Artikel Billy Gilman

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You guys must to know that.... My beloved man.. Billy Gilman >.< Single nya RILIS!!!

Judulnya “Say You Will”. Awalnya gua ga punya ni lagu. Ga tau cara downloadnya >.< Tapi, teman gua sesama fans Billy dari Jerman dengan senang hati memberikan gua lagunya via message di twitter!! Yeah.. Hidup BGArmy!! >.<

Well.. Dipostingan ini gua mau memposting artikel tentang single baru Billy. Masih berbentuk bahasa Inggris >.< Gua ga mau artiin karna takut salah :p Kan malu :3 Kalo liat gugel translet kan lebih malu lagi. :D Yahh. Yang penting tau maksudnya lah ya ^^

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Billy Gilman returns with 'Say You Will'

More than half his lifetime ago, Billy Gilman became the youngest singer ever to have a Top 40 Hits on Billboard's country singles charts.

Gilman was just 12 years old when One Voicereached that milestone, and his album of the same name went double platinum, shipping more than 2 million copies.

Today, Gilman, 26, premieres his new single, Say You Will, at USA TODAY.

"When we wrote this song, I really felt it was the one my fans would respond to the most," says Gilman, who has not released an album since 2006. "It's a revamp but a 'hello again,' as well."

Gilman wrote Say You Will with Dan Murph and Philip Douglas, recording it at Nashville's Quad Studios with some of the musicians who played on his earlier releases.

"It was great to see them and see their reaction," he says. "I know that I'm old, if you will, but it's really funny to see people's reactions."

In the time since his last album, Gilman has spent his time between Nashville and his native Rhode Island, learning the craft of making music by working with professional songwriters, musicians and engineers.

"I really wanted to know more about what I did and what I want to do," he says. "For a lot of years, I was down there quietly, on my own, schlepping the road, walking into offices. Whether they believed in it or not, I was there because I believed it."

He played the occasional concert but also focused on philanthropic work. His last single was a multi-artist charity release called The Choice in 2012.

Gilman says he has recorded additional material that he plans to release down the road.

When he sees somebody react positively to his new songs, he says, "it's the respect I so badly wanted as a kid, but who's going to respect a 12-year-old kid? I get that in hindsight."

Gilman released six albums between 2000 and 2006. The One Voice single and its follow-up, Oklahoma, were his only two Top 40 hits.

"Having a child-star career has many cons, but it has pros, as well," he says. "With my career, one of the things I'm happiest about, looking back, is that a lot of the songs are timeless, if you will, where you can rediscover them, and they work. One Voicewas not a teenybopper, child-star song. It's a song that I can sing until I'm 50 years old, and it's still relevant, especially in today's world."

Gilman says he's especially grateful for fans who have continued to support him, even when his career was dormant. He expects re-establishing his career to be a long journey, "but you've got to deal with what you've got to deal with to get what you believe in."

Billy Gilman Returns With New Single “Say You Will”

Multi-platinum selling and Grammy nominated artist Billy Gilman makes a strong comeback with his new single “Say You Will,” which he co-wrote with Dan Murph and Philip Douglas.

USA Today is exclusively premiering the song today. (Above). “Say You Will” will be available for sale at all digital retail outlets this month.

“Say You Will” is the first solo single Gilman has released since 2008. In 2012, the Rhode Island native accomplished a great feat by recruiting 18 of his fellow country superstars including Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Josh Turner, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Kenny Rogers and others to collaborate on a charity single “The Choice” that he co-wrote with Dan Murph and Philip Douglas. 

The songwriting trio donated 100% of the proceeds including the songwriting and publishing shares to Soles4Souls which helped to bring attention to the plight of children in desperate need of shoes.

Billy burst on to the national stage in 2000 releasing the hit single “One Voice” which held the #1 spot for seven consecutive weeks. At only 11 years old, he became the youngest singer to land on the the Top 40 country charts and his debut album was certified double platinum by the RIAA. He was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest singer to ever reach #1 on the Billboard Top Country Album charts. Since his debut, Billy has sold over 10 million albums worldwide (5 million sold before he was 16 years old), garnered awards and nods from the Grammy’s, Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association,Billboard Magazine among others. He has performed on every major national television show including Today Show and Oprah multiple times.

Now 26, looking and sounding better than ever, Billy is eager to come back and share his new music and new sound with his fans. “It took me a good while to figure out exactly who I was, musically speaking,” he says. “As a little kid, sometimes I was just told what to sing. But now I have enjoyed coming into my own and discovering what it really is that I want to sing. I think that my fans will be pleasantly surprised with what they hear.”

Billy has continually been writing and working on his music since he ‘left’ the spotlight almost a decade ago. All the while, he has been a tireless supporter of charitable work having raised over $2 million through philanthropic concerts and appearances. He has worked with St. Jude (at the request of Marlo Thomas) and was a celebrity ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). He has worked closely and hosted the national broadcast of the annual Telethon with Jerry Lewis for the past seven years. Billy won the honorable Director’s Award for his philanthropic and tireless work with the MDA.

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