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Annika Wells
Background information
Birth nameAnnika Wells
Born (1996-02-16) February 16, 1996 (age 28)
Los Angeles, U.S.
OriginSleepy Hollow, Marin County, California[1]
GenresPop
OccupationSinger-Songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Annika Marie Wells (born February 16, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter from Sleepy Hollow, Marin County, California.[1][2] Since moving to LA she has worked with BTS, The Jonas Brothers, Steve Aoki, PRETTYMUCH, ILLENIUM,[3] Grey, Shawn Wasabi, Benjamin Ingrosso and others. She is a regular collaborator of Maggie Lindemann and AJ Mitchell and has worked with Hailee Steinfeld, The Chainsmokers, Whethan, Emily Warren, Social House, Lennon Stella, Kennedi, Sabrina Carpenter, Tove Styrke, Matoma, Freddy Wexler, and Jason Evigan.

Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, she wrote Illenium's single "Crawl Outta Love", which made the Top 30 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Charts and was awarded the grand prize at the International Songwriting Competition.[4][5] In 2019 she performed her collaborations with Illenium on his arena tour.[6] Her song which she co-wrote with Illenium entitled "Nightlight" reached No.1 at Dance Radio in November 2020.[7] Annika then released her first album in November 2023 titled "EAT DIRT".

Songwriting discography

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Year Artist(s) Song Album Comment
2016 Annika Wells "Break" Break
2017 ILLENIUM "Crawl Outta Love"[4] Awake No. 30 on Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic charts
2018 Liv Dawson "Bedroom" Bedroom EP
Tritonal, Lourdiz "Love U Right" Love U Right
Benjamin Ingrosso "I Wouldn't Know" Identification (Deluxe)
BTS, Steve Aoki "The Truth Untold" Love Yourself: Tear
2019 Broods "Everything Goes (Wow)" Don't Feed The Pop Monster
BAYNK "go with u" Someone's EP II Reached the No. 1 spot on New Zealand radio charts
Sigma, Louisa "Here We Go Again" Here We Go Again
PRETTYMUCH "Phases" Phases - EP
ILLENIUM with Said the Sky & Annika Wells "Sad Songs" Ascend No. 48 on Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic charts
ILLENIUM with Anna Clendening "Broken Ones" Ascend No. 50 on Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic charts
Rose Villain "Swoop!" Swoop!
Eric Nam "You're Sexy I'm Sexy" Before We Begin
The Jonas Brothers "Like It's Christmas" Like It's Christmas
2020 Grey "For The Night" For The Night
Midnight Kids with Annika Wells "Run It" Run It
SLANDER & William Black "Back To U" Back To U
Shawn Wasabi ft. Kennedi "Lemons" Lemons
Goody Grace "Used to Be" Used to Be
ILLENIUM & Annika Wells "Nightlight"[8] Fallen Embers No.1 on Dance Radio charts
Stephanie Poetri "Selfish" AM:PM
Twice (Jihyo, Nayeon, Sana, and Chaeyoung), Bekuh Boom, and Annika Wells as K/DA Ahri "I'll Show You" All Out
2021 Annika Wells "Fuck Being Sober" Fuck Being Sober
Maggie Lindemann "Different" Paranoia
Annika Wells "Love Sucks" Love Sucks
Annika Wells "The Bitter End" The Bitter End
Arty "Take Your Time" Take Your Time
Dabin & Trella "Starbright" Between Broken
2022 Said The Sky, ILLENIUM & Chelsea Cutler "Walk Me Home" Sentiment
Annika Wells "Modern Art" Modern Art
gnash with Annika Wells "granola bars" granola bars
Annika Wells "Stay High" Stay High
2023 ILLENIUM, Said The Sky & Vera Blue "Other Side" ILLENIUM
Annika Wells "Crying Over You" Crying Over You
Excision, Wooli & Codeko "Don't Look Down (Hold On)" Titans EP
Dabin & Trella "Worlds Away" Worlds Away
2024 Kai Wachi & Trella "Glow In The Dark" Glow In The Dark
Dabin, Said The Sky & Clara Mae "In The End" In The End
HALIENE "Memory Of You" Memory Of You

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bringin' It Backwards: Interview with Annika Wells". American Songwriter magazine. December 4, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Simpson, Paul. "Annika Wells | Biography and History". Allmusic.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Sundius, Michael (February 12, 2016). "Illenium Premieres 'Reverie,' Shares Insight On Debut Album 'Ashes': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Illenium Song "Crawl Outta Love Ft. Annika Wells" Wins the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Grand Prize" (Press release). International Songwriting Competition. PR Newswire. April 23, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Illenium - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  6. ^ Roberts, Hannah (December 18, 2019). "Illenium Ascends at Exhilarating Live Show in San Diego [Review]". EDM Identity. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "ILLENIUM's 'Nightlight' Leaps to No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "ILLENIUM ANNOUNCES A NEW ALBUM IS ON THE WAY". EDM.com. February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2020.