Chris Young surprises Cassadee Pope with Gold Plaque for Chart-Topping duet “Think Of You”

CHRIS YOUNG SURPRISES CASSADEE POPE WITH GOLD PLAQUE 

FOR CHART-TOPPING DUET “THINK  OF YOU”

(13 June 2016) Nashville, TN — Over the weekend Chris Young surprised his duet partner, Cassadee Pope, with a GOLD plaque for their chart-topping single “Think Of You.” That same night Young thrilled the sold-out crowds at Nissan Stadium during CMA Music Festival in Nashville when he welcomed Pope to the stage for a sizzling performance of their hit duet.

Photo credit: Alexis Mostaccio/CMA
FYI: Cassadee is wearing Alice McCALL | NEIL ROBISON hair + make up | Townsend Style 

The 26-year-old Cassadee Pope hits up the pre-show press conference during the 2016 CMA Festival on Saturday (June 11) in Nashville, Tenn.  “What an absolutely magical night. @chrisyoungmusic surprised me with a GOLD plaque for #thinkofyou and I got to sing it with him on the #nissanstadium stage with 60k people singing along! What is life?!” Cassadee wrote on Instagram later.

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Written by Young, Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge, “Think Of You” reached No.1 in only fifteen weeks and is certified Gold by the RIAA for sales exceeding half a million copies. The song is from Young’s ACM-nominated album, I’m Comin’ Over, and marks the Grammy-nominated singer’s eighth chart topping track. His latest single, “Sober Saturday Night” featuring Vince Gill is climbing the charts now. Pope, whose new EP Summer is out now, will join Young this fall for his headlining “I’m Comin’ Over Tour” along with Dan + Shay and Dustin Lynch. 

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Cassadee Pope performs "Think Of You" at the 2016 iHeartCountry Festival (30 April 2016) looking drop dead gorgeous in a studded black LBD outfit and strappy black heels 
Credit: (April 29, 2016 - Source: Bob Levey/Getty Images North America) 

Chris Young & Cassadee Pope perform “Think of You during the 2016 iHeartCountry Festival at The Frank Erwin Center on April 30, 2016 in Austin, Texas.

Chris Young and Vince Gill appeared on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Friday (June 11, 2016) for a very special performance of “Sober Saturday Night.”  View the stirring performance here:

Gill and Young collaborated with The Roots for the TV debut of the song. Chris Young’s “Sober Saturday Night,” featuring Vince Gill, is the latest single from the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s ACM-nominated album, I’m Comin’ Over, following back-to-back No.1s for the title track and “Think Of You” with Cassadee Pope. Country Music Hall of Famer Gill’s new album, Down To My Last Bad Habit (iTunes)