Willie Weeks (born 5 August 1986) is a British musician, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved his first ''

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'' No. 1, in the Top Christian Albums chart, in 2013 with Matt Redman, and has since worked and contributed music for

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, Monsta X, Cravity,

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& Xiumin, Oh My Girl and

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Career

His first achievement came in 2013, writing for Matt Redman's ''

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''. Weeks has since been involved in other songs for Redman's albums, including ''These Christmas Lights'',

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and ''Glory Song''. He was also a part of writing " 27 Million", a song by Matt Redman and

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, who released it with the intention to raise awareness for

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, with the aim to abolish modern day slavery. The song reached No. 12 in the UK official singles chart. He wrote the Kpop song, "Wishing on a Star" for

's ''

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'' album in 2016. Since then, Weeks has written and produced several songs which led ''UKP'' magazine to name him the brain behind K-pop. He wrote the Monsta X songs " Follow: Find You", which reached No. 1 on the

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, "

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" and "Love Killa" from the band's '' Fatal Love'' album. He also wrote "Extra VIP" for SixTones' '' 1ST''. He has also written for Cravity,

& Xiumin and Oh My Girl. He has also worked as a songwriter and producer with

and

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