3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. 1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter album chart, reached the top ten of iTunes overall and No. The album's first single, "Freedom", spawned a music video and was used in trailers for Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green. 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. Released on March 3, 2012, Where We Meet, ushered in a new beginning for Wells. 1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter album chart, with the track "Running Around in My Dreams" topping the song chart. The album spent nearly three weeks at No. The 2010 independently released EP, Metal & Wood, saw Wells return to his acoustic, singer-songwriter roots. 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. Wells worked with songwriter and producer Martin Terefe ( Jason Mraz, KT Tunstall, James Morrison) and Iain Archer (UK indie artist and Snow Patrol co-writer) in the UK, and Tim Myers (formerly of OneRepublic), David Hodges (formerly of Evanescence) and Matt Scannell ( Vertical Horizon) in the U.S. "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." "Half of the album was done in London and the other half completed in the States," says Wells. Wells traveled to London to work on Remain. Remain album Tyrone Wells playing at the City Winery in NYC on Apr 28, 2011 In September 2010, Wells's song "Time of Our Lives" was used in the series finale promo for American daytime soap opera, As the World Turns, as well as The Vampire Diaries episode, "Memory Lane" (season 2, episode 4). The second single "Sink or Swim" was used in promos for the season 6 premiere of Grey's Anatomy. The first single from Remain, "More", reached No. Wells released his solo album Remain on January 27, 2009. On Hold On, Wells worked with producers Chris Karn and Marc Ford. They re-released his independent album Hold On on the internet in 2006, and released it in stores on February 6, 2007. In 2006, Wells signed a recording contract with Universal Records. In 2000, Wells launched his solo career, playing acoustic shows in Orange County, California. While attending Hope International University 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?. 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. Wells was born in Seattle and raised in Spokane, Washington. He is also the lead vocalist for the bands WAR*HALL and Royal Deluxe. He is the lead vocalist of the duo, Oh the Larceny, with Dustin Burnett as the producer. Tyrone Wells is an American singer-songwriter from Spokane, Washington.
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