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Tyrone Wells is an American singer-songwriter from
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Career

Wells was born in
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and raised in Spokane, Washington. He has said in interviews that he was inspired by his older sisters who "brought out the music in me" but did not begin songwriting until his move to California. While attending
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in Southern California, Wells joined the band Sinai in 1994 turning out two LPs on Say-Sos Records before signing with Word Records and renaming the band Skypark for their 1998 Dove Award-nominated album ''Am I Pretty?''. In 2000, Wells launched his solo career, playing acoustic shows in
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. In 2006, Wells signed a recording contract with
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. They re-released his independent album ''Hold On'' on the internet in 2006, and released it in stores on February 6, 2007. On ''Hold On'', Wells worked with producers Chris Karn and
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. Wells released his solo album ''Remain'' on January 27, 2009. The first single from ''Remain'', "More", reached No. 13 on the Triple A radio charts. The second single "Sink or Swim" was used in promos for the season 6 premiere of ''
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''. In September 2010, Wells's song "Time of Our Lives" was used in the series finale promo for American daytime soap opera, ''
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'', as well as ''
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'' episode, "Memory Lane" (season 2, episode 4).


''Remain'' album

Wells traveled to London to work on ''Remain''. "Half of the album was done in London and the other half completed in the States," says Wells. "I didn't know what kind of record I was going to make before I got to London, but something just seemed to click while I was there that really defined what I wanted to do with this album." Wells worked with songwriter and producer Martin Terefe (
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, James Morrison) and
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) in the U.S. The song "Losing Ground", one of a handful of production/songwriting collaborations between Wells and Terefe, was written and demoed in less than 3 hours during their first writing session together.


''Metal and Wood'' EP

The 2010 independently released EP, ''Metal & Wood'', saw Wells return to his acoustic, singer-songwriter roots. The album spent nearly three weeks at No. 1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter album chart, with the track "Running Around in My Dreams" topping the song chart.


''Where We Meet'' album

Released on March 3, 2012, ''Where We Meet'', ushered in a new beginning for Wells. His fourth full-length album and first since leaving a major label, ''Where We Meet'' embraced both sides of Wells' acoustic vulnerability and pop rock irresistibility. The album's first single, "Freedom", spawned a music video and was used in trailers for Disney's ''
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''. ''Where We Meet'' debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter album chart, reached the top ten of iTunes overall and No. 3 on the ''Billboard''
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chart.


''This Love'' album

The recording of ''This Love'' found Tyrone Wells in the studio on and off throughout most of 2012. Tyrone teamed up again with producer Michael "Smidi" Smith. Smidi produced nearly half of Tyrone's sophomore major label release (Universal Republic), ''Remain'', as well as being responsible for 7 of the 8 songs on Tyrone's acoustic EP ''Metal & Wood''. About ''This Love'', Tyrone says, "I did my best to make a mostly acoustic record. I always find myself listening to acoustic music, so I did my best to build the record around the acoustic guitar and make an organic sounding CD that I would enjoy listening to. Smidi was the perfect choice to produce this record. Smidi does a fantastic job of not getting in the way and helping really serve each song." ''This Love'' debuted at No. 2 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter album chart and reached No. 19 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseakers chart.


Personal life

Tyrone and his wife Elina have three daughters named Aria Lian, Ireland Mele, and Taya Aika Neal Wells. A video of him singing to Aria went viral in 2014. Tyrone and Elina also have an album together.


Discography


Studio albums

* ''Tyrone Wells'' (2001, True American Records) * ''Snapshot'' (2003, True American Records) * ''Close: Live at McClain's'' (2005) Position Music/True American Records) * ''Hold On'' (2006, Position Music/True American Records) * ''Remain'' (2009,
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U.S.) No. 17 ''Billboard''
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* ''Metal and Wood'' (2010, Position Music) * ''Where We Meet'' (2012, Position Music) * ''This Love'' (2012, Position Music) * ''Beautiful World EP'' (2012, Position Music) * ''The Christmas Album'' (2013, Position Music) * ''Roll with It'' (2015) * ''Days I Will Remember'' (2018)


Singles

* "
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" (2006, Universal Records) * "What Are We Fighting For?" (2007, Universal Records) * "Patience" (2008,
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) * "More" (2009, Universal Records) * "Freedom" (2012, Position Music) * "Rise Again" (2018)


References


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