Dan + Shay Awarded Riaa Gold Certification For "19 You + Me" Off Critically Acclaimed Album "Where It All Began"

NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts) Critically acclaimed duo Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) have been awarded their first-ever RIAA Gold Certification for their debut single, "19 You + Me." The accreditation follows the exciting No. 1 album debut of "Where It All Began" on Billboard's Country Albums Chart. The breakout act is the only duo in SoundScan reported history to debut at No. 1 with their first album on the Country Albums Chart and is the highest Billboard charting debut artists of 2014. Already selling almost 650,000 total tracks including over 550,000 of their hit single, Dan + Shay showcased "19 You + Me" on Good Morning America and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," with both shows naming them "one of the hottest new acts in country music." The single was spotlighted as a "Hot Music Download" by People Country and exclaimed to "equal success" in USA Today. People Magazine noted "[Dan + Shay] make a pretty sweet soundtrack for your spring," while USA Today called them "storytellers at heart," with "sun kissed harmonizing and carefree delivery."

The ACM Award Nominees are currently touring with Hunter Hayes through May, stopping this past weekend to perform at Stagecoach music festival in Indio, CA, continuing on the road in June with Blake Shelton.

Named an "act that will help define 2014" by Billboard, Dan + Shay wrote every song on their album, as well, the album was produced by Smyers and co-produced by Scott Hendricks and Danny Orton.

Dan + Shay Tour Dates w/ Hunter Hayes on the "We're Not Invisible Tour"
May 1 Bangor, ME Cross Insurance Center
May 2 Boston, MA Tsongas Center at UMASS Lowell
May 3 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
May 29 Augusta, GA James Brown Arena
May 30 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Bay Center
May 31 Estero, FL Germain Arena

Dan + Shay Tour Dates w/ Blake Shelton's "Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014"
June 20 Austin, TX austin360 Amphitheatre
June 21 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
June 22 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
July 19 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
August 1 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
August 2 Darien Center, NY Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
August 29 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
August 30 Orlando, FL Amway Center
September 4 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre
September 5 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Amphitheatre
September 6 San Diego, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
September 11 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center at Fresno State
September 12 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
September 13 Mtn. View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 18 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
September 19 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
September 20 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
September 25 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
September 26 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
September 27 Denver, CO Pepsi Arena
October 4 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
October 5 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheatre