Scotty Granger

Scotty Granger 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. 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 and sang his own composition "Beautiful You" and came third overall behind winner Sonyae Elise and runner-up Jes Hudak.
;Performances

Week	Date of broadcast	Hook / Song Composer	Team
1	May 30, 2011	"The One" by Scotty Granger	Scotty Granger Brian Judah Nevin James	The Songwriter was on the Losing Song entries but was not eliminated
2	June 6, 2011	"Paint the Club with Amazing" by Scotty Granger	Scotty Granger Nick Nittoli Melissa Rapp Sonyae Elise	The Songwriter provided the hook for the winning song
3	June 13, 2011	"Going Where I Need to Be" by Johnny Marnell Granger's hook 'Pack' did not qualify	Johnny Marnell Brian Judah Scotty Granger	Granger was selected as the winner of the episode's Elimination Challenge
4	June 20, 2011	"Walk through Walls" by Johnny Marnell Granger's hook "Boy I Wanna " did not qualify	Johnny Marnell Scotty Granger Jes Hudak	Granger was selected as the winner of the episode's Elimination Challenge
5	June 27, 2011	"Love Me to Life" by Sonyae Elise Granger's hook "Love Me or Not" did not qualify	Sonyae Elise Scotty Granger Brian Judah	Granger was selected as the winner of the episode's Elimination Challenge
6	July 8, 2011	"Say It Back" by Jackioe Tohn Granger's hook "Melt" did not qualify	Jackie Tohn Scotty Granger Sonyae Elise	Granger was selected as one of the bottom two song entries in the Elimination Challenge and was up for elimination
7	July 15, 2011	"Love You Down" by Scotty Granger and Jes Hudak Written for Justin Bieber	Scotty Granger Jes Hudak	The Songwriter Granger was one of the best song entries but was not selected as the winning song
8	July 22, 2011	"Reign" by Scottie Granger	Scotty Granger Sonyae Elise Nick Nittoli	Granger provided the hook for the winning song. Nittoli was singled out for having the best contribution and won a feature article spot in Spin magazine.
9	July 29, 2011	"DJ Have My Babies" by Scotty Granger Won the hook challenge	Scotty Granger	The Songwriter Granger was not selected as either a top entry or a bottom entry in the Elimination Challenge, and advanced to the next challenge.
10 Finale	August 5, 2011	"Beautiful You" by Scotty Granger	Scotty Granger	Granger finished 2nd runner-up. Contest won by Sonyae Elise and Jes Hudak as first runner-up

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.

Discography

Albums

;as Scotty Granger

Revelations of Music
So Natural

;as Scotty Grand

Title and details	Notes
A Songwriter's Right Type: Album Released: 2012 Record label:
A Songwriter's Right - Paragraph One: Love Is... Type: Album (extended version of A Songwriter's Right Released: 2012 Record label:
A Songwriter's Right - Paragraph Two: Hate Will... Type: Album Released: 2016 Record label:

Singles