One Voice (Billy Gilman song)
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"One Voice" is the debut single from country music singer Billy Gilman
. The song was the lead-off single to Gilman's debut album also titled One Voice
. The song became Gilman's first (and only to date) Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) chart, making him the youngest singer to have a Top 40 hit on the country charts. Gilman was just 12 years old at the time.
"One Voice" was nominated for 43rd Grammy Awards for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for the songwriters, Don Cook and David Malloy
.
to become the youngest person to ever have a song on the country singles chart. The song also became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching #38.
Billy Gilman
William Wendell "Billy" Gilman III is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voice," a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts and became the youngest singer to a Top 40 hit on the country music charts...
. The song was the lead-off single to Gilman's debut album also titled One Voice
One Voice (Billy Gilman album)
One Voice is the debut studio album from country music singer Billy Gilman. The album was released on June 20, 2000 via Epic Records Nashville. It reached #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum. The highest charting single from the album was the...
. The song became Gilman's first (and only to date) Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) chart, making him the youngest singer to have a Top 40 hit on the country charts. Gilman was just 12 years old at the time.
"One Voice" was nominated for 43rd Grammy Awards for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for the songwriters, Don Cook and David Malloy
David Malloy
David Ernest Malloy is an American Country Music and Pop songwriter, record producer and A&R executive with 41 Number One Billboard Hits. He has received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and projects including USA for Africa, superstars Tim...
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Track listing
- "One Voice"
- "Warm & Fuzzy"
- "'Til I Can Make It on My Own"
- "One Voice" (music video)
Chart performance
"One Voice" debuted at #71 on Billboards Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of May 27, 2000. When the song became a Top 40 hit, Gilman became the youngest artist to chart a Top 40 country hit, edging out Brenda LeeBrenda Lee
Brenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis...
to become the youngest person to ever have a song on the country singles chart. The song also became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching #38.
| Chart (2000-2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 29 |
| Canadian RPM Hot Country Tracks | 23 |
| UK Singles Chart | 84 |