Lights - Matt Redman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-03
- ^ Glory Song - Matt Redman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-03
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "INTERVIEW Willie Weeks". issuu. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "[NEWS] MONSTA X works with Willie Weeks and OLLIPOP for "FANTASIA X"". UnitedKpop. 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ Cage, Matthew (2020-05-24). "MONSTA X reveals preview of Fantasia X, their new album". Somag News. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ "iTunesCharts.net: 'FANTASIA X' by MONSTA X (American Albums iTunes Chart)". www.itunescharts.net. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "[NEWS] Cravity work with UK producer Willie Weeks on latest album". UnitedKpop. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "[NEWS] TAEYEON Works With UK Producer Willie Weeks on "#GirlsSpkOut"". UnitedKpop. 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "[NEWS] SF9 works with Willie Weeks and Chris Meyers for "9loryus"". UnitedKpop. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ jdbae (2019-05-12). "Album Review: Oh My Girl - The Fifth Season". hellokpop. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Hit the Ground Running - Newton Faulkner | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-04
- ^ "Newest Releases | Freestyle Records". Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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