Chris Stapleton - wikipedia Chris Stapleton Chris Stapleton Stapleton at the 2015 CMA Awards Background information Birth name Christopher Alvin Stapleton ( 1978 - 04 - 15 ) April 15, 1978 ( age 39 ) Paintsville, Kentucky, United States Origin Nashville, Tennessee, United States Genres Country bluegrass Southern rock outlaw country blues Occupation ( s ) Singer - songwriter guitarist Instruments Vocals guitar Years active 2001 − present Labels Mercury Nashville Associated acts The SteelDrivers The Jompson Brothers Justin Timberlake Website chrisstapleton.com Christopher Alvin Stapleton ( born April 15, 1978 ) is an American singer - songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Kentucky, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he started a career as a songwriter, contributing to the repertoire of a number of artists. As a vocalist, Stapleton led two music groups before releasing three studio albums as a soloist. His music styles include country, Southern rock and bluegrass. Stapleton served as the frontman of bluegrass group The SteelDrivers from 2008 to 2010. Thereafter, he released his debut studio album Traveller ( 2015 ), which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ). His second studio album From A Room : Volume 1 was released in May 2017, and gave him his second wins for Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Country Album. From A Room : Volume 2 was released in December 2017. Stapleton has co-written six country number - one songs including the five - week number - one `` Never Wanted Nothing More '' recorded by Kenny Chesney, `` Love 's Gonna Make It Alright '' recorded by George Strait, `` Drink a Beer '' recorded by Luke Bryan, and `` Come Back Song '' recorded by Darius Rucker. Over 150 of Stapleton 's songs have appeared on albums by such artists as Adele, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, and Dierks Bentley. Among other artists, he has co-written with Vince Gill, Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow. He is the recipient of several accolades, including five Grammy Awards, five Academy of Country Music Awards and seven Country Music Association Awards. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Career beginnings and bands 2.2 Solo studio albums 3 Artistry 4 Personal life 5 Awards 6 Discography 7 Tours 7.1 Main act 7.2 Opening act 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Early life Stapleton was born in a Lexington, Kentucky hospital. His mother worked at the local health department and his father was a coal miner. He comes from a family of coal miners. He has an older brother and younger sister. 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 was his class valedictorian and attended Vanderbilt University where he studied engineering, but dropped out after a year. Career Career beginnings and bands In 2001, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a music career. As a songwriter, he signed with the publishing house Sea Gayle Music, a deal he got shortly after moving to Nashville. In 2007, he became the frontman for the bluegrass group The Steeldrivers. They had two hit records ; each peaked at number 2 on the bluegrass chart before Stapleton left in 2010. In 2010, Stapleton founded a Southern rock band called The Jompson Brothers. The band was made up of Stapleton on vocals, Greg McKee on guitar, J.T. Cure on bass, Bard McNamee on drums. They toured regionally until 2013 and at one point, opened for the Zac Brown Band. The band independently released a self - titled album in November 2010. In 2013, Stapleton signed to Mercury Nashville, a division of Universal Music Group Nashville, as a solo artist. His first single, `` What Are You Listening To ? '', was released in October 2013, but did not perform as expected. The single was part of a record that was recorded but never released. Stapleton also cowrote the theme -- `` All - Nighter Comin ' '' -- to the WSM - AM show, The WSM All Nighter with Marcia Campbell, an American radio show with a large trucker following. He cowrote the song with Vince Gill and Al Anderson, with Gill featured on vocals on the track. Songs written by Stapleton have been included on to the soundtracks of several feature films, including Valentine 's Day, Alvin and the Chipmunks : The Road Chip. and Hell or High Water. In 2013, Stapleton and his wife Morgane sang the Don Williams song, `` Amanda '', live at the Grand Ole Opry. They also did an NPR Tiny Desk Concert in November 2015. At the 2014 CMT Artist of the Year event, Stapleton performed with Lady Antebellum, who played Stapleton 's song, `` Drink a Beer '', which Luke Bryan had recorded, in honor of Bryan, who was unable to attend the ceremony due to a death in his family. Stapleton had sung on the song during Bryan 's 2013 CMA Awards performance of the song. Solo studio albums His debut solo album, Traveller, was released on May 5, 2015. Recorded in Nashville 's RCA Studio A, Stapleton co-produced the album with producer Dave Cobb. On the album he plays guitar and sings with a live band that is made up of bass player J.T. Cure ( from The Jompson Brothers ), pedal steel player Robby Turner, drummer Derek Mixon, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, and wife Morgane Stapleton singing harmonies. Stapleton emphasized the importance of the band lineup that came together during the making and promotion of the record, saying the familiarity he had with Cure and Mixon ( he has known and played with Cure for over 20 years ), plus Cobb 's producing which included contributing acoustic guitar in the recording process, added to the richness of making the record. Stapleton said that the album was inspired by a road trip he took after his father died in 2013. He said he wrote the title track `` Traveller '' while on a road trip with his wife, driving down Interstate 40 from Phoenix, Arizona, to Nashville via New Mexico. His wife helped to sift through 15 years of songs to pick 9 songs to start recording with. Stapleton won three awards at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards : Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and New Artist of the Year. At the CMA Awards, Stapleton performed with Justin Timberlake his version of the song popularized as a David Allen Coe live - show staple, `` Tennessee Whiskey '' and Timberlake 's `` Drink You Away ''. Considered a career - defining moment by music publications, the performance along with his wins that night lifted him to national prominence. In December 2015, Stapleton received the 2015 CMT Artists of the Year Breakout award during a live performance at the annual CMT Artists of the Year show. Traveller was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won the categories Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance. It also won the Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year. The top selling country album of 2016, it has sold a total of 2 million copies domestically as of July 2017. In 2016, Stapleton -- along with his wife Morgane -- contributed the track, `` You Are My Sunshine '', to producer Dave Cobb 's compilation record project, Southern Family. He collaborated with Jake Owen on the song `` If He Ai n't Gonna Love You '' on Owen 's album American Love. Stapleton performed on the main stage at the 2016 Country to Country festival in Europe along with Andrew Combs, Kacey Musgraves and headliner Eric Church. Stapleton was the musical guest on the Saturday Night Live episode which aired January 16, 2016, alongside host Adam Driver. He performed `` Parachute '' and `` Nobody to Blame '' from Traveller. In January 2016, Stapleton performed `` Either Way '', a song he wrote with Kendall Marvel and Tim James, at the Country Radio Hall of Fame 's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. It was previously recorded by Lee Ann Womack for her 2008 album, Call Me Crazy. The track would be featured on his second studio album From A Room : Volume 1. Released on May 5, 2017, Volume 1 takes its name from Nashville 's RCA Studio A, where it was recorded during the winter of 2016 -- 17. The same month he embarked on his `` All - American Road Show Tour ''. Volume 1 was certified gold in the US the next month, eventually gave Stapleton his second CMA for Album of the Year, and became the best - selling country album of the year. His third studio album From A Room : Volume 2 was released on December 1, 2017. Volume 1 and Volume 2 both debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. 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 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Stapleton was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live for a second time on January 27, 2018, where he performed songs from From a Room : Volume 2 with Sturgill Simpson. In March, `` Broken Halos '' off From A Room : Volume 1 reached the top of the Country Airplay chart. Artistry Stapleton 's music influences range from outlaw country and bluegrass to rock and roll and blues. Editors from NPR and Paste magazine described his sound as a blend of country, classic rock and Southern soul. Before going solo, Stapleton led the progressive bluegrass band The SteelDrivers and the rock and roll band The Jompson Brothers. His first solo album Traveller is an old - school country, Southern rock and bluegrass record, and his second From A Room : Volume 1 focuses on country, blues and roots rock. He played the acoustic guitar and electric guitar for both albums. Stapleton is a soul singer with a baritone vocal range. After attending one of his concerts in 2015, Los Angeles Times ' writer Randy Lewis opined his singing recalls `` the note - bending style of country that traces to Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell and the gut - wrenching expressionism of blues and R&B perfected by Ray Charles '', while his guitar performances elicits `` memories of Texas blues rocker Stevie Ray Vaughan. '' Stapleton has cited Charles, Otis Redding and Freddie King as some of his music influences, along with Kentucky - based country artists, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless : `` the list goes on and on. Those names are just part of life in Kentucky. You ca n't help but be aware of them and be influenced by them. '' Personal life Stapleton is married to singer - songwriter Morgane Stapleton, who co-wrote Carrie Underwood 's 2006 single `` Do n'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 two children and live in Nashville. In October 2017, the couple announced they are expecting twins. Awards Main article : List of awards and nominations received by Chris Stapleton Stapleton has received multiple awards and nominations. He is the recipient of five Grammy Awards, five Academy of Country Music Awards, seven Country Music Association Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards, among others. For his work as composer he has received nine ASCAP Country awards, including the Vanguard Award. Discography Main article : Chris Stapleton discography Traveller ( 2015 ) From A Room : Volume 1 ( 2017 ) From A Room : Volume 2 ( 2017 ) Tours Main act Hank Williams Jr. and Chris Stapleton Live in Concert ( with Hank Williams Jr. ) ( 2016 ) All - American Road Show Tour ( 2017 -- 2018 ) Opening act Outsiders Tour ( Eric Church ) ( 2015 ) Not in This Lifetime... Tour ( Guns N ' Roses ; one date ) ( 2016 ) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers ' 40th Anniversary Tour ( Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers ; three dates ) ( 2017 ) An Evening With the Eagles ( Eagles ) ( 2018 ) See also List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. country chart List of country rock musicians List of country music performers List of number - one artists on the Billboard Artist 100 List of southern rock bands References Jump up ^ `` CHRIS STAPLETON ''. grammy.com. Retrieved January 25, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Songwriter / Composer : Stapleton Christopher Alvin ''. BMI. Retrieved July 9, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Casey, Jim ( November 26, 2015 ). `` Chris Stapleton : The Trendsetter ''. Nash Country Weekly. Retrieved November 30, 2015. ^ Jump up to : Doyle, Patrick ( December 2, 2015 ). `` Chris Stapleton on Meeting Bill Murray, ' Wonderfully Strange ' Number One LP ''. Rolling Stone. 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Question: when did chris stapleton's new album come out
Answer: December 2017