'I've got to thank the six people that came and watched me play in the basement of a bar somewhere, you know? I wouldn't give anything for those gigs, and maybe we'll play some bigger ones now.'Īfter the 2015 CMA Awards, Stapleton immediately saw the effects of his high-profile successes: His album surged to No. This is an unbelievable thing to me, and I'm not gonna take it lightly,' Stapleton said from the stage when accepting the latter trophy. 'I look at all the faces of all the people that have helped me support my family over the years, the past 15 years writing songs and playing out there. It was a star-making moment, followed by another: Stapleton earned Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, sweeping the categories in which he was nominated. You guys are more scary to me than that.' The thing I’m most afraid of is saying the wrong thing in a room like this. That was the least of my worries, getting up and playing tonight.

'I know who was standing next to me, but at the same time, he’s so great and a wonderful person, and makes music even more fun. That’s my happy place, so that doesn’t make me nervous,' Stapleton shared backstage that night. 'I'm never afraid to get onstage and sing and play music. Television footage of the performance shows Keith Urban filming the moment on his cellphone, Hillary Scott (among others) singing along and, at the end of the performance, her bandmate Charles Kelley raising his arms in approval: The trio and their large backing band had the crowd clapping and singing along by the time they finished 'Tennessee Whiskey' - but then, they kicked it up a notch with Timberlake's song 'Drink You Away,' again trading lines and harmonizing with Morgane. Timberlake earned a similar greeting when he took lead on the song's second verse, and Stapleton's wife Morgane harmonized with them throughout the song. An amped-up crowd gave them a loud welcome, and as Stapleton sang the first line of 'Tennessee Whiskey,' they whooped and hollered in approval. When Stapleton and Timberlake took the CMA Awards stage, he'd already been named New Artist of the Year. Prior to their performance, Stapleton shared that he'd asked Timberlake about performing together even prior to the year's CMAs nominees being announced. Stapleton and Timberlake had known each other for a couple of years by that point, with Timberlake even tweeting praise for his fellow musician in December of 2014. 2, the Country Music Association announced that pop superstar Justin Timberlake would be joining him for the moment. The singer - who joined Luke Bryan for a CMA Awards performance of 'Drink a Beer,' which Stapleton wrote and Bryan recorded, in 2013 - was asked to perform at the show, and then, on Nov.

Timbaland kinda sorta just confirmed they were working on a country project.When 2015 CMA Awards nominations were announced in early September, Stapleton found himself nominated for Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year, up against Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church, Sam Hunt and others. He could just want to be closer to home and family in Memphis, but this next bit has us thinking otherwise. Back in July, Timberlake dropped $4 million on property in Leiper's Fork, which is about 30 miles south of Nashville.

Timberlake recently purchased land right outside of Nashville. And for all the fans who have been tweeting incessantly to try and make it happen, you might be able to rest your thumbs: There are inklings that this whole Justin Timberlake-country thing could become a reality sometime soon. A Timberlake country album would make sense, given the fact that he hails from country music's birthplace, Tennessee. Timberlake took the stage with country star Chris Stapleton to perform Stapleton's hit cover 'Tennessee Whiskey' and a show-stopping version of Timberlake's 'Drink You Away'-the latter of which created a social media movement for JT to pull a reverse Taylor Swift and officially make the move over from pop to country. Our Justin Timberlake country dreams were planted just weeks ago at this year's Country Music Association Awards.

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