Dan + Shay: ‘In Their Own Words’
Breakout country duo Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) impressively debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart last week with their highly anticipated album, Where It All Began, making them the only duo in SoundScan reported history to debut at No. 1 with their first album on the Country Albums Chart and the highest charting debut artists of 2014.
To celebrate the release of the album, Dan + Shay recently answered questions for the Country Music Association’s “In Their Own Words” segment.
See what the “19 You + Me” singers had to say in their own words below…
IN THEIR OWN WORDS…
MUSICAL HERO
DAN: “Dave Grohl. I can’t wait to hear the music he makes with Zac Brown Band.”
DREAM DUET PARTNER
SHAY: “Shania Twain.”
PET PEEVE
DAN: “iPhone Red Eye Correction.”
FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
SHAY: “Tour bus.”
FAVORITE FOOD ON THE ROAD
DAN: “Trail mix.”
FIRST GIG
SHAY: “Church … I was 3 and I got a kiss on the cheek from a girl I liked.”
GREATEST LONG-TERM CHALLENGE
DAN: “Winning a CMA Award!”
Click HERE to purchase a copy of Dan + Shay’s Where It All Began on iTunes.