Chris Young is among the incredible talents helping bring Nashville to Las Vegas for all the music and excitement of Sunday’s ACM Awards. He’ll be performing on the show, and he’s nominated for Single Record of the Year for his number-one smash, “Tomorrow,” as well as earning his first ACM nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year. When we caught up with Chris, he talked with us about his nominations and what might happen if his name gets read after the words, “And the winner is…” (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
- Be sure to tune-in for Chris’ performance and all the glamour and fun of the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, airing April 1st, at 8pm, ET, on CBS.
- And on another tune-in note… Be sure to catch Chris when he performs “You” on the March 29th episode of the hit daytime series, The Talk, in a special pre-ACM episode also featuring Miranda Lambert as guest co-host! Look for it at 2pm, ET and 1pm, PT and CT, on your local CBS station.
- Chris tells us he’s in for a very busy time in Las Vegas around the ACM Awards. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
- Now with five number-one singles in a row to his credit, Chris is brand-new on the radio with “Neon,” the title-track to his current album and the follow-up to the smash singles “You” and the ACM-nominated “Tomorrow,” all from Chris’ NEON album.
Chris Young considers what would happen if he were to win an ACM Award on Sunday night. (:20)
“If my name got called for either one of those, one: I have no idea what I’m gonna say, ’cause I refuse to…I think that’s almost like jinxin’ it, just like if you make up a speech, so I’ll probably look like a complete idiot if they do, ’cause I’ll have no idea what to say. And then, two: my flight for the next day will definitely change. We’re not flyin’ out of Vegas at 6 in the mornin’!” (laughs)
If he had a choice to win one of his two categories, Chris Young says he’d be equally thrilled either way. (:13)
“Really, either one of those. First of all, those are huge categories to be nominated in, so, literally, this is one of those times I have no doubt that just being nominated in those categories is so huge, and I’m so excited about it.”
Chris Young says he’s in for a busy time in Las Vegas. (:25)
“This is probably gonna be the most not-downtime I have, I guess, during the ACMs. We pretty much work every day. We’ve got a couple private shows. We’re openin’ a show for Blake Shelton when we’re down there, and then, you know, obviously, the ACMs, so we’ve got all the stuff that goes along with that — gettin’ to perform on the show and then havin’ two big nominations, so it’s gonna be a full weekend for us out there in Vegas.”