Jennifer Hudson + Chris Stapleton’s Amazing CMA Performance: Watch
When Jennifer Hudson and Chris Stapleton took the stage last night (11/10) at the CMA Awards to perform a tribute to Aretha Franklin, no one had any idea just how…
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When Jennifer Hudson and Chris Stapleton took the stage last night (11/10) at the CMA Awards to perform a tribute to Aretha Franklin, no one had any idea just how transcendent the performance would be.
As Hudson sang and Stapleton backed her up with vocals and guitar, the CMA camera flashed to the many country superstars in the audience, and they were standing up, dancing, and singing along. Miranda, Carrie, Maren, Kane, Keith and Nicole, were all loving it; Ashley McBryde looked like she was on the verge of tears.
Twitter lit up today with reactions to the powerful performance.
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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.
