One Voice (Billy Gilman album)

One Voice is the debut studio album by American country music singer Billy Gilman. The album was released on June 20, 2000, by Epic Records Nashville. It reached number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and was certified 2× Platinum by RIAA. The highest-charting single from the album was its title track, which reached 20 on Hot Country Songs and 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. It made Gilman the youngest male artist in history (at 12 years old) to have a solo top 40 hit on the country charts.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for One Voice adapted from the album's liner notes.

Vocals

• Billy Gilman – lead vocals
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Anthony Martin – background vocals
• Jimmy Nichols – background vocals
• Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals
• Lisa Silver – background vocals

Instruments

• Mark Casstevens – gut string guitar, acoustic guitar
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
• Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
• Jim Horn – horn arrangements, tenor saxophone
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Blair Masters – drum loops
• Jerry McPherson – gut string guitar, acoustic guitar
• Greg Morrow – drums
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Jimmy Nichols – keyboards
• Steve Patrick – trumpet
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
• Robby Turner – steel guitar
• Bergen White – string arrangements

Technical

• Mike Bradley – recording engineer
• Mark Capps – assistant engineering
• Derek Bason – additional engineering, vocal editing
• Tony Castle – additional engineering, vocal editing
• Graham Lewis – additional engineering
• Billy Sherrill – additional engineering
• Julian King – mixing
• George Massenburg – mixing
• Rich Hanson – assistant mixing
• Jenny Rosato – assistant mixing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Eric Conn – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing

Imagery

• Tracy Baskette – art direction
• Bill Johnson – art direction
• Eddie Malluk – cover photo
• Mary Beth Felts – hair/make-up
• Rudy Sotomayor – hair/make-up
• Marina Chavez – photography
• Renee Fowler – stylist
• Richie Owings – stylist

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

Certifications and sales

References