Who Is Chris Stapleton? Chris Stapleton began his career in Nashville, Tennessee, as a sought-after songwriter who furnished songs for numerous famous country artists. Easy to spot due to his signature long hair and striking beard, he became a major star in the fall of 2015 when his debut ...
A new skit on Saturday Night Live finds Chris Stapleton on the receiving end of a breakup anthem called Get That Boy Back.
Still, with all this serious talk, there’s still — as we mentioned — the beard. Stapleton is fine with fans attaching themselves to this particular feature, for whatever reason. “If they’re fond of something, that’s great. If they’ve attached to the beard, that’s fine,” he ...
Stapleton (born in Lexington in 1978) was already an established songwriter for Kenny Chesney, George Strait and others when he released his 2015 debut, Traveller. He was in his mid-thirties, with unfashionably long hair and an expansive beard (the best in Nashville since William Lee Golden ...
Brian Wright, senior vp A&R, Universal Music Group NashvilleI met Chris 12 or 13 years ago. He had a shaved head and no beard. Chris always told me he didn’t want a record deal — he just wanted to be a songwriter. Every time I asked, he said, “I don’t want a record deal...
Chris Stapleton’s ‘Traveller’ Album Heading for No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart After CMA Triumph Trending on Billboard It turns out he was hiding an ace in that beard, and that ace was buddyJustin Timberlake, whose participation in a riveting duet with Stapleton helped create the kind of...