Will Champlin

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.

Career 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.

Champlin contributed to the 2013 album "Sacred Ground" released by California Transit Authority, a band created by founding Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine. He sang lead vocals on three tracks: "Strike," which he co-wrote, "Staring at the Sun," and the album's titular track. He also provided background vocals on several other songs on the album. His father, former Chicago member and Sons of Champlin frontman Bill Champlin, also appears on the album.

He is now the lead singer of the gritty rock band Valley of Wolves. They made their debut in 2018 with the release of the Album 'Out for Blood'. In 2019 they released 'Take it All' and in 2021 'Outlaws' was released.

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.

– Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes Stage Song Original Artist Date Order Result Blind Audition "Not Over You" Gavin DeGraw October 1, 2013 4.1 Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton turnedJoined Team Adam Battle Rounds "Radioactive" (vs. James Wolpert) Imagine Dragons October 21, 2013 9.6 DefeatedStolen by Christina Aguilera Knockout Rounds "When I Was Your Man" (vs. Matthew Schuler) Bruno Mars October 29, 2013 12.8 DefeatedStolen 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

Personal life Champlin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. 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. He has one daughter, Harper.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US Will Champlin Release: January 10, 2008 Label: Goldmine Records Formats: Digital download — Borrowing Trouble Release: June 21, 2014 Label: Independent Formats: CD, digital download —

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album US CAN "Last Man Standing" 2014 — — Borrowing Trouble "Eye of the Pyramid" — — "Picasso in My Pocket" 2018 — — Picasso in My Pocket

Guest appearances Title Year Artist(s) Album "Too Far Gone" 2019 Sound Breakers

Releases from The Voice

Title Album details Peak chartpositions US The Complete Season 5 Collection Release date: December 17, 2013 Label: Republic Records Formats: Digital download —

SingleYearPeak chart positionsUSCAN "At Last" 2013 83 73"Carry On" — 97"—" denotes items which failed to chart.