{"id":4083,"date":"2015-04-02T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2015-04-01T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:02:12","slug":"what-will-the-acm-awards-bring-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/04\/02\/what-will-the-acm-awards-bring-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"What will the ACM Awards bring this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Monday, March 30<sup>th<\/sup>, the second round of performers for this years Academy of Country Music Awards was announced. This year will mark the 50<sup>th<\/sup> ACM celebration so they are going all out with the performers. The academy is bringing back veterans, having new artists perform, and creating crossover duets with pop artists. The ACM\u2019s will take place on April 19<sup>th<\/sup> at the AT&amp;T stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>However, the interesting part of who will be performing is whom they chose for the duet performances. As of right now it is Nick Jonas with Dan and Shay. And then Christina Aguilera is said to be performing with a surprise artist for a surprise duet. Aguilera will also be appearing as a guest star in <em>Nashville<\/em>, on April 15<sup>th<\/sup>. This is especially interesting because the ACM\u2019s are only four days after her country music debut. Granted on the show Aguilera\u2019s character will be an already established pop artist that wants to record a country album.<\/p>\n<p>Last years best duet performance was with Shakira and Blake Shelton. It turned out to be more of a rock tune than country but still people went wild for it.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F1rAVitAwiA<\/p>\n<p>They also performed this song on <em>The Voice<\/em>. I think that this performance was awesome. Personally, I just like how their two voices blend together because they are so different. With Shakira\u2019s Spanish accent shining through and then Shelton\u2019s country accent, together I think that they create a very unique sound.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards there were two crossover duet performances, the first by Hunter Hayes and Stevie Wonder and the second by Brad Paisley and John Mayer. Hunter Hayes and Stevie Wonder performed \u201cSir Duke\u201d. Hunter Hayes also did a solo performance of \u201cI Want Crazy\u201d, however, the duet with Stevie Wonder completely overshadowed his solo.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j0jhYZniYeo<\/p>\n<p>Brad Paisley and John Mayer performed \u201cBeat This Summer\u201d. This performance was primarily sung by Paisley. Both Mayer and Paisley contributed to the guitar solo and Mayer took over one verse of the song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Brad Paisley and John Mayer - This Beat is Summer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BHVQ3pwkpu0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Maybe it is because this is not one of my favorite Brad Paisley songs but I did not enjoy this performance as much. However, I think that the Hayes and Wonder duet was much better, got the audience more into the performance, and had a much better sound to it.<\/p>\n<p>I think that duet performances are unique because of how they bring two different voices together. Especially the duets performed at the ACM\u2019s because they usually take artists from two different genres. This is great because the performances combined two opposite sounding vocals and creates an amazing crossover sound. I am very excited to see how the duet performances for this year turn out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Monday, March 30th, the second round of performers for this years Academy of Country Music Awards was announced. This year will mark the 50th ACM celebration so they are going all out with the performers. 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