Didn't know this about Billy??? |
Billy's Classic Christmas album was released on October 17, 2000, and went GOLD on December 4. |
McCall's magazine named Billy one of Hollywood's cutest kids, along with Frankie Muniz and Haley Joel Osment. |
Billy won 4 awards at the Billboard Awards in 2000: Best New Country Artist, Best Contemporary Christian Artist, Best Contemporary New Christian Artist, Best Jazz/Adult Contemporary New Artist. |
Billy was chosen by the Daily Variety as one of the top ten youths in entertainment. |
Billy also appears on these albums: Charlotte Church's "Dream a Dream", sings a duet with Charlotte called "Dream a Dream"; Rosie O'Donnell's "Another Rosie Christmas", sings a duet with Rosie called "Santa.com aka I'm Gonna Email Santa"; "All-Star Christmas", sings duet with Ray Benson called "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer." |
Billy is the youngest soloist in the history of music to have an album go platinum. |
Billy's debut album "One Voice" was released on June 20, 2000, went gold on July 17, 2000, and was certified platinum on September 20, 2000. |
Copyright 2001, Dean N., The One Voice of Billy Gilman, All Rights Reserved. |
His favorite place in the world is the creek behind his Grandparents' house. |
Billy's brother Colin's birthday is December 6. Billy was on the Today Show on Colin's last birthday. There is a small round sticker on the back of Billy's bus that says "Jessica Andrew, Billy Gilman, =29 Tour" His favorite movie from the year 2000 is The Grinch Billy Gilman Day in Rhode Island will be Sept. 8! Billy carries 2 good-luck charms with him: pressed 4-leaf clovers from Glencliff Elementary School, during the first video shoot for "One Voice." |
The single "One Voice" was released on April 18, 2000. |
Most of these Billyfacts are courtesy the BillyHeads at the billyheads.com message board. |