Justin Bieber brought his pop style to the Country Music Association Awards for the first time Wednesday night, joining Dan Shay in performing their hit song « 10,000 Hours »
Pre-filmed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the trio provided an intimate and stripped-down version of the track without an audience
The romantic tune was released in October 2019, four days after Bieber’s wedding to Hailey Baldwin debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first off-holiday country song to debut in the top ten on the chart in a year 2013 « 10,000 Hours » is also Dan Shay’s top 10 hits in the US, the 16th Bieber.
The song also scored three CMA Awards nominations, including Music Video of the Year, Best Song of the Year, and Music Event of the Year The first nods went to Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Luke Coombs and Keith Urban, who all scored Entertainment of the Year and Vocalist of the Year nominations in their gender categories.
Before their performance, Dan Shay told Radio: « They were nervous to get on stage alongside Bieber
Shay Mooney said, “We didn’t really have this party moment with ‘10,000 hours’ – we just enjoyed the anniversary of the song » » So, it’s kind of crazy that we didn’t have to. Obviously with everything that happened, we’re excited. To return with him and comment, and the ability to do so «
Reba MacIntyre and Darius Rucker are hosting this year’s CMA events, the first show since 2007 that was not hosted by Carrie Underwood
Before the show started, several acts had to be discontinued after positive COVID-19 tests forced Tyler Hubbard of the Florida Georgia Line to withdraw and quarantine, as did Lee Price, who was to do a duet with Carly Pierce. He was replaced by Charles Kelly of Lady A. Kelly actually recorded the performance when his group pulled out an hour before the concert Shortly after the show started, Rascal Flatts tweeted that they would not be able to make it onto the stage because they had received a positive test within the group
Justin Bieber, CMA Awards, Dan Shay, Dan Smears, Moni Tea
World News – US – Justin Bieber presents CMA Awards for the first time with a performance of ‘10,000 Hours’ with Dan Shay
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