Chris Stapleton

Christopher Alvin Stapleton In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Stapleton at number 170 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Early life Stapleton was born on April 15, 1978, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Career Career beginnings and bands In 1996, Stapleton moved to Nashville to study biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. The band had two hit records; each peaked at number 2 on the bluegrass chart before Stapleton left in 2010 Stapleton released a second single, "Cold", on September 25. He was Male Vocalist of the Year for the fourth time at the 2021 Country Music Association Awards, and Male Artist of the Year for the third time at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards, where he performed "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" with Patty Loveless.

Other projects and collaborations

Stapleton co-wrote three songs for Justin Timberlake's studio album Man of the Woods (2018), including their collaboration "Say Something", which reached the top 10 list on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

On July 5, 2019, Stapleton, together with Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran, released Blow, on which Stapleton contributed songwriting and vocals. Bruno Mars played all instruments on the track except bass guitar. The song was written in a basement in Nashville.

On August 8, 2019, John Mayer invited Stapleton on stage at his concert to perform a song they had written the day before, titled "I Just Remembered That I Didn't Care". He stayed on stage for a performance of Mayer's "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room".

Over the course of 2019 and 2020, Stapleton recorded and wrote songs with Mike Campbell, formerly the guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Campbell and fellow Heartbreaker Benmont Tench played on Stapleton's album Starting Over, and Stapleton featured on the Dirty Knobs' album Wreckless Abandon.

On August 5, 2021, Stapleton was featured on Taylor Swift's second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version), on the track "I Bet You Think About Me". Stapleton contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September 2021. He was credited as a vocalist on Adele's album 30, appearing on an alternative version of "Easy on Me".

Stapleton collaborated with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello in the writing and performance of the track "The War Inside" on Morello's 2021 album The Atlas Underground Fire.

On February 12, 2023, at Super Bowl LVII, Stapleton sang the United States' national anthem at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The lyrics were signed in American Sign Language by Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur.

Stapleton was joined by Cindy Blackman Santana and Snoop Dogg in recording a cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" as the 2023 opening theme song for Monday Night Football.

Artistry Stapleton's musical influences range from outlaw country and bluegrass to rock and roll and blues.

Discography

Traveller (2015) From A Room: Volume 1 (2017) From A Room: Volume 2 (2017) Starting Over (2020) Higher (2023)

Tours and concerts

Headlining Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show Tour (2017–present)

Opening act Outsiders Tour (Eric Church) (2015)