Photo Credit: Justin Mrusek
Temperatures – and heart rates – rose in the southern California desert during Florida Georgia Line and Nelly’s recent video shoot for the “Cruise” Remix. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, the music video features an impressive fleet of fast cars, crowds of gorgeous women and a surge of slick moves. Combined with the original version, the sizzling tune has already sold over 3 million copies and is Top 20-and-rising at Pop Radio.
The video will premiere on Monday (5/13) across VEVO, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform.
ABOUT FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE: Garnering buzz among fans, media and several Superstars across genres – including Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and Ed Sheeran – Florida Georgia Line has skyrocketed since releasing their Republic Nashville debut album HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES, which earned the highest debut album sales of 2012 for a new Country artist. The breakout duo’s project has already produced the GOLD-certified, #1 smash “Get Your Shine On;” DOUBLE PLATINUM, multi-week #1 Country debut single “Cruise” and Top 20-and-rising “Cruise” Remix (f. Nelly), which combined, have sold over 3 million copies. The GRAMMY-winning Hip Hop artist and FGL will perform the collaboration May 19 during the CBS special – ACM PRESENTS: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night. On May 19, the hot newcomers will also present on the Billboard Music Awards where they are nominated for Top Country Song (“Cruise”). FGL recently picked up three 2013 CMT Music Awards nominations for Video of the Year; Duo Video of the Year and Breakthrough Video of the Year. Fan voting on CMT.com runs through June 2 at midnight ET and the awards show will air June 5 at 8P ET/PT on CMT and CMT.com. The ACM New Artist of the Year and New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year winners are currently opening on Taylor Swift’s “THE RED TOUR” and Luke Bryan’s “DIRT ROAD DIARIES TOUR.” This Spring, they will be featured on millions of General Mills’ products as part of Outnumber Hunger, a national campaign that helps secure meals in local communities. In its second year, the initiative is a partnership between Big Machine Label Group, General Mills and Feeding America.
ABOUT NELLY: Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum superstar, entrepreneur, actor, and philanthropist NELLY is on top of the world once more. He’s gearing up to release his long-awaited seventh full-length studio album, M.O., later this year. Already, the hit single “Hey Porsche” has laid the groundwork for another smash from the artist. Upon the song’s debut, it moved over 100,000 digital singles in less than week. “Hey Porsche” also marks NELLY’s 22nd charted Top 40 song, which makes him the 11th most-charted Top 40 hits artist of all-time. Internationally, the song has reached gold status in the UK already, hitting #4 on iTunes and entering heavy rotation on BBC Radio 1. Meanwhile, down under in Australia, it’s been certified platinum. Other chart positions include #8 on iTunes in Ireland, and it’s climbing in Belgium, Germany, and beyond. However, “Hey Porsche” isn’t the only anthem on M.O. Nelly also teamed up with production powerhouses such as Pharrell (Jay Z, Snoop, Justin Timberlake), Rico Love (Beyonce, Usher), DJ Frank E (Kanye West, Enrique Iglesias, FloRida), Detail (Lil Wayne, T-Pain), Da Internz (Rihanna, Nas), and Bei-Major. Nelly also invited some of his closest friends and today’s hottest artists to collaborate including Trey Songz, T.I., Akon, Pitbull, and Florida Georgia Line. M.O. is shaping up to be one of the hottest hip-hop events of 2013.
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