Chris Willis
Christopher Willis is an American singer , songwriter, and record producer . Originally, he produced mainly gospel music , but he gained international fame by House - collaborations with world-renowned DJ David Guetta . The singles Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) (2006), Love Is Gone (2007) and Gettin 'Over You (2010) were particularly successful . In August 2011 he released his first official single, Louder (Put Your Hands Up) .
biography
After graduating from college in Alabama, he toured with a group that performed over a hundred churches in two years. In the mid-1990s he was the backup singer for the band Twila Paris . In 1996 he released his debut album Chris Willis , on which he wrote eight of the eleven songs. It was nominated for the title Best R&B Album 1996 at the Nashville Music Awards. In the same year he also opened the tour of Mark Lowry and was one of several singers in the musical Emmanuel . He went on a national tour with Nashville producer Norman Miller. The tour produced an album for which he won a GMA Dove Award in 1998 for the best special event album of the year. Until 1998 he sang mostly under the genre gospel , when he was signed to a small music label . The label was bought by a large company and Willis took this as an opportunity to make more acquaintances.
In 2000 he worked with the French band 2BE3 and continued to attract attention. While working on their album, one of the bandmates introduced him to their compatriot David Guetta . The House - DJ and producer invited Willis one into the studio and the next day they wrote the song Just a Little More Love . Willis co-wrote and vocalist several songs on Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love including the theme song.
Willis is active on social networks like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, to which he often uploads live photos and videos from his tours. In 2009 he toured all of Europe with David Guetta. In November 2009 he performed at the two-year anniversary party in the dance club C4 in Steyer, Austria.
On August 3, 2009, the song Gettin 'Over was released as a single. He was able to place himself in the UK charts. A remix version with LMFAO and Fergie , released in 2010, hit the charts almost worldwide.
His solo single Louder (Put Your Hands Up) was released on October 12, 2010. Willis wrote the song together with Cutfather and Jonas Jeberg. The video premiered on Dailymotion on October 26, 2010. It was filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Billie Woodruff. The song reached # 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs on January 8, 2011.
His second single Too Much In Love was released digitally on August 16, 2011. The song uses a sample from Lenny Kravitz 's single Are You Gonna Go My Way . The official music video was also shot in Los Angeles and was released on January 10, 2012.
On November 29, 2011, an eight-song EP entitled Premium - Songs From The Love Schiff, Vol. 1 was released. She has some of his solo singles.
Discography
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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 AT
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 CH
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 US
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| 2001 | Just a Little More Love Just a Little More Love |
- | - |
CH59 (11 weeks) CH |
UK19 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 21, 2001
with David Guetta |
| 2002 | Love Don't Let Me Go Just a Little More Love |
- | - |
CH13 (36 weeks) CH |
UK46 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 2, 2002
with David Guetta |
| People Come, People Go Just a Little More Love |
- | - |
CH54 (7 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: September 14, 2002
with David Guetta |
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| 2004 | Money Guetta Blaster |
- | - |
CH52 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: May 30, 2004
with David Guetta & Moné |
| Stay Guetta Blaster |
- | - |
CH82 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: September 5, 2004
with David Guetta |
|
| 2006 | Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) Fuck Me I'm Famous International |
DE50 (9 weeks) DE |
AT74 (1 week) AT |
CH19 (20 weeks) CH |
UK3 (22 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 13, 2006
with David Guetta vs. The Egg |
| 2007 | Love Is Gone Pop Life |
DE36 (36 weeks) DE |
AT15th  (42 weeks)AT |
CH11 (75 weeks)CH |
UK9 (15 weeks) UK |
US98 (1 week) US |
First published: May 13, 2007
with David Guetta |
| 2008 | Tomorrow Can Wait Pop Life |
DE56 (7 weeks) DE |
AT47 (7 weeks) AT |
CH43 (11 weeks) CH |
UK84 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: July 5, 2008
with David Guetta vs. Tocadisco |
| 2009 | Everytime We Touch Pop Life |
- | - |
CH97 (1 week) CH |
UK68 (1 week) UK |
- | |
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Gettin 'over one love |
- | - | - |
UK41 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
Album release: August 3rd, 2009
with David Guetta |
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| Sound of Letting Go One Love |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: 2009
with David Guetta & Tocadisco |
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| 2010 |
Gettin 'Over You One Love |
DE15th (30 weeks)DE |
AT4th (32 weeks)AT |
CH11 (24 weeks) CH |
UK1 (20 weeks)UK |
US31 (20 weeks) US |
|
| Louder (Put Your Hands Up) Premium - Songs from the Love Ship, Vol. 1 |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: 2010
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| 2011 | Too Much In Love Premium - Songs from the Love Ship, Vol. 1 |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: 2011
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| 2014 | This is your life | - | - | - | - | - |
First release: 2014
with Psyko Punkz feat. Mc Lyte |
| 2016 | Would I Lie to You |
DE2  (28 weeks)DE |
AT2 (23 weeks)AT |
CH24 (24 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: September 30, 2016
with David Guetta & Cedric Gervais |
| 2018 | I want a miracle | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: March 16, 2018
with Fred Rister & Sam Martin |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Interview on Windy City
- ^ "For the love of God: Twila Paris' Christian music electrifies crowd". Newspaper article in The Post standard . P. 4.
- ↑ Chris Willis on All Music
- ^ "Nashville Music Awards taps eclectic collection". Newspaper Article in Nashville Banner . P. 1.
- ↑ "Higher ground". Newspaper article on Billboard 108 . P. 46.
- ^ "Emmanuel: A seasonal showcase for Christian singers". Newspaper article in Star Tribune . P. 1.
- ^ "Dove list". Newspaper article in The Times-Picayune . P. 4.
- ↑ Photos from the appearance of the anniversary party in Austria
- ↑ release of Louder (Put Your Hands Up) on iTunes
- ↑ Video premiere of Louder (Put Your Hands Up) on Dailymotion
- ↑ Billboard Dance Songs from January 8, 2011
- ↑ release of Too Much In Love on iTunes
- ↑ Awards for music sales: DE AT CH UK
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willis, Chris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willis, Christopher (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |