Chris Stapleton

Christopher Alvin Stapleton (born April 15, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and the husband of Morgane Stapleton (née Hayes). He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in Staffordsville, Kentucky. In 1996, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to get an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, but dropped out to pursue his career in music. Subsequently, he signed a contract with Sea Gayle Music to write and publish his music.

As of 2018, Stapleton has written and co-written over 170 songs. He has co-written six number-one country songs, including Kenny Chesney's five-week number-one "Never Wanted Nothing More", Josh Turner's "Your Man", George Strait's "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", and Luke Bryan's "Drink a Beer". His songs have appeared on many artists' albums including Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Taylor Swift. He has co-written with several artists as well, including Vince Gill, Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, and Ed Sheeran.

As a vocalist, Stapleton sang lead in two bands before he started recording as a solo artist including a bluegrass ensemble from 2008 to 2010 called the SteelDrivers and the Jompson Brothers. After that, he released his solo debut: the critically acclaimed studio album titled ''Traveller'' (2015), which reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His version of "Tennessee Whiskey" was certified Diamond by the RIAA. His second studio album ''From a Room: Volume 1'' was released in May 2017, and earned him a second CMA Award for Album of the Year and also a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. ''From a Room: Volume 2'' was released in December 2017. Stapleton released his fourth studio album ''Starting Over'' in 2020, for which he won his third Grammy for Best Country Album. The title track was issued as its lead single.

Stapleton has been recognized with several awards including 10 Grammy Awards, 11 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards, and 15 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. He was named the ACM's Artist-Songwriter of the Decade. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Stapleton at number 170 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Provided by Wikipedia