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Dan + Shay is an American
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duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. They are signed to Warner Records Nashville and have released six albums, '' Where It All Began'', '' Obsessed'', ''
Dan + Shay Dan + Shay is an American country pop duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. They are signed to Warner Records Nashville and have released six albums, '' Where It All Began'', '' Obsessed'', '' Dan + Shay'', '' ...
'', '' Good Things'', '' Bigger Houses'' and '' It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album''. Of their nine singles, five have topped the
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chart and three have topped the
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chart. The duo have collaborated with
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,
Charlie Puth Charles Otto Puth Jr. (; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his cover (music), song covers uploaded to YouTube. Puth signed with the record labe ...
,
Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American Country music, country music band formed in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background voc ...
,
Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, songwriter and dancer. She presents choreographed violin performances, in live and music videos found on her official YouTube channel, which she created in 2007. Stirling per ...
,
RaeLynn Racheal Lynn Woodward (born May 4, 1994), better known as RaeLynn, is an American singer and songwriter who was a contestant on ''The Voice (U.S.), The Voice'' in The Voice (U.S. season 2), season two (2012). She was eliminated in the quarterf ...
, and
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. From 2019 to 2021, the duo won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the songs "
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", " Speechless", and " 10,000 Hours" (with Justin Bieber).


Career


2013–2015: ''Where It All Began''

Before the duo's foundation, Mooney was a solo artist on
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's
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label and Smyers was a member of a group called Bonaventure as well as a previous member of the band Transition on
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. The two met in
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, in December 2012 at Dan's house during a party. There they would perform together for the first time and started writing the day after they met. The first song they ever wrote together got put on hold for
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. Within two months, the duo had multiple publishing offers and signed with
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. On October 14, 2013, the debut single, "
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", was released to country radio. Dan + Shay wrote the song with Danny Orton. The song received a positive review at ''
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'' which praised the "warm details" and "emotion". Their debut album, '' Where It All Began'', was released on April 1, 2014, which Orton produced with
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. The album's second single, " Show You Off", was released to country radio on May 12, 2014. They performed on ''
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'', performing "19 You + Me" in 2014. They made their ''
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'' debut on February 1, 2014. They also received a 2014
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Vocal Duo of the Year nomination. The album's third single, " Nothin' Like You", was released to country radio on February 23, 2015. It reached number one on the
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chart in December 2015. Dan + Shay was the opening act for
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on his We're Not Invisible Tour, which began in March 2014. Dan + Shay opened for
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on the 2014 leg of his Ten Times Crazier Tour. The tour began in June 2014 and ended in October 2014. Following the end of the Ten Times Crazier Tour, Dan + Shay embarked on their own 10-date headlining tour, the Where It All Began Tour. The tour began on October 9, 2014, in
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and concluded in
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, on October 26, 2014. After the conclusion of the "Where It All Began Tour", Dan + Shay set out on the road once more with
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on his Tattoo (Your Name) Tour.


2015–2017: ''Obsessed''

In August 2015, the duo announced the Just the Right Kind of Crazy Tour across the Midwest and eastern United States. Their second album's first single, " From the Ground Up", was released to country radio in February 2016. On June 3, 2016, the duo released their second studio album, '' Obsessed''. The album's second single, " How Not To", was released to country radio on September 26, 2016. The duo joined
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on his Good for a Good Time Tour from June - September 2016. In November 2016, the duo started their The Obsessed Tour and continued to support it until April 2017. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in July 2017. The album's third single, " Road Trippin'", was released to country radio on July 17, 2017. In 2017, the duo supported
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on his Home Team Tour.


2018: ''Dan + Shay''

In January 2018, it was announced that the duo joined
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on the Back to Us Tour. In January 2018, the duo released "
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", the lead single from their self-titled third studio album, which was released on June 22, 2018. "Tequila" has since become their highest-charting song on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, with it reaching the top 40. On August 6, 2018, the duo released the second single from the album " Speechless". The album also features a collaboration with
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on "Keeping Score". From October to December the duo supported Chris Young on his Losing Sleep World Tour. On February 11, 2019, the duo released the third single from the album " All to Myself". In August, they released ''Dan + Shay (The Vocals)'', which includes the vocal tracks of the two singles from the album.


2019–2023: ''Good Things''

From February to April, the duo went on their 2019 Dan + Shay Tour. On March 27, 2019, it was announced that the duo would join
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in Australia and New Zealand on his 2019 tour. On October 4, 2019, they released " 10,000 Hours", a collaboration with Canadian singer
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, after his and
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's wedding in South Carolina four days before. The song debuted at number 4 on the ''
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and also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. The duo co-wrote
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's 2020 single " Dream Girl". From June to September 2019, the duo supported
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on their
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. In October 2019, the duo announced their Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour originally set to start in March 2020.
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and
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were announced as opening acts. On March 12, 2020, after performing in Columbus, the duo announced the tour would be postponed to summer and fall 2020. Dates were postponed again to 2021, which also led to some cancellations after they were unable to reschedule from 2020 postponements. On July 31, 2020, the duo released the second single from the album, " I Should Probably Go to Bed". On February 5, 2021, they released the third single from the album, "
Glad You Exist "Glad You Exist" is a song by American country pop duo Dan + Shay. It was released as the third single from their fourth studio album, '' Good Things'' on February 5, 2021. The members of the duo, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney wrote the song along ...
". On July 16, 2021, the duo announced their fourth album ''Good Things'' while releasing the album's title track " Good Things" as a single and revealing the album's release date of August 13, 2021. On August 16, 2021, " Steal My Love" was released as the album's fourth single. In August 2021, the duo collaborated with
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on a cover of " Only Us" from ''
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'', which they recorded for the soundtrack album of the musical's 2021 film adaptation. It was released as a single on September 3, 2021. On November 2, 2021, the duo revealed they had to cancel two shows, in Orlando and Atlanta, on their Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour due to a positive COVID-19 test within their touring camp. On July 18, 2022, "
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" was released as the album's fifth single. On March 31, 2023, Dan + Shay were featured on the single "
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" by American singer-songwriter
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, which was their first song to be featured on.


2023–present: ''Bigger Houses'' and ''It’s Officially Christmas: The Double Album''

In July 2023, Dan + Shay revealed that they almost broke up after their 2021 tour. Dan Smyers stated, "I was in, like, the lowest low of my entire life. Came off the road, and I was like, 'Man, I f---ing hate music. I'm ready to quit". They also confirmed their fifth studio album, '' Bigger Houses'' and released three singles, "
Save Me the Trouble "Save Me the Trouble" is a song by American country pop duo Dan + Shay. It was released through Warner Records Nashville as the lead single from their fifth studio album, '' Bigger Houses'', on July 14, 2023. The song was produced by duo member ...
", "Bigger Houses", and "Heartbreak on the Map" on July 14, 2023. The album was released on September 15, 2023. On October 17, 2024, Dan + Shay released their first Christmas album, '' It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album''.


In popular culture

The Dan + Shay song "Stop Drop + Roll" was featured on the ''
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'' season two episode "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad". They were also featured on ''
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'' in an episode that aired on June 7, 2016. The duo also collaborated with violinist, dancer, and YouTuber
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on a song from her third album ''
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''. The song was entitled "Those Days", and the album was released on August 19, 2016. In 2017, the duo were featured on ''
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'', along with
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. In 2018, the duo was featured on '' The Voice'' with
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. On May 19, 2019, the duo performed their song "Speechless" with ''
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'' Top 3 contestant Madison VanDenburg. In 2020, the duo was featured on ''The Not-Too-Late Show with
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!''. In 2021, the duo was featured on ''The Voice'' for a second time as
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's Battle advisors. In June 2023, it was announced that the duo would become coaches on the 25th season of ''The Voice'' as the first ever duo coach on the American version on the show.


Musical style and influences

Dan + Shay's musical style has been described as
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,
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, and
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. They also utilize elements of
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,
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, and R&B. In describing their sound, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
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stated, "specializing in country-pop so smooth it would also sound at home on adult contemporary radio" and "their inherent sweetness served as a counterpoint to the swaggering
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that dominated mainstream country during the mid-2010s." ''Taste of Country'' compared them to
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and Love and Theft. The duo has cited many musical influences. Dan Smyers cited artists such as
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,
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,
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and
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as musical influences. Shay Mooney cited artists such as Rascal Flatts,
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, Usher and Kenny Chesney as musical influences. ''
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'' noted musical influences from
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,
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,
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and
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on the duo's fourth album, '' Good Things''. According to Dan Smyers in an interview:


Members


Dan Smyers

Daniel "Dan" Smyers, born was raised in
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, where he attended
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. He started playing music at the age of 12. Smyers attended
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with plans to study finance and play football. He moved to Nashville in 2010, after graduating from college the same year. Two years later he would meet Shay. Prior to joining Dan + Shay, Smyers fronted an
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band called Transition, which also includes members like Harrison Wargo (who later formed
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) and Dustin Hook (who left to join
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and is now the full-time touring bassist for Dan + Shay ), the band released one full-length record in 2006 on
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produced by
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, who is best known for his work with
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. Transition appeared on the
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in both 2004 and 2006, and had opened for bands including
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, MxPx,
Streetlight Manifesto Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from New Brunswick Township, New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 2002. They released their debut album, ''Everything Goes Numb'', through Victory Records on August 26, 2003. The ban ...
&
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He was also in a
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band called Bonaventure. Instruments: Vocals, guitar, bass, piano Smyers and Abby Law were in a relationship for many years before becoming engaged in 2016 and were married on May 13, 2017. Law made a cameo in a Dan + Shay videos for their songs "Nothin' Like You", "Speechless" and "10,000 Hours". Smyers and Abby work with Wags & Walks Rescue Nashville to save dogs and place them in their forever homes. They have five dogs together as of March 2021.


Shay Mooney

James Shay Mooney, born was raised in
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, and was home-schooled until the fifth-grade, but later attended Union Christian Academy and Van Buren High School. At the age of 14, he started writing songs, and at 16, he started learning how to play guitar. Following high school, he attended Valley Forge Christian College for one year before completely pursuing his music career. Mooney had a record deal with rapper
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on Pain's
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label. However, the deal ended once he formed Dan + Shay. Instruments: Vocals, piano, guitar On January 24, 2017, his fiancée Hannah Billingsley gave birth to their first child, a son. Mooney and Billingsley were married on October 20, 2017, in Arkansas. On February 21, 2020, the couple welcomed their second son. On January 17, 2023, Billingsley gave birth to the couple's third son. On January 20, 2025, Billingsley gave birth to the couple's fourth son.


Discography

* '' Where It All Began'' (2014) * '' Obsessed'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2018) * '' Good Things'' (2021) * '' Bigger Houses'' (2023) * '' It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album'' (2024)


Tours

Headlining *Where It All Began Tour (2014–2015) *Just the Right Kind of Crazy Tour (2015) *The Obsessed Tour (2016–2017) *Dan + Shay Tour (2019) * The (Arena) Tour (2020–2021) *The Heartbreak on the Map Tour (2024) Supporting * We're Not Invisible Tour (2014) * Ten Times Crazier Tour (2014) * Tattoo (Your Name) Tour (2014) *Good for a Good Time Tour (2016) * Home Team Tour (2017) *Back to Us Tour (2018) *Losing Sleep World Tour (2018) *
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(2019) * Shawn Mendes: The Tour (2019)


Touring band

*Justin Richards – guitar *Dustin Hook – bass *Andrew Cook – drums *Izaac Burkhart – guitar, keys, backing vocals


Filmography


Awards and nominations


References


External links


Official website
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