Actress Chrissy Metz Signs Record Deal
Universal Music Group Nashville has signed Chrissy Metz, star of the movie Breakthrough and the NBC series This Is Us. UMG Nashville first worked with Metz on the Breakthrough movie soundtrack which featured her performance of the Oscar-nominated, Diane Warren penned track, “I’m Standing With You.”
Metz said in a statement, “To say I am excited to fulfill a lifelong dream is an understatement. Music has always been my first love and to be working alongside Cindy and the incomparable team at UMG is truly a gift!”
Chrissy made her Academy of Country Music Awards debut in April when she performed “I’m Standing With You” alongside Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Maddie & Tae & Mickey Guyton.
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.