, just to name a few — but each of them is a single-gender combo. The last full-time male/female pair to log chart-topping singles,, hit No. 1 in 2011 with"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" and in 2012 with"If I Didn't Have You."Shawna Thompson"You got to coexist with this other partner, boy or girl," says Keifer Thompson,"and you got egos: ‘You're singing more than I do.' ‘You're singing them better than I do.' ‘I'm fatter than you are.
when both were solo artists working the local circuit in Miami."As soon as I met Alex, I knew that I never wanted to perform by myself on that stage ever again." "Dan + Shay, for example, they're best friends — that's their thing; Florida Georgia Line — same thing, good friends," notes Garrido."For us being a guy/girl duo, but also a married couple, that's something that we definitely want to express. We want the audience to be able to personally connect with us and when they see us go, ‘Hey, I believe in Kat & Alex because I see myself in their shoes.