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Will Champlin | |
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Birth name | William Christopher Champlin |
Also known as | KillWill |
Born | Reseda, California U.S. | April 24, 1983
Genres | Pop, pop rock, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, banjo, piano, acoustic guitar, drums |
Years active | 2000–present |
Website | http://willchamplin.com/ |
William Christopher Champlin (born April 24, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his appearance on Season 5 of the NBC singing competition The Voice as part of Adam Levine's team. He finished in third place behind Jacquie Lee, the runner-up, and Tessanne Chin, the winner of the season. [1]
Before his participation on The Voice, Champlin reached some success as a songwriter. He collaborated with Michael Caruso and provided backing vocals for Ace Young's self-titled album, and also played piano on Michael Jackson's posthumous compilation album Michael, on the song " (I Like) The Way You Love Me". He was nominated in the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album category, for co-writing "Ordinary Me", which appears on Heather Headley's album Audience of One. Audience of One was awarded the 2010 Grammy in its category. [2]
He is now the lead singer of the gritty rock band Valley of Wolves. [3] They made their debut in 2018 with the release of the Album 'Out for Blood'. In 2019 they released 'Take it All' [ citation needed] and in 2021 'Outlaws' was released. [3]
On the fourth episode of the Blind Auditions broadcast on October 1, 2013, he performed Gavin DeGraw's song " Not Over You". Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton turned their chairs but he opted to join Adam Levine. [4] [5]
In the Battle Rounds, Wolpert won, and Champlin was stolen by Aguilera. In the Knockout Rounds, Schuler won, and Champlin was then stolen back from Aguilera by Levine.
Stage | Song | Original Artist | Date | Order | Result |
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Blind Audition | " Not Over You" | Gavin DeGraw | October 1, 2013 | 4.1 |
Adam Levine,
Cee Lo Green, and
Blake Shelton turned Joined Team Adam |
Battle Rounds | " Radioactive" (vs. James Wolpert) | Imagine Dragons | October 21, 2013 | 9.6 | Defeated Stolen by Christina Aguilera |
Knockout Rounds | " When I Was Your Man" (vs. Matthew Schuler) | Bruno Mars | October 29, 2013 | 12.8 | Defeated Stolen by Adam Levine |
Live Playoffs | " Secrets" | OneRepublic | November 4, 2013 | 13.7 | Saved by Coach |
Live Top 12 | " Demons" | Imagine Dragons | November 11, 2013 | 16.12 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 10 | " Love Me Again" | John Newman | November 18, 2013 | 18.3 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 8 | " At Last" | Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday | November 25, 2013 | 20.6 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 6 | " A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke | December 2, 2013 | 22.4 | Saved by Public Vote |
" Hey Brother" | Avicii | 22.10 | |||
Live Top 5 (Semi-finals) | " Carry On" | Fun | December 9, 2013 | 24.2 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Finale | " Not Over You" | Gavin DeGraw | December 16, 2013 | 26.2 | Third place |
" Tiny Dancer" (with Adam Levine) | Elton John | 26.6 | |||
" (Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Bryan Adams | 26.8 |
Champlin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. [6] He is the youngest son of Bill Champlin, former member of Chicago, and Tamara Champlin. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. [7] He has one daughter, Harper. [8]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US [9] | ||
Will Champlin |
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Borrowing Trouble |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US | CAN | |||
"Last Man Standing" | 2014 | — | — | Borrowing Trouble |
"Eye of the Pyramid" | — | — | ||
"Picasso in My Pocket" | 2018 | — | — | Picasso in My Pocket |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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"Too Far Gone" | 2019 | Sound Breakers | — |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US | ||
The Complete Season 5 Collection |
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Single | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US | CAN | |||||
" At Last" | 2013 | 83 | 73 | |||
" Carry On" | — | 97 | ||||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
WILL CHAMPLIN, 30, of California, is the son of Chicago member Bill Champlin.
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