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Dan + Shay Perform and Win A Grammy For The First Time

Just hours after their win in the Best Country Duo / Group performance of their song “Tequila,” Dan + Shay took to the Grammy stage to perform for the very…

Dan + Shay Perform and Win A Grammy For The First Time

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 10: Dan Smyers (L) and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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Just hours after their win in the Best Country Duo / Group performance of their song "Tequila," Dan + Shay took to the Grammy stage to perform for the very first time on the show.

With Dan on guitar and Shay on keys, the guys performed a moving "Tequila" with Shay's amazing vocals taking center stage as he held the last note.

Right after performing, Shay thanked the crowd for the honor of performing their for the first time then the guys handed out the Best Rap Song Grammy to Drake.

-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.