Chris Stapleton Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the International Bluegrass Music Association Award for emerging artist of the year as a member of The SteelDrivers
• Received the 2016 ASCAP Country Music Awards Vanguard Honor
• Started out as the lead singer fo the bluegrass group the SteelDrivers, before becoming a solo act
• Quote: "[on country music] "I'm a fan of polarization․ If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that․ But I'm not trying to insult anybody - music or ice cream․""
• Quote: "[On his success] "The lesson is, make music that you love․ A lot of people get in trouble when they do what they're told to do because they want to be famous․ No one has ever forced me to do anything․""
• Country and bluegrass singer-songwriter
• Has written songs for Adele, Tim McGraw, Praid Paisley and Vince Gill