i would agree..but no one can take nothing away from Martina McBride...now that woman has a voice of an angel bar none..on that note..i enjoy jennifer as well strong vocals for sure
She had no chance of NOT being discovered. Jennifer is in a duo called “Sugarland” with Kristian. Because of that, she isn’t eligible for vocalist of the year. That’s the bad thing. People go on about Carries’s voice (and don’t get me wrong, Carrie can hit and hold every note that human ears can hear), but Jennifer has soul, passion, and everything to go with it. She can sing and hold a note in a way that doesn’t seem like she’s “screaming” it. I love her!!!!!
Couldn’t have said it better myself! Carrie can hold any not but to me it just sounds like she’s screaming them. Same at award show performances, she screams into the mic and overpowers everybody else and it’s honestly annoying. Jen belts out notes like it’s nothing!
For anyone who thinks they used studio editing to help her hold those long notes on the record....well, here ya go! 100% live; every note held just as long as on the record. Jennifer should have got a Female Vocalist of the Year nomination for this performance alone.
Even after 4 years, I still come back to this video to watch this performance. She is truly the most talented country singer out there with the most amazing voice ever. No one can match it. Beautiful.
Thank you. I lost my wife of 35 years 4 years ago and your song "tonight" at the 2011 ACM Award Ceremony moved me. Thank You. Your music makes me remember what an incredible life I had with me best friend.
Seriously...one of the most incredible live vocal performances you will ever hear!! And I'm not even into country music...I'm a prog rock fan. The chick has serious pipes!!!
Never really got into Jethro Tull...Huge, Huge Rush fan here. I also currently love the bands Dream Theater & Coheed & Cambria. Back in their prime days of the early 90's I was big into Smashing Pumpkins and Queensryche too.
This song is 4 minutes and 40 seconds of earth shattering, breath-taking, awe-inspiring, heart breaking, goosepimples, wanna hug this girl she's so adorable, this one goes to eleven, out and out true grit vocals! Umm,, REPLAY!
I feel that Jens voice can cure sickness, loneliness,sorrow,and pain.her voice is like no other.a god given gift for us to enjoy. Thank you so very much,please keep singing girlfzg
Jennifer can sing "anything", very rare nowdays...The first time I ever heard her YEARS ago, I almost "fell off my couch". I love when she sings "other peoples ballads and good rock...AMAZING!
just what the industry needs someone who can actually sing with so much passion none of this comercial boy/girl band stuff . go jennifer your voice sends tingles down my neck
Easily one of the top vocal talents of the century thus far. Everything from the lyrics to the melodies, Sugarland consistently blow my mind year after year.
Wow!! I dont even like country music and I found it hard to stay seated for this!! Her voice is epic as it washes over everything in those long notes!!
This is probably within the top 5 live country performances, as far as vocals go, of all time. It really is a shame that they had the stage tragedy happen to them. They are wonderful performers as well as people.
I guarantee you Celine Dion can hold that note out twice as long. Lol nothing against Jennifer at all her voice is amazing. But when you bring pop into it you're also bringing up the great voices of pop like Celine Dion and many others.
I don't even like country music, but she is one amazing vocalist. Her voice is crystal clear, rich, powerful, and full of emotion all at once. Her voice is actually more rock than country, but with a voice like that, she can do any kind of music.
I was internet surfing and had the TV on in the background when the ACM awards came on. Not being a huge country music fan, I was just listening and then THIS came on. WOW! About 45 seconds into this performance, I knew I was seeing something very special. IMHO, they blew everyone else right off the stage.
What's best about this fantastic original song written and performed briliiantly by the amazing Jennifer Nettles is that it shows Sugarland stands apart from the generic stylings of most other country artists recording today.
Amazing---she has the most powerful voice in county music---taking nothing away from the likes of Carrie Underwood--but SHE is the voice of country music!!!!!!!!!
Powerful, brilliant, and best live singer around because she enjoys and gives each performance as if shes living it. Jenn has so many talents and would make a fantastic actress as well.
22 counts at 2:10. Unbelievable, without changing pitch........I took my sons to see her in Camden NJ, they didn't get it...........she'll be a legend............thanks Jennifer AND Christian Bush
Now THAT is how to open a concert! What a song, what a performance! As good as it ever gets and then a hell of a lot more. Jennifer Nettles aka Sugarland were fantastic!
I could watch Jennifer sing this song over and over again and never have I got tired of it or her. What a voice and she is so beautiful. I want to wake up tomorrow morning as Jennifer Nettles :>) Bravo Jennifer!!
I agree 100%. The BEST voice in music right now. GaGa has had some great acoustic performances (search her Howard Stern performances) but Jennifer can hit AND hold notes like no singer I have ever seen before.
Wow! This is a Martina McBride "Where Would You Be" CMT like performance. She was on this night. This is the best group in country music and doesn't get enough respect in my opinion. She looks fantastic with the long hair.
Go, Jennifer! That girl slays me every time she opens her mouth. And just when I think she can't possibly get any better... well, I see a performance like this one. There were other performances I enjoyed that night, but none moved me like this one. Love me some Sugarland!
Thank you Jennifer Nettles and Kristen Bush for existing, I would not be the same person I am today nor would I have been able to get through what I have if it were not for the two of you and your amazingly written and performed masterpieces.
I ♥ Sugarland. Most singers just don't sound good when they are singing live...But I saw sugarland live in concert, and they sound exactly the same, if not better!! Pure Talent.
*No Autotune needed here* What a joy it is to watch and listen to her do her thing. When she hangs that note out to dry at 2:12, you realize how gifted she is - from one frickin' note. When most singers would do that, you'd get five measures worth of unpleasant hollering. With her, it's just pure, luscious perfect-pitch tone with just the right vibrato.
I was absolutely enthralled last night with their performance!!! Her vocals are breath-taking and this song brought goose-bumps!!!! I am not an avid listener of "Country Music" but, I will be looking for their album "The Incredible Machine."
I've never heard a better voice than Jennifer's. Her performance put chill bumps on my arms. Jennifer and Reba's (When Love Gets a Hold of You) were the highlights of the award show.
Damn, .......................This is one fantastically talented vocalist. I was recently introduced to "Stay" which left me with tears that come from an amazing performance that cannot be improved on. I thought she was a tacky, twangy country singer only and surprise, surprise she is a superbly talented virtuoso performer with a voice to die for.
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Here it is 2024 and this performance still gives me chills......!
Yes!!!!! Same. It's one of their most memorable
no one sings better than Jennifer Nettles. she is probably one of the most underrated singers on the planet.
Exactly
Agree! Incredible talent.
i would agree..but no one can take nothing away from Martina McBride...now that woman has a voice of an angel bar none..on that note..i enjoy jennifer as well strong vocals for sure
Damned straight!!!
I rate her very highly if that helps and I'm no country fan
She had no chance of NOT being discovered. Jennifer is in a duo called “Sugarland” with Kristian. Because of that, she isn’t eligible for vocalist of the year. That’s the bad thing. People go on about Carries’s voice (and don’t get me wrong, Carrie can hit and hold every note that human ears can hear), but Jennifer has soul, passion, and everything to go with it. She can sing and hold a note in a way that doesn’t seem like she’s “screaming” it. I love her!!!!!
Couldn’t have said it better myself! Carrie can hold any not but to me it just sounds like she’s screaming them. Same at award show performances, she screams into the mic and overpowers everybody else and it’s honestly annoying. Jen belts out notes like it’s nothing!
They were a trio when they were "constructed"
For anyone who thinks they used studio editing to help her hold those long notes on the record....well, here ya go! 100% live; every note held just as long as on the record. Jennifer should have got a Female Vocalist of the Year nomination for this performance alone.
She has such control over her voice its crazy. Jennifer is such an amazing singer.
She could sing phone book and sound amazing
Doesn't get better than this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even after 4 years, I still come back to this video to watch this performance. She is truly the most talented country singer out there with the most amazing voice ever. No one can match it. Beautiful.
Same here !
i can't stand country music but could literally listen to this song forever. she does NOT get enough credit for how strong her voice is.
Jennifer was born to sing and sing anything. Glory Road? No problem. Bohemian Rhapsody? Sure, no problem. She's amazing.
Jennifer is BURNIN HOT! Totally a super class act. She has it all. Terrific artist with an angel voice. WOW!!!
Jenn sings from her heart, and it shows her comnpassion, and lust for life. Just amazing this woman. Tonight, yes indeed. Peace. Spanly.
Man her voice gives me the chills
Thank you. I lost my wife of 35 years 4 years ago and your song "tonight" at the 2011 ACM Award Ceremony moved me. Thank You. Your music makes me remember what an incredible life I had with me best friend.
Seriously...one of the most incredible live vocal performances you will ever hear!! And I'm not even into country music...I'm a prog rock fan. The chick has serious pipes!!!
Off topic: if you're prog rock. Do u like jethro Tull?
Never really got into Jethro Tull...Huge, Huge Rush fan here. I also currently love the bands Dream Theater & Coheed & Cambria. Back in their prime days of the early 90's I was big into Smashing Pumpkins and Queensryche too.
+darthmaul2112 Right there with you. I'm a huge classic/prog rock guy (Rush) but her talent is overwhelming.
She amazingly sounds better live than on record. An unbelievable talent.
this gal plain and simple owns the stage woah
I just love Jennifer Nettles voice, so country and soulful at the same time.
This song is 4 minutes and 40 seconds of earth shattering, breath-taking, awe-inspiring, heart breaking, goosepimples, wanna hug this girl she's so adorable, this one goes to eleven, out and out true grit vocals!
Umm,, REPLAY!
I feel that Jens voice can cure sickness, loneliness,sorrow,and pain.her voice is like no other.a god given gift for us to enjoy. Thank you so very much,please keep singing girlfzg
Absolutely untouchable! One of the best voices in music ever!
Thank god that he still allows me to enjoy this incredible singer. I just love her songs, and the way she sings them. Thank you.
Simply one of the best voices in Country Music History. Also one of Country Musics most beautiful Lady’s ever. Powerful
who would give this a thumbs down ?? Great song and she is hot
One of the best singers ever.
Jennifer can sing "anything", very rare nowdays...The first time I ever heard her YEARS ago, I almost "fell off my couch". I love when she sings "other peoples ballads and good rock...AMAZING!
I LOVE YOU JENNIFER!!! She can sing and no one can copy, thank you for helping me thru my divorce of 23 years, !!!!!!!!!!!
just what the industry needs someone who can actually sing with so much passion none of this comercial boy/girl band stuff . go jennifer your voice sends tingles down my neck
Who would dare try to do a cover of this masterpiece?
I'm so glad I've exonerated myself from all my other addictions for this new one-Sugarland!
Jennifer Nettles has a set of pipes that could sing the roof off of the Rocky Mountains. Man, I could listen to her sing all night long..dusk to dusk!
Easily one of the top vocal talents of the century thus far. Everything from the lyrics to the melodies, Sugarland consistently blow my mind year after year.
Wow!! I dont even like country music and I found it hard to stay seated for this!! Her voice is epic as it washes over everything in those long notes!!
This is probably within the top 5 live country performances, as far as vocals go, of all time. It really is a shame that they had the stage tragedy happen to them. They are wonderful performers as well as people.
The wat?
Gandalf The Grey day
Jennifer has the most versatile voice to sing anything she got her voice from our father in heaven and she uses her to benefit all
I have been a fan of theirs from the beginning and I am now completely sure that there isn't anything that she can't do with her voice! Beautiful.
What talent! Raw and pure emotions straight from her heart. Awesome duo, very talented.
I would love to see those pop and RNB divas try that hahaha. Jennifer is a beast!
I guarantee you Celine Dion can hold that note out twice as long. Lol nothing against Jennifer at all her voice is amazing. But when you bring pop into it you're also bringing up the great voices of pop like Celine Dion and many others.
Gandalf The Grey I can hold a note for 60 seconds , up from 30 seconds a year ago and I’m not a professional singer
I watched this live and was totally struck. She holds that note masterfully.
she's killin' it, Jen just has the best voice in country business by faar! she takes my breath away, totally ! ♥
I really can't believe this song didn't make it higher n da charts....
I don't even like country music, but she is one amazing vocalist. Her voice is crystal clear, rich, powerful, and full of emotion all at once. Her voice is actually more rock than country, but with a voice like that, she can do any kind of music.
she started as a rock singer
I am not a big fan of country music but i really love this song a lot!!!
To hold that note like she did just amazing. This band was diffrent from rest of country music why I liked them
IS different! They're back!
Some people have the most marvelous musical notions ever, they are some of them.
I was internet surfing and had the TV on in the background when the ACM awards came on. Not being a huge country music fan, I was just listening and then THIS came on. WOW! About 45 seconds into this performance, I knew I was seeing something very special. IMHO, they blew everyone else right off the stage.
One of my favorite performances....ever.
2019 and I still come back to this moment in time. She is the best. THE BEST!!!!!
When Jennifer sings, out comes pure MAGIC !!! I just love her so much !! She and Christian are incredibly talented beyond words !!!!!!!! 🎸🎤🎤🎸🎸🎤🎤🎸
What's best about this fantastic original song written and performed briliiantly by the amazing Jennifer Nettles is that it shows Sugarland stands apart from the generic stylings of most other country artists recording today.
Amazing---she has the most powerful voice in county music---taking nothing away from the likes of Carrie Underwood--but SHE is the voice of country music!!!!!!!!!
She gets prettier every time I see her. What passion in this song . . . all her songs !
Powerful, brilliant, and best live singer around because she enjoys and gives each performance as if shes living it. Jenn has so many talents and would make a fantastic actress as well.
Please Sugarland......come and play in Ireland........your music is so refreshing
22 counts at 2:10. Unbelievable, without changing pitch........I took my sons to see her in Camden NJ, they didn't get it...........she'll be a legend............thanks Jennifer AND Christian Bush
jennifer nettles talent is truely from heaven she is a true angel singing puts so much into it her heart and soul into her singing
omgg sugarland is the BEST country band to sing live!!!
Jennifer is the best performer in country music. I like it better when she wears her hair short.
no her voice is pure amazing and one of a kind believe me
Now THAT is how to open a concert! What a song, what a performance! As good as it ever gets and then a hell of a lot more. Jennifer Nettles aka Sugarland were fantastic!
I could watch Jennifer sing this song over and over again and never have I got tired of it or her. What a voice and she is so beautiful. I want to wake up tomorrow morning as Jennifer Nettles :>)
Bravo Jennifer!!
No words! Have to say simply stellar.
I want to comment this performance, but but... I have No word to describ how wonderfull amazing and incredible she is
One of a kind. and absolutely GORGEOUS !!! Those eyes !
Listening to her sing this song is akin to having a spiritual experience. The lady can sing!!!
Jen and Christian amaze me....love this...
While watching CMA's with my daughter, this wonderfully original song, brilliantly performed by Sugarland just electrified me. Glad we TVO"d it.
the best voice in country music!
Every bit as flawless as the studio version. Incredible.
I agree 100%. The BEST voice in music right now. GaGa has had some great acoustic performances (search her Howard Stern performances) but Jennifer can hit AND hold notes like no singer I have ever seen before.
Powerful, beautiful voice. Dynamic, beautiful person.
What a beautiful and powerful voice!!
Wow! This is a Martina McBride "Where Would You Be" CMT like performance. She was on this night. This is the best group in country music and doesn't get enough respect in my opinion. She looks fantastic with the long hair.
This performance electrified the crowd as Jennifer Nettles served notice that she has arrived on the country music scene!
the best country voice of all!
Go, Jennifer! That girl slays me every time she opens her mouth. And just when I think she can't possibly get any better... well, I see a performance like this one. There were other performances I enjoyed that night, but none moved me like this one. Love me some Sugarland!
Thank you Jennifer Nettles and Kristen Bush for existing, I would not be the same person I am today nor would I have been able to get through what I have if it were not for the two of you and your amazingly written and performed masterpieces.
I ♥ Sugarland.
Most singers just don't sound good when they are singing live...But I saw sugarland live in concert, and they sound exactly the same, if not better!!
Pure Talent.
I love this woman!
THAT VOICE! WOW!
Sugarland is one of the best ever!!!! Love Jen...
Jennifer so sweet! I saw her at "We are the world 2010 for Haiti" - she has awesome vocal!
Man, she has an AMAZING voice.
and they are back! Incredible
*No Autotune needed here*
What a joy it is to watch and listen to her do her thing. When she hangs that note out to dry at 2:12, you realize how gifted she is - from one frickin' note.
When most singers would do that, you'd get five measures worth of unpleasant hollering. With her, it's just pure, luscious perfect-pitch tone with just the right vibrato.
Dang....wow...that voice...and those looks...and music..stunning
i love sugarland,he´s music is perfekt
I was absolutely enthralled last night with their performance!!! Her vocals are breath-taking and this song brought goose-bumps!!!! I am not an avid listener of "Country Music" but, I will be looking for their album "The Incredible Machine."
Breath control at its finest. Damn. Just damn.
What a voice .... awesomeness ..
I've never heard a better voice than Jennifer's. Her performance put chill bumps on my arms. Jennifer and Reba's (When Love Gets a Hold of You) were the highlights of the award show.
Damn, .......................This is one fantastically talented vocalist. I was recently introduced to "Stay" which left me with tears that come from an amazing performance that cannot be improved on. I thought she was a tacky, twangy country singer only and surprise, surprise she is a superbly talented virtuoso performer with a voice to die for.
Man, she can belt out some of the most amazing songs!!
@WannaBeLikeYou23 One of the best ever....I love her so much !
she is very pretty and she sings effortlessly !!
Jennifer has such range and puts so much emotion in her songs
Such talent
Plus those eyes
No one in the audience can hold a candle to her
Wow. Awesome voice. And a beautiful lady. ❤
Man Oh Man...that was amazing!!! Her range is just WOW.
She Can SING!!!
Sugar Land FINALLY, Thanks Simon
The Best Duo I've heard so far it's great that their starting 2018 tour soon
Best female vocalist ever.
I love you sugarland