Greg Wells
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Birth name | William Gregory Wells jazz |
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Years active | 1998–present |
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William Gregory Wells (born September 21, 1968) is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer. He has worked with
A classically trained multi-instrumentalist, Wells is featured as a drummer in Modern Drummer,[3] as a pianist in Keyboard, as a synth programmer in Electronic Musician, as a songwriter in American Songwriter and Billboard, and as a producer, mix engineer, and music maker on the cover of Mix with Ryan Tedder in the May 2017 edition.
Awards
Wells received the Pensado Giant Award at the 2017 Pensado Awards for achievements in the field of record-making.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2008[7] | "Love Today" | Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
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Nominated |
2011[7] | Teenage Dream | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Nominated |
2019[7] | The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Won |
2022[7] | In The Heights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated |
2022[7] | Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella | Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated |
2023[7] | Michael Bublé: Higher | Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Won |
Early life
Wells grew up in the town of
Career
After moving from Peterborough to Toronto at age 17, Wells worked as a live and studio musician with Canadian musicians Rob McConnell and Kim Mitchell.[12] He joined Kim Mitchell's band at age 19. Wells recorded keyboards and backing vocals on Mitchell's Rockland, toured Canada several times with the band, and won the award for Best Keyboardist at the 1990 Toronto Music Awards.
Wells was awarded a
His first recorded song as a songwriter was with
In 2007, Wells produced both Timbaland's and OneRepublic's version of the song, "Apologize". The song ranked number 50 on the list of the Billboard Hot 100's All-Time Top Songs list from the chart's first 50 years. It stayed at number one for eight consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop 100 chart, and spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top 10. It was ranked number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[14]
The biggest selling worldwide album of 2018
Wells has designed best selling music software, creating the "El Rey" compressor plugin with Acustica Audio and Studio DMI,[16] and a signature series of plugins with Waves Audio.[17]
Wells,
Wells produced the
Wells received a Grammy nomination for co-producing and mixing all songs for Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2021 movie and soundtrack album In the Heights,[20] directed by Jon M. Chu. Wells worked on a second film with Alex Lacamoire and Miranda, the animated hit movie musical Vivo (film) directed by Kirk DeMicco.[21] Wells also worked on a third film for Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut, mixing the songs in the musical film Tick, Tick... Boom!.[22]
Personal life
Wells is married to Swedish songwriter Nina Woodford. He has six children. He works out of his studio in Los Angeles.[2]
Credits
- In the Heights – received 5th Grammy nomination for mixing songs for the film and co-producing the soundtrack album with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, and Bill Sherman.
- 63rd Grammy Awards.
- Adele – "One and Only" on Adele's 21, the best-selling album of the 21st century, and one of the best-selling albums of all time.
- Grammy Awardfor producing and mixing this number 1 album on iTunes in 77 countries, number 1 in the UK album sales chart for 28 weeks, number 1 in the US album sales chart for three weeks, with the single "This Is Me" winning a 2018 Golden Globe and nominated/performed on the 2018 Academy Awards. The album was the biggest selling album of 2018 worldwide.
- Twenty One Pilots – produced and mixed 2× Platinum album Vessel.[3]
- Grammy nominated song "Beautiful Ghosts".
- Timbaland and OneRepublic – produced worldwide number 1 hit "Apologize", both the Timbaland remix released first and the OneRepublic original version.[23]
- Mika – produced, mixed, and played electric guitar, drums, piano and bass guitar on Mika's chart-topping debut single "Grace Kelly" from the album Life in Cartoon Motion which stayed at number 1 for seven weeks in the UK.
- Celine Dion 31 million selling album Let's Talk About Love, cowrote #1 European single "The Reason" (Celine Dion song)
References
- ^ "Greg Wells on ASCAP".
- ^ a b c d "Meet the London, Ont.-born music producer who's worked with Michael Bublé, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Quincy Jones and John Legend (To name a few)". Toronto Star. March 25, 2022.
- ^ a b "Features: Greg Wells". Modern Drummer, Stephen Belans, July 2016.
- ^ "Fourth annual Pensado awards honor Greg Wells". Mix Online
- ^ "Grammys 2023: Winners List". The New York Times. February 5, 2023.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ a b c d e f "Greg Wells". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Musician returns to church that seeded career" Archived August 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Peterborough Examiner, By Jessica Nyznik, March 7, 2016
- ^ "Peterborough’s music pedigree a secret no more". My Kawartha, Dec 12, 2014 by Paul Rellinger.
- ^ a b "Producer Extraordinaire Greg Wells: Pop Passions, Musical Obsessions and the Greatest Showman". January 28, 2019.
- ^ "Alumnus Greg Wells Wins Grammy Award | the Royal Conservatory of Music".
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Apologize OneRepublic Inside the Track #4 - Videos - Mix with the Masters". March 2, 2017.
- ^ "The Greatest Showman soundtrack named best-selling album of 2018". March 13, 2019.
- ^ "El Rey - Acustica Audio".
- ^ "Greg Wells Signature Series | Bundles". Waves. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 Launches Official Pop Anthem Produced by Grammy Award Winner, Greg Wells". March 11, 2019.
- ^ ""Beautiful Ghosts" (From The Motion Picture Cats) by Taylor Swift". Tidal. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Greg Wells". grammy.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ "Jaxsta".
- ^ "THE tick, tick...BOOM! SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX FILM DIRECTED BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA OUT TODAY!". November 12, 2021.
- ^ ""Billboard Chart Beat"". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007.