In January, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay scored their seventh No. 1 single as â10,000 Hours,â which features Justin Bieber, ascended to the top spot on both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart. The tune has also spend 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Co-penned by Dan, Shay, Justin, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jordan Reynolds and Jason Boyd, â10,000 Hoursâ features Shay and Justin trading vocals alongside Danâs production. The tune is the first new music from Dan + Shay since the release of their 2018 self-titled album, which spawned three No. 1 singles: âAll to Myself,â âTequilaâ and âSpeechless.â
As Dan told Kix Brooks of American Country Countdown, their collaboration with pop star Justin Bieber has helped the duoâs music reach new places they ânever dreamed of.â
âThis has been really cool,â says Dan. âI mean, obviously, âTequilaâ and âSpeechlessâ changed our world in such a big way, but this song has reached new places that we had never dreamed of having music out [in], so to have people listening to country music all around the world is unbelievable. And, Justin, I know, is excited to be a part of it. He loves country music [and] has always been a fan, so having him on our song is pretty surreal. I have to pinch myself. Iâm like, âWeâve got like the biggest superstar in the world on our song!â Itâs insane.â
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