Scotty Granger (born July 19, 1987) also known as Scotty Grand and Scotty G, is an American

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producer, singer and songwriter. He plays piano, guitar, flute, sax, and piccolo, among others. Granger has famously been linked to having received his talents and voice, specifically, via his Great Aunt being, “Queen of Gospel Music”

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. After renaming himself Scotty Grand in 2011, he embarked on a solo singing career. And in November of that same year, signed a publishing deal with

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. He has written a number of dance tunes, mainly destined for European dance circuits, but gained fame with the American music market after taking part in ''

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'' on

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and finishing third overall in the competition - though being a fan favorite. In 2021, Grand, became part of the songwriting team that penned the theme song for ABC’s reboot of

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. Titled “All I Know”, it has gone on to win awards such as an HMMA (Hollywood Music in Media Award).

Career

He started singing and taking part in musical competitions when he was seven years old. In 1998, he appearing on his first televised show from the

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, where he won between 10 participating kids. He released his debut album titled ''Revelations of Music'' on New Orleans–based label, Jam Tight Records. In 2004, while still in high school, he released his second album ''So Natural'' with Poetik Arkhitekture Inc. that included the 2005 class song for his high school "Class Dismissed" which he performed at the graduation. In the summer of 2006, at 18 years, he appeared on another reality TV show titled '' The One: Making a Music Star'' on

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, becoming the youngest participant in the show. He studied at

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, Massachusetts, then moved to Los Angeles. Scotty began touring with

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' back in 2007 performing and acting as Creative Director for her live shows as well as backing her on keyboards and vocals including at Sparks'

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. During the summer of 2008 he released his writing debut single internationally in the

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genre with "A Higher Love" charting on various European dance charts. His works have appeared in mixes and dance compilations albums selling over platinum status in more than 6 countries. Mr. Grand has acted as music producer/songwriter in international dance hits like DJ Jose's "Like That",

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's Live It Alive" and "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday" and Hi Tack's "I Don't Mind" and Roy Gate's "I Am Music". On June 10, 2009, he appeared as "Scotty 'Songbird' Granger" on the ABC show '' Wipeout'' in Episode 4 '' The Sisterhood of the Travelling Hot Pants'' in

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of the show and the first person who was able to cross the Sweeper Run successfully. He won $50,000. He took part in ''

'' songwriting competition (see below). He released his third studio album ''A Songwriter's Right'' showcasing his songwriting talents in many genres including R&B, dance, pop and country.

In ''Platinum Hit''

Granger was one of the 12 finalists on the 2011 series on

entitled ''

'', a competition about songwriting. He reached the finale (Final 3) and sang his own composition "Beautiful Yo

and came third overall behind winner

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and runner-up Jes Hudak. ;Performances

After ''Platinum Hit''

Scotty Granger continued his music career after finishing third in ''Platinum Hit'' taking the artistic name Scotty Grand. He released his album ''A Songwriter's Right'' in 2012 with an extended playlist under ''A Songwriter's Right - Paragraph One: Love Is...'' with the follow-up album ''A Songwriter's Right - Paragraph Two: Hate Will...'', with notable collaboration with a number of artists and prominently with The Ben Leathers Orchestra. ''A Songwriter's Right - Paragraph Three'' is due in 2017 with a song a month released by Scotty Grand until date of release. He worked as keyboard player and backing vocals for

and eventually was assigned as a creative director for her in 2014. In 2015, he released his own single "If This Ain't Love" featuring The Ben Leathers Orchestra, and accompanied by a music video.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of former

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basketball player Danny Granger and great nephew of gospel legend,

. Scotty is an openly

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artist.

Discography

Albums

;as Scotty Granger *''Revelations of Music'' am Tight Records*''So Natural'' oetik Arkhitekture Inc.(2004) ;as Scotty Grand

Singles

;as Scotty Granger *2011: "Beautiful You" (as Scotty Granger during ''

'') ;as Scotty Grand *2013: "If This Ain't Love" (featuring The Ben Leathers Orchestra) hen Words Fail Records*2014: "Where We Belong" hen Words Fail Records2021: “All I Know”(The Wonder Years Theme Song” ABC ollywood Records

Videography

*2015; "If This Ain't Love

References

External links

Musiqman18 YouTube page
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