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Chris Willis is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for his collaborations with French DJ David Guetta, including the hit singles "Love Don't Let Me Go" and "Just a Little More Love". Born on February 26, 1969, in Dayton, Ohio, Willis began his career as a gospel singer in the late 1980s. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and began working with producers such as Rodney Jerkins and Teddy Riley. He released his debut solo album, What's Going On, in 1998. In 2001, Willis began working with French DJ David Guetta, and the two released their first collaboration, "Just a Little More Love", in 2002. The single was a hit in Europe, and the two went on to collaborate on several more singles, including "Love Don't Let Me Go" and "Love Is Gone". Willis has also released several solo albums, including his most recent, My Own Way, in 2008. He has also collaborated with other artists, including Akon, will.i.am, and Flo Rida. As of 2021, Chris Willis's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

Popular As Christopher Kevin Willis
Occupation Singer · songwriter · record producer
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 26 February 1969
Birthday 26 February
Birthplace Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2014

Originally a gospel singer, with the Heritage Singers and others, he was featured on the pop-classical album Handel's Messiah – A Soulful Celebration in 1993, singing a contemporary version of "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted". His first job after college in Alabama was touring with a group that sang hundreds of shows in churches over a two-year period. In the mid-1990s, he toured as backup vocalist for Twila Paris. In 1996, he released his debut self-titled album, for which he wrote or co-wrote eight of the eleven songs, and earned a nomination for Best R&B Album at the 1996 Nashville Music Awards. That year, he opened on tour for Mark Lowry, and was one of several featured singers in the musical showcase Emmanuel, a national tour put together by Nashville producer Norman Miller. The tour spawned an album, which won a GMA Dove Award in 1998 for Special Event Album of the Year. He did mostly gospel until 1998 when he signed with a small music label. The label was bought out by a large corporation and Willis took that as a cue to move on. During this time he also worked to resolve the "angst" from being closeted about his sexuality, "I always felt like God really understood—but that wasn't the message I was receiving in the church. So, when I moved out on my own I really internalized that message that God makes us who we are and that it's up to us to embrace that or not. I chose to embrace all those things as freedom, and that freedom begat the freedom I experience now." He cites his internalized struggle as important to his transitioning out of gospel music. "I think there's this unspoken denial that you go through in gospel—maybe so in other musical art forms too—but I just felt for me it just wasn't easy to keep perpetuating that." However, on June 2, 2014, Willis married Jacqueline Leiske.

2011

His second single "Too Much In Love" was released digitally August 16, 2011. The song features a guitar sample of Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way". A video was shot in Los Angeles and released on January 10, 2012. Many remixes have been created and released on iTunes.

An eight-song EP entitled "Premium – Songs From The Love Ship, Vol. 1" was released on November 29, 2011 and features several of his solo singles

2010

His solo single "Louder (Put Your Hands Up)" was released on October 12, 2010. Willis co-wrote the song with Cutfather and Jonas Jeberg. The video premiered on DailyMotion October 26, 2010. Shot in Los Angeles, the video was directed by Billie Woodruff. The video now has nearly 2 million views on his YouTube page. The song reached number one on Billboard' s Hot Dance Club Songs on the issue dated January 8, 2011.

2009

His music genres have included gospel music, disco, pop rock, and R&B. Willis is active on social networks including MySpace, Facebook and recently Twitter. He often adds live photos and videos from his tours and answers questions from fans. Throughout 2009 he toured with David Guetta through Europe in support of One Love. He has also been doing solo European dates. In November 2009 he performed at Danceclub C4 in Steyer, Austria for their 2nd Anniversary Party. A documentary about him, Inside Out, directed by Robert Jason and Eric Miclette for Complete World Domination was released in early 2010 alongside the "Gettin' Over" single.

2000

In 2000 he was working with the French boys band 2Be3 and when doing some publicity for their album in Paris one of the bandmates introduced him to house musician and producer David Guetta. Guetta invited Willis to the studio and the next day they wrote 'Just a Little More Love.' Willis co-wrote and provided most of the vocals on Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love, including the hit title track.

1969

Christopher Willis (born February 26, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Although initially a gospel singer, he later received international attention for his collaborations with house music artist David Guetta, including the songs "Just a Little More Love", "Love Don't Let Me Go, "Love Is Gone", "Tomorrow Can Wait", "Everytime We Touch" (with Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso), "Would I Lie to You" (with Cedric Gervais) and "Gettin' Over You."