Gil Grand (born Gilles Lagrandeur, January 8, 1968) is a Canadian
country music
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singer. Since 1998, he has released three studio albums: ''
Famous First Words'' (1998), ''Burnin'' (2002) and ''Somebody's Someone'' (2006).
He has charted several singles on the Canadian country singles charts as well, including the ''
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'' top ten single "
Famous First Words" in 1998.
Career
In 1998, Grand signed a record deal with
Monument Records
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' Nashville division. His debut album, ''
Famous First Words'', helped him receive three
Canadian Country Music Awards
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nominations including Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year and
Wrangler Rising Star.
''Burnin'' was released in December 2002. "Cry A Little," "Break It to Them Gently," "Run" and the title track were all released as singles. Grand earned five CCMA nominations in 2003 including Single of the Year,
SOCAN
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Song of the Year, Video of the Year, and Best Album Graphics, and won Independent Male Artist of the Year.
He released his third album, ''Somebody's Someone'', in March 2006. In 2006, Grand and his younger brother
Jake
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joined forces for Raise the Roof, a tour that took them from British Columbia to Ontario, raising awareness of Ronald McDonald House Charities. Grand now lives in Nashville where he is co-owner and president of Grand & Gee Music Group.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Note
Music videos
Awards and nominations
1998
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Male Vocalist of the Year
1999
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Album of the Year, ''Famous First Words''
* CCMA Male Vocalist of the Year
* CCMA
Wrangler Rising Star
2003
* CCMA Independent Male Artist of the Year
* CCMA Single of the Year, "Cry A Little"
* CCMA
SOCAN
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
Song of the Year, "Cry A Little"
* CCMA Video of the Year, "Cry A Little"
2004
* CCMA Video of the Year, "Run"
* CCMA Independent Male Artist of the Year
2006
* CCMA Record Producer of the Year
References
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1968 births
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian country singer-songwriters
Franco-Ontarian people
Living people
Musicians from Greater Sudbury