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Billy Gilman: Voice
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In the past two and a half years, Billy Gilman has been a participant in his own reality series - the reality of surviving in his own skin and a life away from music. It was a forced reality for the young artist who was sidelined at the height of his multi-platinum selling career by a really normal and typical development for a boy his age. His voice changed. At 14, just as quickly as Billy Gilman made his explosive debut in the country music scene, mother-nature removed him--immediately and entirely from the spotlight.
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In 2000, eleven year-old Billy Gilman took the country music industry by storm with the release of his zillion-selling single "One Voice." Like the child prodigies before him -- Brenda Lee and LeeAnn Rimes -- folks just can't get enough of a little kid singing better than most grown-ups. Throw in a star-studded line-up of guest producers/singers/songwriters and some non-denominational, ambi-political messages and you have a recipe for a mega-smash of childhood-destructive proportions.
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Billy Gilman, who in 2000 became the youngest male to ever hit the Billboard country charts, took up cooking while taking time off from music as his voice matured. Here’s a dish he likes to prepare for his family.
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Gilman’s new CD featuring special guest Pam Tillis, shows significant growth in Billy's vocal range and brings him back full circle to country music with guitar, fiddle, and steel accompaniment. Soon to be 18, the dynamic teenager has lost nothing but time and returns with a voice that has undergone a welcomed mature change. "’Gonna Find Love’ appealed to me immediately because it speaks the truth," says Gilman. "Every young adult feels this way sooner or later in life. It's about growing up and experiencing love."
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His voice exuding infectious enthusiasm, Billy Gilman is talking about his goals. "All I really want is to sing my best and make the audience happy." Spoken like a born entertainer. And if there's anyone these days who qualifies for that description it's Gilman. A perfomer since age seven, Billy, with the release of his Epic-Nashville debut, One Voice, is now, at a ripe twelve years old, a recording artist to be reckoned with.
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Big-voiced modern country music sensation Billy Gilman started singing when he was only three. He was performing in front of thousands by age 11 and sold over a million records at age 12 with his debut disc "One Voice". He admits that when he first started he was more like "stick boy" on stage but quickly warmed up to his appreciative audiences and made the whirlwind talk show circuit with appearances on Oprah and Larry King.
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