The 43-year-old has collaborated with some of music's biggest names and won five Grammys, but stardom has never seemed to be the goal for Chris Stapleton.
His contemporaries will tell you he's among the best country music has these days. Kentucky-bred Chris Stapleton is a triple threat: a powerfully gifted singer, prolific songwriter and skilled guitar player. Now 43 years old, his talents have connected with music fans across generations and genres. He's collaborated with artists like Adele, Pink and Carlos Santana, won five Grammy awards and is up for another three this year.
On stage, he can silence an arena with a slow-burning ballad or manipulate his guitar to sound like trouble walking through the door. But off stage, we found Chris Stapleton to be soft-spoken, almost shy. He showed us around his band cave in Nashville, a rehearsal space filled with artifacts and awards. Those are Grammys and those are spray-painted waffle irons. Chris Stapleton: They're based on airplay in the Waffle House jukebox so as far I know we've won the most.
In 2001, armed with the songs he'd been writing since high school, Stapleton went back to Nashville. Four days after arriving in town, he got a job with a music publishing company writing for other artists. He'd go on to write for some of country's biggest stars like George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, and Blake Shelton. Chris Stapleton: I don't know. Probably in excess of a thousand.Sharyn Alfonsi: Stop.
Morgane Stapleton: It was very much a--"Whoa." He's so powerful. Just the sheer volume of his voice is just-- it-- he doesn't need a microphone in a room that's quiet. It's powerful. Sharyn Alfonsi: And did you know in your heart, like, I know what this should sound like, I know what this should be?Music critics loved it but early on the album was only a modest success. That changed overnight, when, at the 2015 CMA Awards pop star Justin Timberlake, a new friend and fan, joined him to perform.
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