{"id":1315726,"date":"2019-10-16T18:33:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1813254"},"modified":"2019-10-16T18:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:33:23","slug":"cmt-aoty-dan-shay-say-cmt-changed-their-world-in-a-bigger-way-than-they-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/cmt-aoty-dan-shay-say-cmt-changed-their-world-in-a-bigger-way-than-they-know\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT AOTY: Dan + Shay Say CMT Changed Their World in a Bigger Way Than They Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n40m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Honorees Dan + Shay opened the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year with their intoxicating \u201cTequila.\u201d And the crowd was there to drink it all in. <\/p>\n<p>With Shay Mooney on lead vocals and Dan Smyers on guitar, plus a four-man backing band, they had the audience at the ceremony \u2014 packed with their friends, fans and wives \u2014 singing along within minutes. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s show on Wednesday night (Oct. 16) at Nashville\u2019s Schermerhorn Symphony Center was a special one, since it\u2019s the 10th anniversary of the night dedicated to celebrating the biggest artists in country music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:20c5bfe6-92e7-4a0e-b86a-13582cbd6e32\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Radio host Bobby Bones was there to set the stage for the night. \u201cNashville! It is so great to be here and to celebrate country music in 2019,\u201d he said. \u201cThe great thing is, CMT honors these artists each year because they dominated country radio, they toured on the road, and the music was streamed by millions online. And so they have earned this right to be called CMT Artists of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the artists have one thing in common, he said, and that is their love for country music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"2d8e257b\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Dan_Shay_Jason_KempinGetty_Images-1571271840.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Dan + Shay\" class=\" js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\"> Jason Kempin\/Getty Images <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When he called Tori Kelly to the stage \u2014 to present Dan + Shay with their award \u2014 Bones called the singer\/songwriter\/producer an extended member of the CMT family. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duo I\u2019m here to recognize may fall on the modern side of country, but they are old school when it comes to work ethic. From writing to recording to touring, they\u2019ve built their career one brick at a time. And when they finally dropped that one song you just heard, \u2019Tequila,\u2019 all that work paid off,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cI\u2019m talking about my good friends Dan and Shay.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:22df2fb6-c42f-4906-b771-73b36107de27\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>The well-loved duo made their way to the stage, and Mooney started with, \u201cThis is truly hard to put into words how much this means to us. I look around and it\u2019s truly inspiring. I\u2019m getting a little choked up just looking around. Country music has done so much for us, and being on this stage does not seem deserving in my mind. We are so thankful. That\u2019s all I\u2019m gonna say before I start crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it was Smyers turn, he thanked their wives, their team, their fans and everybody at CMT. \u201cYou guys gave us our very first award ever and this is a full-circle moment,\u201d he said, \u201cso CMT, thank you for believing in us and changing our world in a bigger way than you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1813254\/cmt-aoty-dan-shay-say-cmt-changed-their-world-in-a-bigger-way-than-they-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 40m ago Honorees Dan + Shay opened the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year with their intoxicating \u201cTequila.\u201d And the crowd was there to drink it all in. With Shay Mooney on lead vocals and Dan Smyers on guitar, plus a four-man backing band, they had the audience at the ceremony \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 03:34:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}