{"id":19682,"date":"2022-05-26T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?p=19682"},"modified":"2022-05-26T07:58:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:58:02","slug":"jimmie-allen-turned-down-the-billboard-music-awards-for-a-charity-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2022\/05\/jimmie-allen-turned-down-the-billboard-music-awards-for-a-charity-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie Allen Turned Down The Billboard Music Awards For A Charity Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmie Allen was invited to perform at the Billboard Music Awards, which is huge exposure, but he said no.<\/p>\n<p>He was already booked at a charity, and he wanted to keep his word.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I have this firm belief that when you make a commitment to do something, show up. I agreed to do a charity event for a car dealership in New Jersey that day. [It] was probably one of the best decisions that I&#8217;ve made because I got to see the organization that benefited, and all the people that were there.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jimmie believes that decision helped him land the coveted opening slot on Carrie Underwood&#8217;s Denim &amp; Rhinestones Tour.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The same day I passed on the Billboard opportunity and agreed to do the charity show, the Carrie offer came in. I tell people, &#8216;Always try to do the right thing.&#8217; My decision was made before [Carrie&#8217;s offer], but it&#8217;s great how life can reward you for doing the right thing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cdg2pmJJHIQ\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmie Allen was invited to perform at the Billboard Music Awards, which is huge exposure, but he said no.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":16226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[601,45,3865,265],"class_list":["post-19682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-billboard-music-awards","tag-carrie-underwood","tag-denim-rhinestones-tour","tag-jimmie-allen"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 11:38:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country959.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2022\/05\/jimmie-allen-turned-down-the-billboard-music-awards-for-a-charity-event\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}