On the Charts: Chris Stapleton Travels to Number One After Huge CMA Awards (Rolling Stone)

If one were to wager which country music artist would reign atop this week's Billboard 200, the safe bet would have been frequent chart-topper Eric Church, who surprise-released his new album Mr. Misunderstood just hours before the CMA Awards.
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Who Is Chris Stapleton: 5 Things You Need to Know About the CMA King (Rolling Stone)

Chris Stapleton swept the CMA Awards last Wednesday night, winning more trophies than any other act while stealing the show with a pair of country-soul duets alongside Justin Timberlake. Already a household name in Nashville's songwriting community, where he's been penning tunes for A-listers like George Strait, Luke Bryan and Adele since 2001, the newly-turned solo artist is still something of a mystery to the general public, leading to plenty of "Who is Chris Stapleton?" queries on social media the rest of the week...

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