The 61st Annual Grammy Awards aired on CBS on February 10, 2019. Dan + Shay were nominated for their first Grammy Award in the Country Duo/Group Performance category for their smash hit "Tequila". The duo were also slated to perform the song on the show in front of the crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California as well as to millions of people watching at home.
I remember being very excited and feeling emotional to watch my favorite duo perform their massive song on the national stage that night. Stay tuned for a future post with my commentary on that performance. They absolutely blew me away!
The Grammy Awards is an all-genre award show, so they are not able to show all of the categories during the broadcast. Earlier in the day, there was a separate ceremony for many of the categories. The duo had some strong competition in the Country Duo/Group Performance category, with duo Brothers Osborne, a collaboration of Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill, pop star Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line, and Little Big Town rounded out the nominees.
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney were seated toward the back of the auditorium with their respective wives and team members. When it was announced that they won their first Grammy, the duo were seen hugging their wives and team members, with the duo hugging one another when they got to the aisle. They took a long walk to the stage to accept their award.
Smyers started the acceptance speeches, stating that he and Mooney were surprised to win their first Grammy.
"We had no expectations to win this," Smyers said. "So many people to thank. Thank you to the Recording Academy, everybody who voted for us, all the incredible artists in our category."
He went on to praise the other country music nominees and ended his speech with more shout-outs.
"It's the beautiful thing about Nashville and country music. We are all family, we all root for each other. I love you guys, you're amazing," Smyers said. At the end, he gave shout-outs to the duo's team, his co-writers on the song, Nicolle Galyon and Jordan Reynolds, as well as to his wife, Abby and Mooney's wife, Hannah.
Next it was Mooney's turn to talk. He gave gratitude to his family.
"Oh my goodness," Mooney started. "My parents watching right now at home, I love you guys. Mom and dad, Gabby, Erica, my little boy, he's two. He probably doesn't know what's going on right now, why I'm on the TV, but I love you Asher. To my beautiful wife Hannah. Thank you so much."
He ended his portion of the speech by thanking the Recording Academy and telling the audience that he was surprised to win the award.
"To the Recording Academy, I can't believe this just happened," Mooney said. "I'm a little bit blown away and I might be about to pass out. Thank you guys so much. This is an incredible honor."
Below is the video of Dan + Shay accepting their first Grammy Award for "Tequila", courtesy of Recording Academy/Grammys YouTube channel. Enjoy!
I remember this moment!! It was so incredible! 😍 I was so proud of them! (I'm still so proud of them)
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