Bobby Wills

Bobby Wills
Bobby Wills performing at the Rockin' River Music Festival in Merritt, BC July 2016
Background information
Born	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Origin	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2010–present
Labels	On Ramp, MDM Recordings
Website	http://bobbywills.com/

Bobby Wills is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Raised by an adoptive family in Calgary, Wills began expressing a serious interest in music after a well-received performance at an open-mic night, and started to pursue it as a career once he discovered that members of his biological family possessed musical talent.

To date, Wills has released four albums - Main with No Past (2010), If It Was That Easy (2012), Crazy Enough (2014), and Tougher Than Love (2016). Many of his singles have made it onto the Billboard Canada Country Chart, including the hits "Somebody Will", "Down by the River", and "Won't You Be Mine", which each peaked at the number 9 spots. In 2013, Wills gained notoriety by winning the Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award.

Wills currently lives in Calgary with his wife and children.

Wills was born in Edmonton, Alberta to teenage parents, and was put up for adoption when he was 18 months old. He was soon adopted and raised by a family from Calgary, Alberta. Wills grew up with his adoptive parents and their biological daughter in Oakridge, a southwest Calgary community. Although Wills had an interest in music during his childhood and teenage years, his adoptive family wasn't musical, so he spent more time focusing on athletics like skateboarding and hockey.

When Wills was 18, he registered with an adoption registry with the hopes of being able to connect with his biological family.

Wills began to get into music while on a backpacking trip through Australia in the late 1990's. At an open mic night, Wills' friend bet him $20 that he wouldn't go on stage and sing a song with the band. Wills accepted the bet, sang "The Dance" by Garth Brooks, and received an overwhelmingly positive reaction from the crowd. Wills then decided that he wanted to begin to focus on music, and learned to play guitar while still in Australia.

When Wills returned home from his travels, he discovered that his biological mother had also registered with the adoption agency, and that she was requesting contact with him. When Wills was 20 years old, he met his birth parents and his five biological siblings, and found that there was a big musical streak in his birth family.