Country Star Billy Gilman Comes Out and Says He is Gay [Video]

Billy is a semi popular country singer from Hope Valley, Rhode Island. He started singing before he was old enough to be in school, and first started singing publicly by the time he was 7 years old.Billy startd to get fame and recogniitino in 2001.

On September 10, 2001, he was voted the European's most awarded new country artist, becoming the youngest contender to ever win that prize.

He was also entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest Country singer to reach #1, and he was also nominated for a Grammy as well.

Now, Billy has done something new that is groundbreaking in country music, he is the second country singer to come out of the closet today.