Christopher Alvin Stapleton was born on April 15, 1978, and is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer.
He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in Staffordsville, Kentucky. In 2001, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University but dropped out to pursue his career in music. 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”.
Stapleton has received numerous awards and nominations. He is the recipient of eight Grammy Awards, ten Academy of Country Music Awards, fourteen Country Music Association Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, and two iHeartRadio Music Awards, among others.
For his work as a composer, he has received nine ASCAP Country awards, including the Vanguard Award. In 2019, Stapleton was recognized by the Academy of Country Music as the inaugural ACM artist-songwriter of the decade. The traveler was Billboard’s Top Country Album of the decade.
Chris Stapleton’s parents: Meet Herbert Joseph, Carol J. Stapleton
Stapleton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Carol J. (Mace) Stapleton, worked at the local health department and his father, Herbert Joseph Stapleton, Jr. (1946–2013), was an engineer in the coal mines.
He comes from a family of coal miners. He has an older brother, Herbert Joseph III, and a younger sister, Melanie Brooke.
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