29 Facts About Billy Gilman

Billy Gilman has released five albums, including three for Epic Nashville.

In 2016, Gilman auditioned for season 11 of the US edition of The Voice and competed as part of Team Adam Levine, finishing as runner-up for the season.

William Wendell Billy Gilman was born on May 24,1988, in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Billy Gilman was raised in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, in the town of Hopkinton.

Billy Gilman is the son of Frances "Fran" and William Wendell "Bill" Gilman, Jr.

Billy Gilman began singing before he was in school, and gave his first public performance at the age of seven.

At the age of nine, Billy Gilman was discovered by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, who helped him record demos.

Billy Gilman was then signed to Epic Records Nashville in 2000.

Billy Gilman was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his debut single "One Voice" and was nominated for Best Country Song for the songwriters, Don Cook and David Malloy.

Billy Gilman released a Christmas album in 2000 titled Classic Christmas which went gold, followed on May 8,2001, by his second album Dare to Dream, which was certified gold, although its singles "Elisabeth" and "She's My Girl" both fell short of top 40 on the Billboard country singles charts peaking at numbers 50 and 56 respectively.

Billy Gilman signed to Image Entertainment in 2005 for the release of his fifth album, Everything and More.

In 2016, Billy Gilman auditioned for season 11 of the US edition of The Voice.

Billy Gilman impressed all four judges, Adam Levine, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys and Blake Shelton with his performance.

Adam Levine was the first to turn his chair around soon after Billy Gilman started singing, with Miley Cyrus following shortly thereafter.

Once Billy Gilman introduced himself to the coaches, both Shelton and Cyrus said they recognized him from his childhood career with Shelton mentioning Billy Gilman's hit "One Voice".

Billy Gilman chose to continue the competition as part of Team Adam Levine.

The first time Billy Gilman appeared on the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon was in September 2001.

Billy Gilman was the host of the 2014 Artists Music Guild's AMG Heritage Awards.

Billy Gilman took home the statue for the 2014 AMG Heritage Mainstream Artist of the Year.

In 2000, Billy Gilman appeared on the tribute album Country Goes Raffi, performing the Raffi song "Baby Beluga".

On September 7 and September 10,2001, Billy Gilman performed the song "Ben" at Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration in New York which was later televised.

Billy Gilman was on the album Dream A Dream by Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, singing the title track as a featured vocalist with her.

In 2002, Billy Gilman took part in a reading for the then Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities, in which he played "The Young Man", who is Madame DeFarge's brother.

In 2003, he appeared in the short documentary Our Country; and in 2005, he released the promotional documentary Billy Gilman: The Making of Everything and More, produced by Al Gomes of Big Noise, through Image Entertainment.

Billy Gilman originated from Hope Valley, Rhode Island where he lived with his parents and his younger brother Colin as a young singer.

Billy Gilman was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight about his coming out on November 21,2014, just one day after Ty Herndon had appeared on the same program.

Billy Gilman released his video titled "My Story by Billy Gilman" on One Voice Productions YouTube page only hours after another country singer Ty Herndon had come out.

Billy Gilman said in the video that Herndon's public acknowledgement inspired him to do the same.

Billy Gilman married his husband, Anthony Carbone, in August 2024.