Trick Pony bassist Ira Dean picks up country vocalist Billy Gilman to
reach the microphone as they present the Horizon Award at the 35th
annual Country Music Award show in Nashville, Tennessee on November 7,
2001. The winner of the Horizon award was Keith Urban. REUTERS/Tami
Chappell

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Young Country music star Billy Gilman poses with his award for Country Favorite New Artist backstage at the 28th Annual American Music Awards January 8, 2001 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. 

Young Country music star Billy Gilman poses with his award for Country Favorite New Artist backstage at the 28th Annual American Music Awards January 8, 2001 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

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Country music artist Billy Gilman thanks the audience after performing at the 34th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, October 4, 2000.

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