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William Gregory Wells (born 1968) is a Canadian
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, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and
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. He has worked with
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, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber,
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. Throughout his career, Wells has written or produced projects selling a cumulative 130 million units. A classically and jazz trained multi-instrumentalist, Wells is featured as a drummer in ''
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'',"Features: Greg Wells"
''Modern Drummer'', Stephen Belans, July 2016.
as a pianist in ''
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'', as a synth programmer in ''
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'', as a songwriter in ''
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'' and ''
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'', and as a producer, mix engineer, and music maker on the cover of '' Mix'' with
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in the May 2017 edition.


Early life

Wells grew up in the town of
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, Canada, the son of
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Reverend Dr. Bill Wells. At age 11, he was in a wheelchair unable to walk for two years with Perthes' disease. Wells attended Adam Scott CVI, learned to play several instruments, and joined many musical ensembles in his hometown from the local orchestra to bar bands to being a church organist/choir director, as well as DJing dances and presenting a weekly radio show on Trent University Radio CFFF-FM. He studied classical piano, drums, pipe organ, orchestral percussion and music theory at Toronto's
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. At age 15, Wells was awarded the top prize out of all categories in the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival, the Founders Award, and represented Peterborough twice at the Kiwanis Music Provincial Finals for the province of Ontario. At age 17, he attended the
Humber College The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, rebranded as Humber Polytechnic since 2024, is a public Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, Humber has three mai ...
Jazz Music Program in Toronto as a piano major.


Career

After moving from Peterborough to Toronto at age 17, Wells worked as a live and studio musician with Canadian musicians
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and
Kim Mitchell Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billbo ...
. 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
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arts grant to study in California with
Clare Fischer Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorat ...
, composer and string arranger for
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. He traveled to Los Angeles at age 21 with the intention of returning to Canada, but Fischer began recommending Wells as a pianist. Wells joined
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's band soon afterward, performing with her on the
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where she won Best Pop Female Vocal. His first recorded song as a songwriter was with
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on the double platinum '' Nine Lives'', followed by " The Reason" on
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's 31 million selling album, ''
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''. DreamWorks executive
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tapped Wells in 2001 to produce
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. Songwriter
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started collaborating with Wells in 2003. Wells then produced, mixed and played most of the instruments on
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's 6 million selling #1 debut album ''
Life In Cartoon Motion ''Life in Cartoon Motion'' is the debut album released by British singer-songwriter Mika. The album was produced by Greg Wells, mixed by Wells, with co-production on two songs by Jodi Marr and John Merchant. The album was released via Casabl ...
''. In 2007, Wells produced both
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's and
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'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. The biggest selling worldwide album of 2018 '' The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' was produced and mixed by Wells. Wells has designed best selling music software, creating the "El Rey" compressor plugin with Acustica Audio and Studio DMI, and a signature series of plugins with
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. Wells,
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and
Nina Woodford Nina Woodford-Wells is a Swedish-American songwriter. Career Nina Woodford (born 13 July 1979) Stockholm, is the daughter of the Swedish music producer Sten Sandahl, and the Black American social anthropologist Prudence Woodford-Berger. At the a ...
co-wrote (with Wells producing and mixing) the 2019 Special Olympics theme song "Right Where I'm Supposed To Be", executive produced by
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. The song was performed by
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,
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,
Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito". Fonsi received his first Latin ...
,
Hussain Al Jassmi Hussain Al Jassmi (; born August 25, 1979) is an Emirati singer and musician who is well known in the Arab world. Al Jassmi was born in Khorfakkan in August 1979 to an Emirati father and an Egyptian mother. He released his first single "Bawada'a ...
,
Assala Nasri Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri (; born 15 May 1969), commonly known as Assala (), is a Syrian singer. Early life and career Assala was born in Damascus, Syria to a middle class Arab family. Mostafa Nasri, Assala's father, was a revered composer a ...
and
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live at the opening ceremonies in Abu Dhabi. Wells produced the
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and
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nominated song "
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" performed by
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for the 2019 film ''
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'', an adaptation of the 1981 musical of the same name. The song is co-produced with ''Cats'' creator
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, and written by Taylor Swift and Lloyd Webber. Wells received a Grammy nomination for co-producing and mixing all songs for
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's 2021 movie and soundtrack album ''
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'', directed by
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. Wells worked on a second film with Alex Lacamoire and Miranda, the animated hit movie musical ''
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'' directed by
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. Wells also worked on a third film for Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut, mixing the songs in the musical film '' Tick, Tick... Boom!''. Wells is the music producer, mix engineer, and multi-instrumentalist for both ''
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'' films and soundtrack albums.


Personal life

Wells is married to Swedish songwriter
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. He has six children. He worked out of his studio in Los Angeles until it was destroyed along with his home in January 2025 during the
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.


Credits

*''
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'' - Wells is music producer for all songs in both films and soundtrack albums, mix engineer and rhythm section multi-instrumentalist playing drums, keyboards, bass and guitars. *
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at the
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Wells co-produced, mixed, performed piano, and co-wrote the song "Never Break" from the album ''
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''. *
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– '' 21'', the best-selling album of the 21st century, co-wrote the song "One and Only" *'' The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' – Wells won a 2019
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for 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 is the best-selling worldwide album of 2018. *
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– 2× Platinum album '' Vessel'' produced and mixed. *''
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'' – received 5th Grammy nomination for co-producing and mixing the songs with
Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist. He created the Broadway musicals '' In the Heights'' and ''Hamilton'', and the soundtracks for the animated films '' Moana' ...
,
Alex Lacamoire Alex Lacamoire (born May 24, 1975) is a Cuban-American composer, arranger, conductor, musical director, music copyist, and orchestrator who has worked on many shows both on and off-Broadway. He is the recipient of multiple Tony and Grammy A ...
, and
Bill Sherman Bill Sherman is an American composer, producer, arranger, and orchestrator. He is known for his work on ''In the Heights'', ''Hamilton'', and ''Sesame Street''. Sherman is also a member of Team Supreme that co-hosts the Questlove Supreme podcast ...
. *
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– produced the
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and
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nominated song "
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". *
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and
OneRepublic OneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado, formed in 2002. The lineup currently consists of Ryan Tedder (lead vocals, piano), Zach Filkins (guitar, viola), Drew Brown (musician), Drew Brown (guitar), Brent Kutzle ( ...
– produced worldwide number 1 hit " Apologize", both the
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remix and the original version. *
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– produced, mixed, and played electric guitar, drums, piano and bass guitar on Mika's chart-topping debut single "
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Awards

Wells received the Pensado Giant Award at the 2017 Pensado Awards for achievements in the field of record-making. He has been nominated for a Grammy six times, won a Grammy in 2019 for his production and mixing on ''The Greatest Showman'' film and soundtrack album, and in 2023 won a 2nd Grammy for
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's album ''Higher''. In June 2015, Wells was awarded an honorary degree from his alma mater Humber College, a music school in Toronto. Wells was nominated as producer of the year in 2000 and 2019 at the Canadian Juno Awards. , - ! scope="row" ,
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, " Love Today" ,
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording (formerly known as Best Dance Recording) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists f ...
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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, '' Teenage Dream'' ,
Grammy Award for Album of the Year The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the The Recording Academy, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the r ...
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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, '' The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' ,
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media The Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media has been awarded since 2000. History In 2000 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album, and from 2001 to 2011 as Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for ...
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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
, '' In The Heights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' ,
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media The Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media has been awarded since 2000. History In 2000 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album, and from 2001 to 2011 as Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for ...
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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
, '' Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella'' ,
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award is generally given to the album's producers, principal vocalist(s), and the composer and lyricist if they have written a new score which comprises 51% or more ...
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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
, '' Higher'' ,
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References


External links


Wells interviewed in ''Variety'' July 2018

Wells interviewed in ''The Advocate'' August 2018

Wells interviewed by Grammys June 2018

Wells interviewed in ''Electronic Musician'' magazine, Dec 2011

Wells interviewed in ''American Songwriter'', Nov 2011


{{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Greg Living people Canadian male songwriters Canadian record producers Grammy Award winners Humber College alumni Musicians from Peterborough, Ontario 21st-century Canadian male musicians 1968 births