Chris Stapleton Wins Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at CMA's
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 09, 2017
Chris Stapleton won Album of the Year (From A Room: Volume 1) and Male Vocalist of the Year at The 51st Annual CMA Awards. This marks Stapleton's third consecutive Male Vocalist win and his second in three years for Album (previously won in 2015 for Traveller). Stapleton and his band-Morgane Stapleton on harmony vocals, J.T. Cure on bass and Derek Mixon on drums along with producer Dave Cobb on acoustic guitar-also performed "Broken Halos" on the live awards broadcast.
Released earlier this year to overwhelming acclaim, From A Room: Volume 1 debuted #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and, with its RIAA Gold certification, remains the #1 best-selling country album of 2017. Stapleton's 2015 double-platinum solo debut, Traveller, is currently the #2 best-selling country album of the year. Stapleton will cap off 2017 with the release of From A Room: Volume 2, which will be released December 1 on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available to pre-order digitally and with exclusive limited-edition bundles. Listen to two new songs here: "Millionaire" and "Scarecrow In The Garden."Both Volume 1 and Volume 2 take their name from Nashville's historic RCA Studio A (the capital "A" in "From A Room") where they were recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb.
Stapleton will soon wrap-up his extensive and widely praised "All-American Road Show" tour, which includes upcoming shows in Tampa, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Oklahoma City and Omaha. Special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb will join for the final leg of the tour.See below for details. Live Nation is the national tour promoter for "Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show." Many of the shows on "Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show" have already sold out, with limited tickets remaining for others. CheckChrisStapleton.com/tour for tickets and more information.
FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 TRACK LIST:
1. Millionaire (Kevin Welch)
2. Hard Livin' (Chris Stapleton, Kendell Marvel)
3. Scarecrow In The Garden (Chris Stapleton, Brice Long, Matt Fleener)
4. Nobody's Lonely Tonight (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
5. Tryin' To Untangle My Mind (Chris Stapleton, Jaron Boyer, Kendell Marvel)
6. A Simple Song (Chris Stapleton, Darrell Hayes)
8. Drunkard's Prayer (Chris Stapleton, Jameson Clark)
9. Friendship (Homer Banks, Lester Snell)
"CHRIS STAPLETON'S ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW"
November 10-Tampa, FL-MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre*
November 11-Jacksonville, FL-Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena*
November 12-Nashville, TN-COUNTRY RISING
November 16-Little Rock, AR-Verizon Arena*
November 17-Oklahoma City, OK-Chesapeake Energy Arena*
November 18-Omaha, NE-CenturyLink Center Omaha*
March 24-Laughlin, NV-Laughlin Event Center
March 25-Tempe, AZ-Innings Festival
May 27-New Orleans, LA-Bayou Country Superfest
*with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb
photo credit: Andy Barron
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