Scotty Granger

Scotty Granger (born July 19, 1987) also known as Scotty Grand and Scotty G, is an American pop, R&B and dance music singer/producer/songwriter. He plays piano, guitar, flute, sax, and piccolo, among others.
Granger, after renaming himself Scotty Grand, embarked on a solo singing career and in November 2011, signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
He has written a number of dance tunes, mainly destined for European dance circuits, but gained fame with American music markets after taking part in "Platinum Hit" on Bravo and finishing third overall in the competition.
Career.
He started singing and taking part in musical competitions when he was 7 years old. In 1998, he appearing on his first televised show from the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY, 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 "" on ABC, becoming the youngest participant in the show.
He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, then moved to Los Angeles. Scotty began touring with Jordin Sparks' 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' Battlefield Tour.
During the summer of 2008 he released his writing debut single internationally in the dance music/techno 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", DJ Antoine'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 "" in season 2 of the show and the first person who was able to cross the Sweeper Run successfully. He won $50,000.
He took part in "Platinum Hit" 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 Bravo entitled "Platinum Hit", a competition about songwriting. He reached the finale (Final 3) and sang his own composition "Beautiful You" and came third overall behind winner Sonyae Elise and runner-up Jes Hudak.
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 Jordin Sparks 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 NBA basketball player Danny Granger and great nephew of gospel legend, Mahalia Jackson. Scotty is an openly gay artist.