An artist of a new generation of stylish looks with long hair and a full beard named Chris Stapleton. He is a profound country music singer, composer, and songwriter. In the recent year, Chris won the CMA award as the male vocalist of the year. However, it is not his first award, he has already won two consecutive awards as the male vocalist of the year.
Rich and full of amazing tunes, Chris Stapleton’s catalog is impressive. His music is worth checking out if you enjoy country music or wish to hear more soulful vocals. As the songwriter, Stapleton wrote several countless hits for other singers. He introduced the musical band The Steel Drivers for a few years. Later, he formed another band, The Jompson Brothers.
Let’s read more about Stapleton’s career and songs briefly.
Early Years
Christopher Alvin Stapleton opened his eyes in 1978 in Kentucky, America to Carol J. and Herbert Joseph Stapleton. His parents worked hard to give him comfort. His father was an engineer and his mother was a health provider in the local area hospital. Chris has two more siblings, a brother Herbert Joseph III, and a sister Melanie Brook. Chris is the middle one of his siblings.
Chris Stapleton was raised in the state of Staffordsville and finished high school in his hometown. He then studied engineering like his father, but could not complete it till the end.
Onset of Music Career
It was the year 2001 when Chris wanted to pursue his career in music. He went to the city of music Nashville for this purpose. Particularly Chris started as a songwriter and signed a contract with Sea Gayle Music, where he got the chance to write songs for the bigger names of the country music artists. Some of his major hits include Luke Bryan’s Drink a Beer, Kenny Chesney’s “Never Wanted Nothing More”, George Strait’s Loves Gonna Make It Alright, and others.
The Steel Drivers, the band with whom he worked as a leader published a few hits records in bluegrass genres. However, Chris left soon. Later for more experience, he made another band The Jompson Brothers based on the guitarist Greg McKee, drummer Bard McNamee, and bass player J.T. Cure. The band worked on a single album in 2010.
The Way to Success
Additionally, in 2013 Chris and his spouse Morgane performed Jennings’s song live at Grand Ole Opry. Similarly, in the 2014 CMT award ceremony, Stapleton and Lady A performed Stapleton’s song Drink a Beer sung by Luke Bryan.
Before releasing his music, Stapleton composed multiple songs of the featured hits of that time. He released his first album in 2015 named Traveler. The album which he co-produced and worked on with The Jompson Brothers. His first album counted as double-certified platinum by RIAA. The album was also nominated as the album of the year.
Further, he moved to his second album which was A Room: Volume 1 he released in 2017. The album broke records of success and peaked at 2 on the Billboard country music chart. Right after a short period, Stapleton published its second edition A Room: Volume 2. It was another successful edition like its first part. Volume 1 was referred to as the best-selling album of the year.
His Other Projects
The single You Are My Sunshine was sung by Chris and his wife in 2016. The same year he attended the Country Festival where he performed with multiple artists including Andrew Combs, Kacey Musgraves, and others. The event was held in Europe.
Stapleton also recorded his meaningful voice for the song I Want Love for Sir John Elton’s album in 2017. The Kentucky native also appeared in the TV show Saturday Night Live in 2016. He sang his greatest hits live in concert as a guest role. Stapleton’s other awesome work was Lee Ann Womack’s song, which she sang in 2008 but written by Stapleton. Later the song was added to his studio album A Room: Volume 1.
Following the year 2020, Stapleton published his single Starting Over. Later he added the song to his new album Starting Over. He released several singles in his upcoming years.
Chris Stapleton Songs
Yes! I tried to gather some of Stapleton’s collection. Let’s have a look below.
| Song Title | Album Name | Year of Release |
| What Are You Listening To | Single | 2013 |
| Traveler | Traveler | 2015 |
| Nobody To Me | Traveller | 2015 |
| Tennessee Whiskey | Traveler | 2015 |
| You Are My Sunshine | Southern Family | 2016 |
| Fire Away | Musical Video | 2016 |
| I Was Wrong | A Room: Volume 1 | 2017 |
| Either Way | A Room: Volume 1 | 2017 |
| Broken Halos | A Room: Volume 1 | 2017 |
| Millionaire | A Room: Volume 2 | 2018 |
| Say Something | Musical video | 2018 |
| The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy | Toy Story 4 | 2019 |
| Cold | Starting Over | 2020 |
| Starting Over | Starting Over | 2020 |
| Arkansas | Starting Over | 2020 |
| You Should Probably Leave | Starting Over | 2020 |
| Only Things That Gone | Dangerous: The Double Album | 2021 |
| Glow | When Christmas Comes Around | 2021 |
| White Horse | Higher | 2023 |
| I Think I Am In Love With You | Higher | 2023 |
If we take a look at Stapleton’s written songs, there are numerous greatest hits he penned. I have mentioned a few of his writing credits here.
| Song Title | Artists | Releasing Year |
| Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey | Gary Allan | 2003 |
| Higher Than the Wall | Patty Loveless | 2003 |
| Finding My Way Back Home | Lee Ann Womack | 2006 |
| Whiskey And You | Tim McGraw | 2007 |
| Never Wanted Nothing More | Kenny Chesney | 2007 |
| Another Try | Trisha Yearwood, Josh Turner | 2008 |
| Come Back Song | Darius Rucker | 2010 |
| Keep On Lovin You | Steel Magnolia | 2010 |
| Love’s Gonna Make It Alright | George Strait | 2011 |
| Miles To Go | Alison Krauss, Union Station | 2011 |
| Talk Is Cheap | Alan Jackson | 2012 |
| Drink A Beer | Luke Bryan | 2013 |
| Too Fast | Jason Aldean | 2014 |
| South Side | Thomas Rhett | 2015 |
| If He Ain’t Gonna Love You | Jake Owen | 2016 |
| Lonely Girl | Charles Kelly | 2016 |
| The Hard Stuff | Justin Timberlake | 2018 |
| Born to Die | Kelly Clarkson | 2020 |
| Just Say I Am Sorry | Pink | 2023 |
Chris Singing Style
Chris’ singing style is prominent in bluegrass, classic southern rock, and solo. It also enhanced outlaw country, blues, and rock and roll. In fact, his singing artistry shows a blend of a variety of genres. In his starting years, Stapleton sang bluegrass and created the band “The Steel Drivers”. Meanwhile, after two or more years he came to rock and roll style and created The Jompson Brothers.
Hence, Stapleton sings a variety of tenor vocals. He is also referred to as a soul singer who merges all genres of music when singing.
Awards and Accomplishments
Chris was nominated several times for multiple awards such as CMA, Grammy, and ACMA. However, he won the following awards.
- American Countdown Country Awards: 2016 Top Country Album: Traveler
- American Country Music Awards: 2016 Album of The Year: Traveler
- Grammy Awards: 2016 Album of The Year, Best Country Solo Album, and Best Country Album: Traveler
- American Country Music Awards: 2018 Male Vocalist of The Year
- Grammy Awards: 2018 Album of The Year, Best Solo Album of The Year: A Room: Volume 1
- American Country Music Awards: 2018 Album of The Year: A Room: Volume 1
- American Country Music Awards: 2019 Songwriter of the Decade
- American Country Music Awards: 2021 Album of The Year: Starting Over
- American Country Music Awards: 2022 Male Artist of The Year
- Grammy Awards: 2022 Best Country Song: Cold
- Grammy Awards: 2022 Best Country Album: Starting Over
- American Country Music Awards: 2023 Best Entertainer of The Year
Besides the above-mentioned awards, Stapleton won other awards as well including MTV Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Pollstar Awards, and CMT Artist of The Year. Therefore, his work played an eminent role in country music. He is a celebrity that won eight Grammys till now. I hope for the best in the future too.
Conclusion
To sum up we can say that,
- Chris is a popular celebrity in the music world as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and composer.
- He started his music career as a songwriter, he wrote a variety of songs for other artists including bigger names in the music world.
- He released his first debut in 2015, and luckily his first album made a blast in country music.
- Furthermore, Chris released his master hits and conquered the world.
- He won several awards for his hard work, including three consecutive years.
- A few of his writing credits are also added in popular movies such as Alvin and The Chipmunks, Hell or High Water, and Valentine’s Day.