Country Star LegendX to scalp with Rascal Flatts at the ACMs
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For Christina Aguilera, the duet with Rascal Flatts on Sunday's 50th Academy of Country Music Awards will be a chance to introduce a new song.
For Rascal Flatts, it's a chance for redemption.
The two acts will perform a pair of songs — Aguilera's Shotgun and Flatts' current single Riot — during the awards ceremony. "We're going to do some of her song, then go into Riot," says Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus. "It's going to be a nice, seamless transition and a really powerful performance."
Shotgun was written for Aguilera's character on the ABC series Nashville, where she'll be playing Jade St. John, a pop star taking a shot at the country market in a three-episode story arc that begins tonight (ABC, 10 ET/PT).
"We are putting a different spin on the song for the awards," she says, "but it's a quiet, beautiful song about true love that lasts a lifetime."
Flatts, which is up for top vocal group for the first time since 2012, views the performance as a way to rebuild its reputation after getting caught lip-syncing their song Rewind during last year's awards show. Lead singer Gary LeVox had lost his voice shortly before the ceremony.
"It's the only time we've ever tried it," DeMarcus says, adding that "we're still getting asked about it." This year's performance, he says, is "a chance to redeem ourselves, to show everybody we have a wonderfully gifted singer in Gary and a wonderful partnership with Christina."
DeMarcus says the group jumped at the opportunity to perform with Aguilera. "When you make a list of people you want to collaborate with, over the years that list gets shorter. Christina was one of those names that's always been at the top of the list, but we'd never had the chance to work with her."
Aguilera has become friends with ACM co-host Blake Shelton and his wife, Miranda Lambert, through working with Shelton on NBC's The Voice. She hasn't met the three members of Rascal Flatts, though she says, "I really love the rich tone of (LeVox's) voice. He has a sound that fans recognize immediately."
"When you make a list of people you want to collaborate with, over the years that list gets shorter. Christina was one of those names that's always been at the top of the list, but we'd never had the chance to work with her."
Yes, Rascal Flatts are absolute nobodies in country music, but what do you do.
Why are you offended? Since signing with Big Machine Records, their #1 album streak has ended. Their latest album is below 200k copies WW. Their current single is a remake of one of their biggest hits. Christina could do much better.
This is the song I would have loved to hear Christina's vocals on:
Why are you offended? Since signing with Big Machine Records, their #1 album streak has ended. Their latest album is below 200k copies WW. Their current single is a remake of one of their biggest hits. Christina could do much better.
This is the song I would have loved to hear Christina's vocals on:
not everything is about what's hot.... Xtina is on a Legend Level.. therefore she should sing with country legends like Rascal Flatts...
Why are you offended? Since signing with Big Machine Records, their #1 album streak has ended. Their latest album is below 200k copies WW. Their current single is a remake of one of their biggest hits. Christina could do much better.
This is the song I would have loved to hear Christina's vocals on:
Yeah, Rascal Flatts must be very content having Christina duet with them. Hopefully they would send out a remix of their song with her on it to country radio
I would actually like to see that happen, but I think in attempts to not feeding into the misjudgment Girl Crush's lyrics has been getting, I think its safe for them not to perform with another female vocalist yet
Yeah, Rascal Flatts must be very content having Christina duet with them. Hopefully they would send out a remix of their song with her on it to country radio
I would actually like to see that happen, but I think in attempts to not feeding into the misjudgment Girl Crush's lyrics has been getting, I think its safe for them not to perform with another female vocalist yet
Christina could do so much better. "Just a Fool" would've easily been a Country Songs #1 if it had been released to country and received a music video. I can see why they'd want her buy why would she want them?
I'm wondering if that's why they made a performance video for "Girl Crush" instead of an actual music video. I'd kill to see more females cover that song (only Kelly and Miranda have so far) and Christina would literally be a perfect fit.
Since signing with Big Machine Records, their #1 album streak has ended. Their latest album is below 200k copies WW. Their current single is a remake of one of their biggest hits. Christina could do much better.
