News about Dan Smyers

Lainey Wilson took home the honors for Female Artist of the Year, Music Event of the Year and Entertainer of the Year at Thursday's Academy of Country Music Awards stemming from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Wilson said she's received strong support from the women within the country music industry in her acceptance speech.

Dan + Shay were wowed in the final moments of The Voice on Monday as Tae Lewis closed out the two-hour show by singing Amazed by Lonestar. 'There is a reason they got you closing out this show,' Dan Smyers, 36, said. 'Save the best for last. That was an iconic performance. Week after week you continue to step up and prove that you deserve to be in this position. You deserve America's votes. Incredible man!' 'Look at this guy!' Shay Mooney, 32, said. 'How could you not vote for him!'

Tae Lewis won the Instant Save on Tuesday's episode of The Voice and gave new coaches Dan + Shay an advantage headed into the semifinals. The 31-year-old singer from Goldsboro, North, Carolina, found himself in the bottom four after the Top 12 performed on Monday and faced elimination along with L. Rodgers, Nadège and Zoe Levert. Tae was the last of the four to perform during the Instant Save and belted out 'The Church on Cumberland Road' by Shenandoah.

On Sunday, rapper-turned-country sensation Jelly Roll referenced his ascension from jail to an award-winning country music performer in one of the 2024 CMT Music Awards' most moving moments. At the Austin, Texas, he received his second award for Male Video of the Year for his single Need A Favor. When Lainey Wilson received the complimentary Female Video of the Year Award for Watermelon Moonshine, she also earned her first big award of the evening.

After all of the coaches turned for her on Monday's episode of The Voice on NBC, Dan + Shay beat out the other coaches to win Madison Curbelo for their team. Shay Mooney, 32, said, 'Four chair wins.' 'Are you kidding me?!''Four-chair!' Dan Smyers, 36, said. 'Let's go!'

On Monday, Dan + Shay made their debut as a coaching pair on NBC's season premiere, and they performed with a contestant who covered one of their hit songs. When Ryan Argast, 30, of Plainfield, Illinois, came out and performed Dan + Shay's own song Speechless, he left the coaches with no words. 'Singing a Dan + Shay song is a risk, but I think every time I perform a song, I try to give my twist,' Ryan said. I may not be doing all the runs, but I do want them to feel the emotion and believe the tale.'

With Reba McEntire, John Legend, and Chance the Rapper, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney are due to make history by becoming The Voice's first-ever coaching pair for season 25. Blake Shelton, the Grammy Award-winning artists, said goodbye to his time as battle advisors to the NBC's coveted singing competition after 12 years last month. In addition to earning nine top ten hits on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, the pair have worked with some of the top musicians in the industry, including Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth, Rascal Flatts, and Kelly Clarkson. They are best known for their songs Tequila, Speechless, 10,000 Hours, Nothin' Like You, and 19 You + Me. Spring 2024 is expected for their highly awaited coaching debut.

On Wednesday, Shania Twain saddled up for a night of music and deserved recognition at the 15th Annual Academy Of Country Music Honors in Nashville, Tennessee. The 56-year-old country queen, wearing a leopard print cowboy hat, strolled the red carpet in a plunging black velvet gown with a dramatic train. The likes of Kelsea Ballerini and pop punk singer Avril Lavigne were among her guests at the annual celebration at Ryman Auditorium.