Little Massive City and Sugarland are the newest performers who’re set to collaborate on a world-premiere efficiency throughout the upcoming CMT Music Awards, when the awards present airs from Moody Heart in Austin, Texas, on April 7 on CBS. Little Massive City and Sugarland final shared the CMT Music Awards stage 15 years in the past, after they have been joined by Jake Owen for a rendition of “Life in a Northern City.”
The efficiency coincides with Little Massive City’s twenty fifth anniversary as one in every of nation music’s most profitable teams. The group made their Grand Ole Opry debut in Could 1999, and have been inducted in October 2014. They launched their debut, self-titled album in 2002; that very same 12 months, they issued their debut track “Don’t Waste My Time,” which reached No. 33 on the Scorching Nation Singles & Tracks chart (now Scorching Nation Songs). They earned their first No. 1 on that chart in 2012 with “Pontoon,” and have earned two extra No. 1s on that chart: “Higher Man” and “Lady Crush.”
The efficiency will mark four-time CMT Music Awards winners Little Massive City’s thirteenth CMT Music Awards efficiency. Their earlier performances have included “Macon” with Jamey Johnson in 2010 and premiering what would turn out to be a signature summertime anthem, the two-week Billboard Scorching Nation Songs No. 1 “Pontoon,” in 2012. The group teamed with Keith City in 2013 to cowl Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain,” supplied up “Day Ingesting” in 2014 and teamed with Pharrell Williams in 2016 for “One Dance,” amongst different performances.
Moreover, the efficiency additionally marks Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush reuniting for his or her first CMT efficiency collectively since 2011. Because the launch of Sugarland’s debut album (the outfit initially launched as a trio) in 2004 with Twice the Pace of Life, they’ve earned 5 Billboard Scorching Nation Songs chart No. 1s: “Need To,” “Settlin’,” “Already Gone,” “All I Wish to Do: and “It Occurs.”
4-time CMT Music Awards winners Sugarland earned their first CMT Music Awards accolade in 2005, for breakthrough video of the 12 months for “Child Lady.” In 2011, they supplied up a rendition of “Stand Up” to attract consideration to American Pink Cross Twister Reduction efforts, and honored victims of devastating tornadoes that struck earlier that 12 months. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, as a duo, supplied up a rendition of their hit single “Babe” in 2018. Nettles has additionally been honored for her advocacy work and championing of ladies within the music business, LGBTQ+ group and different unrepresented teams, and thus obtained the inaugural CMT Equal Play Award on the 2020 CMT Music Awards.
Little Massive City and Sugarland be part of previously-announced CMT Music Awards performers together with Bailey Zimmerman, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Keith City, performer and host Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Jordan Davis (who groups with group NEEDTOBREATHE), in addition to Previous Dominion, Sam Hunt and Trisha Yearwood.
In addition to airing on CBS, the CMT Music Awards can even be out there to stream stay and on demand through Paramount+. As beforehand introduced, CMT Storytellers: Little Massive City will premiere on Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. ET as a part of “CMT Awards Weekend.”
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