How Did Dan and Shay Clinch the Duo/Group Video of the Year Award?
The 2024 CMT Music Awards, a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances, were held in Austin. The annual celebration of country music and its music videos was hosted by Kelsea Ballerini. The awards were given out in various categories like Collaborative Video of the Year, CMT Performance of the Year, and the top prize, Video of the Year. The winners were all voted on by fans.
The #CMTAwards winners of Dup/Group of the Year are @DanAndShay! Congratulations 🌟 pic.twitter.com/Os99gmy1hf
— CMT (@CMT) April 8, 2024
Among the winners, the American country pop music duo, Dan and Shay, clinched this year’s Duo/Group Video of the year for their song “Save Me The Trouble”. The song was released through Warner Records Nashville as the lead single from their fifth studio album, “Bigger Houses”, on July 14, 2023. The song was produced by Dan himself and Scott Hendricks, and the former wrote it alongside duo member Shay, Ashley Gorley, Jordan Reynolds, and Jordan Minton. The song and official music video were released alongside three promotional singles from the album and their respective music videos: “Heartbreak on the Map”, “Always Gonna Be”, and the title track. The tune reached #2 on the Country Airplay chart during the week of January 13, 2024.
What Was the Duo’s Reaction to Their Win?
In a video posted by CMT, Dan expressed his excitement about their win. He said, “We’re underneath the stage of Kansas City about to go on. We just got the good news that we won the duo group video of the year. Thank you so much for that. Thank you to the fans for the voting. We love you guys.” Shay also expressed his gratitude towards CMT and their fans. He said, “CMT we love you guys. Thank you for supporting us from the very beginning.” He further said to Dan, “We got a show to do here, are you ready?” To which Dan replied, “Let’s do this.”
Who Are Dan and Shay?
Dan and Shay is an American country pop music duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. They are signed to Warner Records Nashville and have released five albums, “Where It All Began”, “Obsessed”, “Dan + Shay”, “Good Things” and “Bigger Houses”. Of their nine singles, five have topped the Country Airplay chart and three have topped the Hot Country Songs chart.
The duo’s musical style has been described as country, country pop, and pop. They also utilize elements of pop, country rock, soft rock, and R&B. The duo have collaborated with Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth, Rascal Flatts, Lindsey Stirling, RaeLynn, and Kelly Clarkson. From 2019 to 2021, the duo won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the songs “Tequila”, “Speechless”, and “10,000 Hours” with Justin Bieber.
Their song “Stop Drop + Roll” was featured on the Nashville season two episode “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad”. They were also featured on “The Bachelorette” in an episode that aired on June 7, 2016. The duo also collaborated with violinist, dancer, and YouTuber Lindsey Stirling on a song from her third album “Brave Enough”. The song was entitled “Those Days”, and the album was released on August 19, 2016. In 2017, the duo were featured on CMT Crossroads, along with Earth, Wind & Fire.
In 2018, the duo was featured on “The Voice” with Chevel Shepherd. On May 19, 2019, the duo performed their song “Speechless” with “American Idol” Top 3 contestant Madison VanDenburg. In 2020, the duo was featured on “The Not-Too-Late Show” with Elmo!. In 2021, the duo was featured on “The Voice” for a second time as Blake Shelton’s Battle advisors. In June 2023, it was announced that the duo would become coaches on the 25th season of “The Voice” as the first ever duo coach on the American version of the show.
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