16x CMA Award-winner Chris Stapleton is nominated for five awards at this year’s 58th Annual CMA Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (Higher), Single of the Year (“White Horse”), and Song of the Year (“White Horse”).
These nominations add to yet another triumphant year for Stapleton, who released his latest album, Higher, last fall via Mercury Nashville (stream/purchase here). Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton, and Chris Stapleton, the record landed on several “Best of” lists, including Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, and Rolling Stone, which praised, “dazzling…the best evidence yet for the way one man’s voice has become synonymous with the very idea of a musical genre.” Additionally, GQ declared, “In an age rife with division, he’s maybe the only thing Americans all agree on…one of the most reliable hitmakers in music,” while NPR Music proclaimed, “Higher puts him where he always really was—in that classic kind of rock and soul, Tom Petty, Eagles, going beyond the confines of the genre.”
Following the album release, Stapleton unveiled the official music video for his current single, “Think I’m In Love With You,” last month, starring actor Andre Royo (The Wire, Empire). Released to critical acclaim, Rolling Stone declared, “It’s both sad and joyous, but it renders an afterlife so comforting that we’d almost be happy to hasten our demise,” while Music Row praised the song, saying, “Totally awesome. A groove-soaked, rump-shaking, classic soul sound. Stapleton is an artist who grips you tightly with every note he sings.” Watch the video HERE.
Furthermore, Stapleton was the top winner at the 59th Annual ACM Awards this past spring with four wins—Album of the Year (Higher, as artist and producer), Male Artist of the Year, and Artist-Songwriter of the Year—and won two awards at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Country Solo Performance (“White Horse”) and Best Country Song (“White Horse”). Additionally, Stapleton has recently collaborated with Post Malone (“California Sober”), Dua Lipa (“Think I’m In Love With You (Live from the 59th ACM Awards)”), Slash (“Oh Well”), and George Strait (“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”). He also released a version of Tom Petty’s “I Should Have Known It” for the new Tom Petty tribute album and returned to NBC’s Saturday Night Live for the third time as the musical guest.
Known for his electric live performances, the 10x GRAMMY, 16x CMA, and 19x ACM Award-winner will continue his “All-American Road Show” tour through next year, including sold-out dates across the U.K., New Zealand, and Australia. See below for the complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.chrisstapleton.com/tour.
One of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians, Stapleton was named Entertainer of the Year at last year’s 58th ACM Awards—resulting in a prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award—and was named Male Vocalist of the Year for the seventh time at the 57th CMA Awards last fall, breaking his own record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, he performed the National Anthem at the 2023 Super Bowl LVII and has collaborated in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana, and many more.
Higher follows 2020’s acclaimed Starting Over, which won three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. Called “a sure-footed masterpiece” by the Associated Press, the album landed on “Best of 2020” lists at NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, The Tennessean, and The New York Times, which declared, “Chris Stapleton’s roar isn’t designed to scare you off. It’s regal, an announcement of an alpha figure asserting his primacy…on this, his fourth album, the thrill is back.” Prior to Starting Over, Stapleton released a pair of Platinum-certified albums in 2017—From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2—as well as his 5x Platinum breakthrough solo debut album in 2015, Traveller.
In addition to their work as musicians, the Stapletons are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports various causes that are close to their hearts. Stapleton also recently unveiled his new Traveller Whiskey, a first-of-its-kind collaboration created in partnership with Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley.
HIGHER TRACK LIST
- What Am I Gonna Do
- South Dakota
- Trust
- It Takes A Woman
- The Fire
- Think I’m In Love With You
- Loving You On My Mind
- White Horse
- Higher
- The Bottom
- The Day I Die
- Crosswind
- Weight Of Your World
- Mountains Of My Mind
CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 4—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Festival
October 11—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Festival
October 16—Manchester, England—AO Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 17—Glasgow, Scotland—OVO Hydro Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 20—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 22—Birmingham, England—Utilita Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 23—London, England—The O2* (SOLD OUT)
October 24—London, England—The O2‡ (SOLD OUT)
December 7—Las Vegas, NV—Allegiant Stadium+
February 25, 2025—Melbourne, Australia—Rod Laver Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
February 26, 2025—Melbourne, Australia—Rod Laver Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
February 28, 2025—Brisbane, Australia—Brisbane Entertainment Centre^ (SOLD OUT)
March 1, 2025—Brisbane, Australia—Brisbane Entertainment Centre^ (SOLD OUT)
March 4, 2025—Sydney, Australia—Qudos Bank Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
March 5, 2025—Sydney, Australia—Qudos Bank Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
March 7, 2025—Auckland, New Zealand—Spark Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
March 8, 2025—Auckland, New Zealand—Spark Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
*with special guest Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
‡with special guest Shelby Lynne
+with George Strait and special guest Little Big Town
^with special guest Marcus King
