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==Career==
Before his participation on ''The Voice'', Champlin reached some success as a songwriter. He collaborated with [[Michael Caruso (musician)|Michael Caruso]] and provided backing vocals for [[Ace Young]]'s [[Ace Young (album)|self-titled album]], and also played piano on [[Michael Jackson]]'s posthumous compilation album ''[[Michael (Michael Jackson album)|Michael]]'', on the song "[[(I Like) The Way You Love Me]]". He was nominated in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album|Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album]] category, for co-writing "Ordinary Me", which appears on [[Heather Headley]]'s album ''[[Audience of One (album)|Audience of One]]''. ''Audience of One'' was awarded the 2010 Grammy in its category.<ref>
He is now the lead singer of the gritty rock band Valley of Wolves.<ref name="BW">{{Cite web|last=Leiber|first=Sarah Jae|title=Valley of Wolves Release Their New Album 'Outlaws'|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Valley-of-Wolves-Release-Their-New-Album-Outlaws-20210319|access-date=2021-09-21|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> They made their debut in 2018 with the release of the Album 'Out for Blood'. In 2019 they released 'Take it All' {{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} and in 2021 'Outlaws' was released.<ref name="BW" />
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==Personal life==
Champlin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.willchamplin.com/|title=Will Champlin {{!}} About W.C.|website=Will Champlin}}</ref> He is the youngest son of [[Bill Champlin]], former member of [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], and [[Tamara Champlin]]. He graduated from the [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berklee.edu/bt/173/nashville_notes.html|title=Nashville Notes|work=Alumni, Berklee Today|last=Kirschbaum|first=Megan|publisher=Berklee College of Music|quote=Among the fresh faces in our Nashville Alumni Chapter are Ashley Farrell '05, Will Champlin '05..|year=2006}}</ref> He has one daughter, Harper.<ref name=MarinIJ>{{cite news|last=Liberatore|first=Paul|title='Marin's love child' Will Champlin in top eight on 'The Voice'|url=http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_24574037/lib-at-large-marin-love-child-will-champlin|access-date=March 1, 2014|newspaper=[[Marin Independent Journal]]|date=November 21, 2013|location=[[Marin County, California|Marin County, CA]]|archive-date=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127111807/http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_24574037/lib-at-large-marin-love-child-will-champlin|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Discography==
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