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Greg Wells (born 1968) is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and mix engineer. He has worked with Quincy Jones, Adele, Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Timbaland, Taylor Swift, John Legend, Rufus Wainwright, Aerosmith, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ryan Tedder, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Mika and Twenty One Pilots. Throughout his career, Wells has written or produced projects selling a cumulative 140 million units.
A Member of the Order of Canada, Wells is a classically and jazz trained multi-instrumentalist featured as a drummer in Modern Drummer, "Features: Greg Wells". Modern Drummer, Stephen Belans, July 2016. 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 musician on the cover of Mix with Ryan Tedder in the May 2017 edition.
Wells is known for his philanthropy supporting musicians globally, and his charitable work at Trinity Hall in Winterton, Newfoundland.
Wells was awarded a Canada Council arts grant to study in California with Terry Trotter, pianist for guitarist Larry Carlton and Frank Sinatra, and Clare Fischer, composer and string arranger for Prince. He traveled to Los Angeles at age 21 with the intention of returning to Canada, but Trotter and Fischer began recommending Wells as a pianist. Wells joined k.d. lang's band soon afterward, performing with her on the 1993 Grammy Awards where she won Best Pop Female Vocal.
His first recorded song as a songwriter was with Aerosmith on the double platinum Nine Lives, followed by "The Reason" on Celine Dion's 31 million selling album, Let's Talk About Love. DreamWorks executive Lenny Waronker tapped Wells in 2001 to produce Rufus Wainwright. Songwriter Kara DioGuardi started collaborating with Wells in 2003. Wells then produced, mixed and played most of the instruments on Mika's 6 million selling number 1 debut album Life In Cartoon Motion.
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.
The biggest selling worldwide album of 2018 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 Waves Audio.
Wells, Ryan Tedder and Nina Woodford co-wrote (with Wells producing and mixing) the 2019 Special Olympics theme song "Right Where I'm Supposed To Be", executive produced by Quincy Jones. The song was performed by Ryan Tedder, Avril Lavigne, Luis Fonsi, Hussain Al Jassmi, Assala Nasri and Tamer Hosny live at the opening ceremonies in Abu Dhabi.
Wells produced the Grammy and Golden Globe nominated song "Beautiful Ghosts" performed by Taylor Swift for the 2019 film Cats, an adaptation of the 1981 musical of the same name. The song is co-produced with Cats creator Andrew Lloyd Webber, and written by Taylor Swift and Lloyd Webber.
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, directed by Jon M. Chu. Wells worked on a second film with Alex Lacamoire and Miranda, the animated hit movie musical Vivo directed by Kirk DeMicco. 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 Wicked films and soundtrack albums.
In 2022, Wells acquired St. Luke's Anglican church in Winterton, Newfoundland and turned it into Trinity Hall, a non-profit music and arts space that raises money for the local community, the Janeway Children's Hospital, and educational programs for Newfoundland musicians.
The Governor General of Canada, the Right Honourable Mary Simon, announced in June 2025 Wells' appointment to the Order Of Canada.
|- ! scope="row" | 2008 | "Love Today" | Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording | |- ! scope="row" | 2011 | Teenage Dream | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | |- ! scope="row" | 2019 | | Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | | Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella | Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album | |- ! scope="row" | 2023 | Higher | Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album |
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