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Vince Gill A much-acclaimed American neo-traditionalist country music singer, Gill got his break in 1979 in the country rock band Pure Prairie League before embarking on a solo career in 1983. Since then, he has recorded more than twenty studio albums in addition to charting more than forty singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with such songs as "When I Call Your Name".Overall, he has sold more than 22 million albums and has 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. He has also earned 19 Grammy Awards, the most of any male Country music artist. As such in 2007, it was no surprise that Gill was inducted into the esteemed Country Music Hall of Fame. Gill married country singer Janis Gill of Sweethearts of the Rodeo fame, in 1980. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Jerene Gill, born May 5, 1982. Vince and Janis eventually separated in the mid-90s and divorced in June 1998. He then married Christian/pop singer Amy Grant in March 2000. They have one daughter, Corrina Grant Gill, born March 12, 2001. In his recent acceptance speech for his nineteenth Grammy Award, he closed by saying: "Music is the only place in the world where true democracy lives - every note counts. Back to Vince Gills Index |