It was quite the Big night for one Chris Stapleton. He won the CMA Male Vocalist Award, New Artist, and the award for Album of the Year. But.. who is Chris Stapleton?

This morning with Kris and Emily, Mrs. J did some homework on Stapleton and it seems Chris has been in the business for quite some time. He's a songwriter and let me tell you... he's pinned some really good ones.

Come Back Song (Darius Rucker)

Crash and Burn (Thomas Rhett)

Drink a Beer (Luke Bryan)

Hangover Tonight (Gary Allan)

Love's Gonna Make it Alright (George Strait)

Never Wanted Nothing More (Kenny Chesney)

Swing (Trace Adkins)

Your Man (Josh Turner)

Stapleton didn't just write hits, some were definitely were homeruns! Did you you see what he did with Timberlake last night on the CMA's?

Here's what Gator Country had to say about Mr. Stapleton.

Doris Humplik Ok here's my second post ...shame on me for not knowing who he was... His humble acceptable told me there was a story .... Researched him - wow he's the writer of many hit songs we love !!! Wow go Chris!!! Love that he wrote such great songs!!!

John Grubbs His album is awesome and he's got a great voice I'm glad he won! He said it best when he said "Thank you to everyone who was at the bars and basements supporting us, I guess those place will start getting bigger." I'm paraphrasing but you get the point just a humble country boy kudos.

Ashley Ross I love country music and had NO idea who he was. I'm not going to bash him for winning though.

 

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