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American singer-songwriter (born 1983)

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Not to be confused with [Bill Champlin](/source/Bill_Champlin).

Will Champlin Champlin in 2008 Background information Also known as KillWill Born William Christopher Champlin (1983-04-24) April 24, 1983 (age 43) Reseda, California U.S. Genres Pop, pop rock, R&B Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals, banjo, piano, acoustic guitar, drums Years active 2000–present Website http://willchamplin.com/

Musical artist

**William Christopher Champlin** (born April 24, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his appearance on [Season 5](/source/The_Voice_(U.S._season_5)) of the [NBC](/source/NBC) singing competition *[The Voice](/source/The_Voice_(U.S._TV_series))* as part of [Adam Levine](/source/Adam_Levine)'s team. He finished in third place behind [Jacquie Lee](/source/Jacquie_Lee), the runner-up, and [Tessanne Chin](/source/Tessanne_Chin), the winner of the season.[1]

## Career

Before his participation on *The Voice*, Champlin reached some success as a songwriter. He collaborated with [Michael Caruso](/source/Michael_Caruso_(musician)) and provided backing vocals for [Ace Young](/source/Ace_Young)'s [self-titled album](/source/Ace_Young_(album)), and also played piano on [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson)'s posthumous compilation album *[Michael](/source/Michael_(Michael_Jackson_album))*, on the song "[(I Like) The Way You Love Me](/source/(I_Like)_The_Way_You_Love_Me)". He was nominated in the [Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_R%26B_Gospel_Album) category, for co-writing "Ordinary Me", which appears on [Heather Headley](/source/Heather_Headley)'s album *[Audience of One](/source/Audience_of_One_(album))*. *Audience of One* was awarded the 2010 Grammy in its category.[2]

Champlin contributed to the 2013 album "Sacred Ground" released by California Transit Authority, a band created by founding [Chicago](/source/Chicago_(band)) drummer [Danny Seraphine](/source/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](/source/Sons_of_Champlin) frontman [Bill Champlin](/source/Bill_Champlin), also appears on the album.[3]

He is now the lead singer of the gritty rock band Valley of Wolves.[4] They made their debut in 2018 with the release of the Album 'Out for Blood'. In 2019 they released 'Take it All' [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] and in 2021 'Outlaws' was released.[4]

## *The Voice*

On the fourth episode of the Blind Auditions broadcast on October 1, 2013, he performed [Gavin DeGraw](/source/Gavin_DeGraw)'s song "[Not Over You](/source/Not_Over_You)." [Adam Levine](/source/Adam_Levine), [Cee Lo Green](/source/Cee_Lo_Green), and [Blake Shelton](/source/Blake_Shelton) turned their chairs but he opted to join Adam Levine.[5][6]

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 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

## Personal life

Champlin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.[7] He is the youngest son of [Bill Champlin](/source/Bill_Champlin), former member of [Chicago](/source/Chicago_(band)), and [Tamara Champlin](/source/Tamara_Champlin). He graduated from the [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music) in [Boston](/source/Boston), Massachusetts.[8] He has one daughter, Harper.[9]

## Discography

### Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions US [10] 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 —N/a

### Releases from *The Voice*

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

Single Year Peak chart positions US CAN "At Last" 2013 83 73 "Carry On" — 97 "—" denotes items which failed to chart.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Sophie Schillaci; Natasha Chandel (December 18, 2013). ["'The Voice' Finalist Will Champlin Felt 'Vindicated' By Third-Place Finish"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131219155536/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719354/the-voice-will-champlin-third-place-finish.jhtml). *MTV*. Viacom. Archived from [the original](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719354/the-voice-will-champlin-third-place-finish.jhtml) on December 19, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Will Champlin: The Reader's Digest Version of My Life"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160306094019/http://willchamplin.com/the_readers_digest_version_of_my_life). Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*California Transit Authority - Sacred Ground*](https://www.discogs.com/release/5439390-California-Transit-Authority-Sacred-Ground), 2013, retrieved March 26, 2026

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BW_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BW_4-1) Leiber, Sarah Jae. ["Valley of Wolves Release Their New Album 'Outlaws'"](https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Valley-of-Wolves-Release-Their-New-Album-Outlaws-20210319). *BroadwayWorld.com*. Retrieved September 21, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BlindAuditon5_5-0)** ["Will Champlin: "Not Over You""](http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/video/will-champlin-not-over-you/n41383). *The Voice – Blind Auditions, Season 5*. NBCUniversal. October 9, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-EWOct13_6-0)** Arellano, Jennifer (October 2, 2013). ["'The Voice' recap: Second Time's A Charm"](http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/the-voice-season-5-episode-4/). *Entertainment Weekly*. CNN. Retrieved March 1, 2014. WILL CHAMPLIN, 30, of California, is the son of Chicago member Bill Champlin.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Will Champlin | About W.C."](https://web.archive.org/web/20060414083204/http://willchamplin.com/) *Will Champlin*. Archived from the original on April 14, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Kirschbaum, Megan (2006). ["Nashville Notes"](http://www.berklee.edu/bt/173/nashville_notes.html). *Alumni, Berklee Today*. Berklee College of Music. Among the fresh faces in our Nashville Alumni Chapter are Ashley Farrell '05, Will Champlin '05..

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MarinIJ_9-0)** Liberatore, Paul (November 21, 2013). ["'Marin's love child' Will Champlin in top eight on 'The Voice'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141127111807/http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_24574037/lib-at-large-marin-love-child-will-champlin). *[Marin Independent Journal](/source/Marin_Independent_Journal)*. [Marin County, CA](/source/Marin_County%2C_California). Archived from [the original](http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_24574037/lib-at-large-marin-love-child-will-champlin) on November 27, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Billboard200_10-0)** ["Billboard Top 200 Albums for week ending May 26, 2012"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/karmin/chart-history/billboard-200). Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2012.

## External links

- [Will Champlin on Twitter](https://twitter.com/willchamplin)

- [Will Champlin Interview – NAMM Oral History Library (2016)](https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/will-champlin)

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