gil grand
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
THIS SHOW IN PARTICULAR HAD ME COMPLETELY BEWILDERED
Grand had played the part so authentically that I had to blink myself back into reality several times throughout the night because of the stark likeness to Twitty he embodied in costume, stage presence, and in vocal similarity.
Morgan Pynn, Lula1892.com
THE CLOSEST
I'VE EVER HEARD
Amazing how much he sounds like my buddy Conway.
Ronnie McDowell,
Multi-Platinum Selling Country Artist
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
Gil honorably pays the ultimate tribute to one of music's biggest legends and elite voices. Gil sounds so strikingly like Conway, you'd swear Conway himself was on stage.
Steve Freeman
Hit Songwriter &
Multi-Platinum Producer
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Gil Grand is a GRAMMY award winner and an eight-time Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) nominee and CCMA “Male Vocalist of the Year” and “Record Producer of the Year” winner. His debut album on Sony Records’ Monument imprint, Famous First Words, produced a No. 1 single along with several top 10s, gaining Grand the momentum to release two more award-winning projects.
In 1997, Gil Grand signed a music publishing deal with “TMP” out of Toronto Canada headed by Frank Davies and moved to Nashville. Within just a few months of his arrival, he secured two cuts, “Love Trip” with Virgin recording artist Jerry Kilgore and “On Again Off Again” with MCA recording artist Tracy Byrd. His songwriting skills and singing ability immediately caught the attention of top record executives, and he soon signed a major U.S. record deal with Sony Music Nashville’s Monument Records. His debut album, Famous First Words, gained the respect and accolades of the country music industry on both sides of the border.
On the strength of that record, Grand received 3 CCMA nods, including Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year and Wrangler Rising Star. His impressive sophomore effort, Burnin, netted him 5 CCMA nominations, including Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year and Album of the Year, with Grand taking home the award for Male Vocalist of the Year. In 2006, Gil Grand released his third album, Somebody’s Someone, which he co-produced with Joel Feeney, earning a CCMA award for Record Producer of the Year.
He moved back to Nashville, and in October 2007, Grand and business partner Randy Gee launched Grand & Gee Music Group, a Nashville-based music publishing company and full-service recording studio. The company earned CCMA nominations for Music Publisher of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2011and 2012. Bucky Covington brought G&G their first top 30 single with “I Want My Life Back,” and Chris Young’s big number one hit “Tomorrow” became Grand & Gee Music’s first #1 hit and SESAC Song of the Year. G&G earned a GRAMMY® for “God and My Girlfriends” recorded by Reba.
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1997 Gil signs with Sony Music Nashville’s Monument Records
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1998 RPM Male Vocalist of the Year Award
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1999 CCMA Album of the Year nominee
CCMA Male Vocalist of the Year nominee
CCMA Wrangler Rising Star Award
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2003 CCMA Independent Male artist of the Year
CCMA Single of the Year “Cry A Little”
CCMA Socan Song of the Year “Cry A Little”
CCMA CMT Video of they Year “Cry A Little”
CCMA Best Album Graphics
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2004 CCMA Video of the Year
CCMA Socan Song of the Year
CCMA Independent Male Artist of the Year
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2005 CCMA Male Vocalist of the Year
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2006 CCMA Record Producer of the Year Recipient
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2009 CCMA Music Publisher of the Year nominee
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2010 CCMA Music Publisher of the Year nominee
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2011 CCMA Music Publisher of the Year nominee
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2012 CCMA Music Publisher of the Year nominee
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2012 Billboard #1 Hit with “Tomorrow” recorded by Chris Young
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2017 GRAMMY for God & My Girlfriends recorded by Reba McEntire
