Billy Gilman

Billy Gilman was a battle elimination in from Season 1 he was a member of team Michael J Fox. Later he returned as an All Star on Season 14, He won this season as a member of team Julia Michaels.

## Biography

**William Wendell Gilman III** (born May 24, 1988) is an American singer. Starting as a young country artist, he is known for his debut single "One Voice", a top 40 hit on the *Billboard* Hot 100 and a top 20 hit on the *Billboard* Hot Country Songs chart in 2000. He has released five albums, including three for Epic Nashville.

Gilman's debut single "One Voice", became a top 40 hit on the *Billboard* Hot 100 peaking at number 38. It also became a top 20 hit on the *Billboard* Hot Country Songs chart in 2000. 11 years old at the time, he became the youngest artist to ever have a top 40 single on the country chart.

His debut album, also called *One Voice* was released on June 20, 2000, on Epic Records, and was certified double platinum in the United States. The album included the title track "One Voice" and the follow-up singles "Oklahoma" and "There's a Hero". The single "Oklahoma" was released on October 9, 2000, making it to the *Billboard* Hot Country Songs top 40 peaking at number 33. It also cracked the main Hot 100 chart peaking at number 63.

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.

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. After *Dare to Dream*, Gilman's voice began to noticeably change because of the onset of puberty, forcing him temporarily to withdraw from singing.

His final album for Epic was released on April 15, 2003, and was entitled *Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek*. The tracks were based on poems written by the child poet Mattie Stepanek, a poet with muscular dystrophy who died in 2004, almost one year after the album's release.

Gilman signed to Image Entertainment in 2005 for the release of his fifth album, *Everything and More*. A self-titled album *Billy Gilman* followed in 2006.

## Blinds S1

For his blind audition he sang "When We Were Young" by Adele, He turned the chairs of Julia Michaels, and Michael J Fox. He picked Michael to be his coach.

## Battles S1

For his battle he was paired with Josh Kaufman together they sang "Georgia on my Mind" by Ray Charles. Michael picked Josh to advance to the knockouts, and Billy was eliminated.

## Blinds S14

For his second blind audition he sang "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten, He turned all four chairs. He picked Julia Michaels to be his coach.

## Battles S14

For his battle he was paired with Mike Schiavo together they sang "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5. Julia picked Billy as the winner and he advanced to the knockouts.

## Knockouts S14

In the knockouts he was paired against Jonathan Bach, Billy won the knockout singing "Crying" by Roy Orbison.

## Live Playoffs S14

For his playoffs performance he sang "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. It was enough for Julia to send him to the top 13.

## Top 13 S14

In the top 13 he sang "Anyway" by Martina McBride. He received an iTunes bonus for this performance. The Public liked his performance and voted him into the top 12.

## Top 12 S14

In the top 12 he sang "The Show Must Go On" by Queen. The Public liked his performance and voted him into the top 10.

## Top 10 S14

In the top 10 he sang "Passionfruit" by Drake. He received an iTunes bonus for this performance. The Public liked his performance and voted him into the quarterfinals.

## Quarterfinals S14

In the quarterfinals he sang "I Surrender" by Celine Dion. He received an iTunes bonus for this performance. The Public liked his performance and voted him into the semifinals.

## Semifinals S14

In the semifinals he sang "Ashes" by Celine Dion. He received an iTunes bonus for this performance. The Public liked him and voted him into the Finale.

## Finale S14

In the finale he sang "All I Ask" by Adele for his solo. For his Duet with Julia Michaels they sang "Issues" by Julia Michaels. Then finally for his original he sang "Because of Me". He received an iTunes bonus for his solo performance. After the vote was over it was revealed that the public had voted for him to be the season winner.