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Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Vince Gill launched his solo career in the mid-1980s, hitting the Top 10 on Billboard\u2019s country singles chart a remarkable 25 times. All but one of those hits was written or co-written by Gill, and a dozen of his compositions have been nominated for either CMA Song of the Year, ACM Song of the Year, or the Best Country Song Grammy. These include \u201cWhen I Call Your Name,\u201d \u201cLook At Us,\u201d \u201cPocket Full of Gold,\u201d \u201cWhen Love Finds You,\u201d \u201cHigh Lonesome Sound,\u201d \u201cIf You Have Forever in Mind,\u201d \u201cFeels Like Love,\u201d and \u201cThreaten Me With Heaven.\u201d \u201cGo Rest High on That Mountain\u201d won both the CMA Song of the Year and the Best Country Song Grammy, while \u201cI Still Believe in You\u201d won the Best Country Song Grammy, as well as both the CMA and the ACM\u2019s Song of the Year awards. Though he\u2019s won four in total, Vince is the only songwriter to ever win three consecutive Song of the Year awards from the CMA. He has won more Grammy awards, with over 20 trophies, than any male country performer in history. These include two Best Country Song wins, as well as a 2017 win for Best American Roots Song for \u201cKid Sister,\u201d which was recorded by Gill\u2019s band, The Time Jumpers. He has won eight ACM awards and 18 CMA awards, including Vocalist of the Year five years in a row and Entertainer of the Year two years in a row. Other highlights from his long list of hit singles include the #1 hits \u201cDon\u2019t Let Our Love Start Slippin\u2019 Away,\u201d \u201cOne More Last Chance,\u201d and \u201cTryin\u2019 to Get Over You.\u201d In addition to writing his own material, Vince\u2019s songs have been recorded by Loretta Lynn, Bob Seger, John Denver, Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Prine, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, LeAnn Rimes, and Alabama, who topped the country charts with his \u201cHere We Are.\u201d Vince was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.\xa0In 2014, he was named a BMI Icon, one of only twelve country writers ever honored with the prestigious award.