Dean Lewis is an Australian singer-songwriter best known for his song 'Waves' (2017) and his single 'Be Alright', which reached the top 10 of the Dutch Top 40.
After watching a live Oasis DVD in 2005, Dean was inspired to pursue music. Lewis says: ''I remember watching Liam Gallagher walk out with his hat and red jacket and watching him with Noel, they were just the coolest guys ever. I spent the next five years watching every Oasis video - Noel Gallagher basically taught me how to write songs''.
Lewis signs a contract with Island Records in 2016, a record label from Jamaica and part of Universal Music. not much later he dropped his debut song 'Waves'. This single reached 12th place in Australia. The song is also used in several American series, inclusing Suits, Grays Anatomy and Riverdale. At the 2017 ARIA Music Awards, his song Waves was nominated in 4 categories.
'Be Alright' was Dean's first number 1 hit in Australia. This is also his first song which he achieved success outside Australia, so it became a hit in Ireland and New Zealand. In 2019 he released the album A Place We Knew. In collaboration with Martin Garrix, he released a song 'Used to Love'. The acoustic version was released in 2020.
