Friday, December 30, 2016

The Top 16 Dierks Bentley Moments of 2016





The results are in!  Based on your votes, DB Congress, here are the top 16 moments of 2016 for our Prez, Dierks Bentley! 
  1. Country Music Hall of Fame Honors Dierks with "Every Mile a Memory" Exhibit
  2. Somewhere On A Beach Tour w/ Tucker Beathard, CAM & Randy Houser
  3. The "Jet Black" VIP Experience
  4. Donated $100k to Dolly Parton's #MyPeopleFund for Smoky Mountains fire victims                                                     
  5. Black - The Album released May 27 to record-breaking sales!  
  6. First time co-hosting the ACM Awards (with Luke Bryan)
  7. Evie, Jordan and Knox Bentley sing with dad at VIP Lounge                                                      
  8. Tweeted to DB Congress: "Keep being the greatest fans in country music!"                      
  9. 4 CMA Awards nominations, a win for Musical Event of the Year (Different For Girls)                            
  10. The "Black" Card! and Black released on VINYL (tie)                            
  11. Back to his roots - performance at Legends downtown Nashville 
  12. 4 songs, 4 videos, 1 story - leading up to the release of "Black."
  13. Dierks and Elle perform "Jackson" on The Grand Ole Opry   
  14. Red Rocks show sold out, 2nd night added--special guest Maren Morris
  15. Featured in "Forever Country" video tribute to legends who shaped country music
  16. ACM Nominations for Male Vocalist and Video of the Year (Riser)                                
Honorable Mentions:

Different For Girls feat. Elle King (2nd single from Black) becomes his 15th #1 and RIAA certified Gold.  Live from Nashville - Good Morning, America performance.  Somewhere On A Beach-lead single from Black--goes #1 and RIAA certified Platinum! Nominated for a Grammy for his collaboration with Eric Paslay on Charles Kelley's single, "The Driver."  Dierks is the "question" to a Jeopardy answer!  Black released as 3rd single, top 30 in just 5 weeks!  SESAC Award for Song of the Year - Somewhere On A Beach.  Performs on The Ellen Show and gives away a fly-away trip!
Celebrity hockey coach #NHLAllStars.  Kris Kristofferson and Glen Campbell tributes.

One more top Dierks moment that wasn't up for vote - Dierks Emojis! Get them here!

What were you thinkin'?  Were you surprised by the results?  Did we leave out any moments?  Leave a comment and let us know!


Saturday, December 17, 2016

Vote for your favorite Dierks moments in 2016!

Check out the survey to the right of our page on dbcongress.com and vote for your top five moments of 2016!  Dierks has had his best year yet, and we will be posting the top 16 moments based on your votes on December 30!

Vote here!