Chris Stapleton Biography Facts
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Born 15 April, 1978 (45 years old).
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According to the birthday of Chris Stapleton the astrological sign is Aries .
Career of the Chris Stapleton started in 2001 .
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American country music singer-songwriter
| Chris Stapleton | |
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| Stapleton at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Alvin Stapleton |
| Born | April 15, 1978 Lexington, Kentucky, United States |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Country Southern rock hard rock Southern soul country rock bluegrass outlaw country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter guitarist record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals guitar |
| Years active | 2001−present |
| Labels | Mercury Nashville Warner/Chappell Music Columbia Records |
| Associated acts | The SteelDrivers The Jompson Brothers Morgane Stapleton |
| Website | chrisstapleton.com |
Chris Stapleton at ACL Fest 2016
Christopher Alvin Stapleton is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in Staffordsville, Kentucky, until moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2001 to pursue a career in music writing songs. Subsequently, Stapleton signed a contract with Sea Gayle Music to write and publish his music.
As of 2018, Stapleton has amassed credits writing and co-writing 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, Brad Paisley, and Dierks Bentley. He has co-written with several artists as well including Vince Gill, Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow and Ed Sheeran. Stapleton has been recognized with several awards including five Grammy Awards, seven Academy of Country Music Awards, and ten Country Music Association Awards.
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 , which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . 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.
In August 2020, Stapleton announced that his fourth studio album, Starting Over, would be released on November 13, 2020. The title track was issued as its lead single.
Early life
Stapleton was born in a Lexington,Kentucky, hospital. His mother, Carol J. Stapleton, worked at the local health department and his father, Herbert Joseph Stapleton, Jr. , was a coal miner. He comes from a family of coal miners. He has an older brother, Herbert Joseph III and younger sister, Melanie Brooke.
Stapleton grew up in the small town of Staffordsville, Kentucky, which is located just outside of Paintsville, located between the city and the Paintsville lake. He graduated from Johnson Central High School where he played football and was his class salutatorian. He then attended Vanderbilt University, where he studied engineering, but dropped out after a year.
Personal life
Stapleton is married to singer-songwriter Morgane Stapleton, who co-wrote Carrie Underwood's 2006 single "Don't Forget to Remember Me". She had a recording deal with Arista Nashville. The couple met when they were working at adjacent publishing houses. They have five children and live in Nashville. In October 2017, the couple announced they were expecting twins. On April 15, 2018, , host Reba McEntire announced live on the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards that twin boys Macon and Samuel had been born to the Stapletons. At his concert at Madison Square Garden on November 2, 2018, Stapleton announced that he and his wife were expecting their fifth child; he repeated the announcement at the Country Music Association awards on November 18, 2018. On April 28, 2019 he appeared as an extra in the HBO series Game of Thrones episode "The Long Night" as a wight. On May 12, 2019, Morgane & Chris welcomed their fifth child, a baby boy, into their family. He also had a dog named Maggie, which appears on his latest release "Starting Over".
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