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Annika Marie Wells (born February 16, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter from Sleepy Hollow, Marin County, California. Since moving to LA she has worked with BTS, The Jonas Brothers, Steve Aoki, PRETTYMUCH, ILLENIUM, 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. In 2019 she performed her collaborations with Illenium on his arena tour. Her song which she co-wrote with Illenium entitled "Nightlight" reached No.1 at Dance Radio in November 2020.
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist(s) | Song | Album | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Annika Wells | "Break" | Break | |
| 2017 | ILLENIUM | "Crawl Outta Love" | 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" | 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 with 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 with Said The Sky & Vera Blue | "Other Side" | ILLENIUM | |
| Annika Wells | "Crying Over You" | Crying Over You | ||
| Excision, Wooli, and Codeko | "Don't Look Down (Hold On)" | Titans EP | ||
| Dabin & Trella | "Worlds Away" | Worlds Away |
