Live stream will be available after this brief ad from our sponsors
Backstage Country

LISTEN LIVE

Chris Janson Gets Gold on His Opry Anniversary

Chris Janson played the stage of the Grand Ole Opry last night in Nashville on the one-year anniversary of becoming a member of the Opry. For Janson and many more…

Chris Janson Gets Gold on His Opry Anniversary

NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 09: Chris Janson performs onstage during C’Ya on The Flipside benefit concert, benefitting The Troy Gentry Foundation at The Grand Ole Opry on January 9, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Jason Kempin/Getty Images

Chris Janson played the stage of the Grand Ole Opry last night in Nashville on the one-year anniversary of becoming a member of the Opry.

For Janson and many more country stars the Opry stage is sacred. So, to celebrate his one-year anniversary of becoming a member, Janson was presented on stage with a plaque for his song “Drunk Girl” going gold selling 500,00 copies.

The Opry tweeted out: "He debuted “Drunk Girl” on the #Opry stage, and now it’s gone gold. Congratulations, @janson_chris”

It was Opry member Keith Urban who invited Janson to join the hallowed group of country stars who are Opry members one year ago.

Other Grand Ole Opry members include Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker. Brad Paisley, Chris Young and Dustin Lynch to name a few.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.