What about Dan + Shay?

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Dan + Shay were all the talk leading up to last night’s Billboard Music Awards. They had seven nominations, including the all genre Duo/Group and Chart Achievement Awards, plus Country Album, Country Artist, two for Country Song (“Tequila” and “Speechless”) and Country Duo/Group. They only won that last one – an honor, to be sure, but a disappointment for their fans.

Turns out Luke Combs was the big country winner. He took home three of the four trophies he was nominated for: Country Artist, Country Male, and Country Album. Carrie Underwood grabbed the Country Female trophy, Kenny Chesney got Country Tour, and Country Song went to Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha for “Meant To Be.”

No worries for Dan + Shay, though. Not only did they rework and perform “Speechless” on the awards show with Tori Kelley, they sang it after the show at a little Vegas wedding chapel where Elvis married Jonas Brother Joe Jonas and Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner. We know this because Diplo had it all on his Instagram, which People grabbed and posted here:

So, congrats to the winners and to the Jonas’s. Jonases? Jonas’? Uh. Congrats to Joe and Sophie.

Throwback to May 2014

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Five years ago this month, Iggy Azalea joined forces with a young Ariana Grande to storm the charts with their collab “Problem.” What else happened in music and pop culture? Let’s break down the big stories:

“The Elevator Incident”

Beyoncé, Solange, and Jay Z got into an elevator at the Met Gala afterparty, and we are so, SO grateful that a security camera captured what happened next: Solange beating the living hell out of Jay while Bey stood by quietly. So what was the cause of the fight? Did Jay pay a little too much attention to Becky with the Good Hair, triggering Solange to come to her sister’s defense? While the family has yet to explain the circumstances in detail, both Jay and Bey have addressed the incident in their music over the years…and all three of the participants claim that all is well with them now.

Kimye’s Wedding

Can you believe it’s lasted this long? On May 22nd, 2014, reality star Kim Kardashian wed hip hop artist Kanye West in front of family and friends in Florence, Italy. Fast-forward to 2019 and the couple has started some unlikely new projects: Kim is studying to become a lawyer while Kanye is starting his own church…but they’re still married and still supporting each other’s endeavors.

Iggy Azalea’s (Temporary) Worldwide Domination

She was the hottest act in music half a decade ago this month, with both her track “Fancy” and her collaboration with Ariana Grande, “Problem,” hitting #1 in May 2014. That was also the month she debuted her new romance with L.A. Lakers guard Nick Young, but five years on, neither her career nor her love life have flourished. “Black Widow” from July of 2014 was her last top-10 hit, and she dumped her boyfriend in 2016 after she discovered he was cheating.
Here’s to a luckier 2019.

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