Bas van Daalen (born April 25, 1996 in Waalwijk, the Netherlands), known professionally by his stagename Will Grands, is a Dutch record producer, singer and songwriter.

Will Grands
Born
Bas van Daalen

(1996-04-25) April 25, 1996 (age 28)

Biography

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Van Daalen grew up in a small city Waalwijk in the Netherlands. His parents (Hennie van Daalen and Marina van Daalen) sent him to a music school to improve his musical development to take keyboard/piano lesson at music school "De Terp". At that age he learned to play guitar and piano. After 7 years he started to create music in a different way after he installed the demo of Fruity Loops[1]

Bas was studying for audio/visual production on Sint-Lucas in Eindhoven. He quit school at the age of 18 to fully commit to his musical work.

Career

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At an early age he started to create EDM (electronic dance music). At the age of 16 Van Daalen renamed himself to "Van Dalen" and started to (co)-produce, compose and write for established artists.[2] He connected with other DJ's and producers and got picked up by Artist Manager Robbert Winnemuller and Jasper Helderman (better known as Dj alvaro. In 2014 they produced an electronic house song called "Oldskool".[3] The track peaked at number 3 on the Beatport Electro House chart.[4] After that he wrote, co-produced and sung "Watching You". He is known for being multi-instrumental, a songwriter and singer.

In 2019 he co-produced songs for Major Lazer, Rudimental, Anne-Marie, Diplo, Ellie Goulding, Swae Lee, Jidenna, Kriss Kross Amsterdam and The Boy Next Door. The track "Let Me Live" by Rudimental and Major Lazer peaked at number 7 in the UK Dance Chart.[5] After "Let Me Live", he co-produces the new single of Ellie Goulding and Diplo Close To Me. It was premiered by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 as the "Hottest Record in the World".[6][non-primary source needed] In November 2018 he received 2 platinum records for the song" Whenever" by Kriss Kross Amsterdam and The Boy Next Door he co-produced.[7] The song was on the radio 538 top-40 for over 20 weeks and peaked on number 4.[8] Let me Live, Whenever and Close To Me reached far into the Global Spotify top 50 playlist.

His work on Major Lazer their 5th studio album called "Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded)" and J Balvin his album "Jose" led to his first work that got nominated for a grammy in 2021 in categories "Best dance/electronic album" and "Best Música Urbana album".

Releases

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Name Artist Release date
Watching You Faustix & Alvaro March 3, 2017
What If We Will Grands March 27, 2017
Hold You Down Will Grands July 26, 2017
At Home Will Grands September 15, 2017
More Than A Woman Will Grands October 27, 2017
Boomerang Jidenna November 10, 2017
Put Me Away Will Grands February 2, 2018
Control ft. Rochelle OIJ May 19, 2018
Let Me Live with Rudimental x Anne-Marie x Mr Eazi Major Lazer June 15, 2018
Whenever ft. Conor Maynard Kris Kross Amsterdam June 22, 2018
On My Way ft. Stevie Appleton Malifoo July 14, 2018
Heart Stops Beating Malifoo September 14, 2018
Close To Me Ellie Goulding X Diplo & Swae Lee October 24, 2018
Vamanos Kris Kross Amsterdam November 23, 2018
Hij is van mij ft. Maan & Tabitha & Bizzey Kris Kross Amsterdam December 21, 2018
Selfish Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Era Istrefi January 15, 2019
Can't Take It From Me (feat. Skip Marley) Major Lazer May 10, 2019
Stay (Don't Go Away) David Guetta feat Raye May 10, 2019
Moment Kris Kross Amsterdam, Kraantje Pappie & Tabitha May 17, 2019
Ik Sta Jou Beter Kris Kross Amsterdam, Nielson July 28, 2019
Ooh Girl (fest A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) Kris Kross Amsterdam, Conor Maynard July 27, 2019
Lippenstift Marco Borsato, Snelle, John Ewbank September 27, 2019
Meloday (feat. James Francis) The Boy Next Door, Rino Sambo October 18, 2019
Trigger Major Lazer & Khalid October 24, 2019
Together Malifoo October 25, 2019
Evapora IZA, Ciara, Major Lazer November 11, 2019
So Tell Me Malifoo January 4, 2020
Loop Niet Weg ft. Tino Martin & Emma Heesters Kris Kross Amsterdam February 7, 2020
Rosa JBalvin March 20, 2020
Lay Your Head On Me (feat. Marcus Mumfort) Major Lazer March 26, 2020
Blinding Lights (Major Lazer Remix) The Weeknd April 15, 2020
Dance With ME Diplo, Thomas Rhett & Young Thug May 5, 2020
Mij Niet Eens Gezien Kris Kross Amsterdam July 24, 2020
QueloQue Major Lazer & Paloma Mami October 16, 2020
Donderdag Kriss Kross Amsterdam, Emma Heesters & Bilal Wahib October 22, 2020
Tiny Major Lazer, Beam & Diplo October 23, 2020
Hell & High Water Major Lazer & Alessia Cara October 23, 2020
Hands up (feat Moonchild Sanelly & Morena Leraba) Major Lazer March 24, 2021
Get Together David Guetta May 7, 2021
Hef Je Glas Marco Borsato & Rolf Sanchez May 16, 2021
Only Us Sera July 16, 2021
Increíble Rolf Sanchez & Kris Kross Amsterdam August 13, 2021
40/40 Lil Yachty August 23, 2021
You Can Call Me Al Zikai Kris Kross Amsterdam August 30, 2021
Si Te Atreves J Balvin, Zion & Lennox September 10, 2021
Take A Chance Sera November 23, 2021
Humble Diplo & Lil Yachty March 4, 2022
Don’t Forget My Love Diplo & Miguel March 4, 2022
Savage Tiësto & Deorro April 29, 2022

References

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  1. ^ "Dj Bas van Dalen leeft als 'kluizenaar' om later de dancewereld te veroveren" [Dj Bas van Dalen lives as a ' hermit ' to conquer the dance world later]. de Persgroep Nederland B.V. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Will Grands". Genius. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "Alvaro and Van Dalen Team Up on "Oldskool"". The DJ List. September 30, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "bptoptracker".
  5. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Goulding, Ellie (October 24, 2018). "Tune in to @BBCR1 tonight from 7.30 pm to hear 'Close To Me' with @diplo featuring @goSwaeLee !pic.twitter.com/TJYFTpyJig". @elliegoulding. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Kris Kross Amsterdam & The Boy Next Door (Ft. Conor Maynard) – Whenever, retrieved January 11, 2019
  8. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Kris Kross Amsterdam X The Boy Next Door (Feat. Conor Maynard) – Whenever". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved January 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)