Stapleton grabs number one spot at Billboard
After being off the Billboard top 200 charts, "Traveler" was first thanks to three wins for Best Album, Best New Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year. the disc sold 177,000 units for the week ending Nov. 5, up 6,109 upercent from about 3,000 units. The disc sold more last week than it did since its release, 96,000 units.
The Cd was off the charts since September.
At the CMAs, Stapleton and Just Timberlake sang the "Traveller" track "Tennessee Whiskey" and Timberlake's "Drink You Away." The result was that "Tennessee Whiskey" was the second-largest selling digital song of the week with 131,000 downloads sold.
"Traveller" is the first debut country album to hit the top on the Billboard 200 in more than 4 years. The last was "Clear As Day" by 2011 American Idol winner Scotty McCreery.
Carrie Underwood remained second with her "Storyteller" album. The set sold 81,000 units, down 54 percent in its second week.
Eric Church surprised disc, "Mr. Misunderstood," was third with 76,000 units from less than two days of availability. The 10 songs were released on Nov. 4 without advance notice,
More news for Chris Stapleton
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- 01/17/25: Stapleton adds shows to All-American Road Show
- 01/15/25: Stapleton partners with Earnhardt for Daytona 500
- 01/09/25: Stapleton's All-American Road Show returns
- 11/20/24: Wallen wins CMA Entertainer of the year, Stapleton takes three CMA honors
- 08/29/24: Stapleton takes "Think I'm In Love With You" to video
- 05/20/24: Stapleton/Lipa collaboration gets released
- 04/26/24: Stapleton takes on Petty's "I Should Have Known It"
CD reviews for Chris Stapleton
There was a bit of a controversy at the recent CMAs when Chris Stapleton beat out Morgan Wallen for best male vocalist, especially after Wallen had such a huge year, commercially speaking. Yes, one can make the case that Wallen is the most popular male singer in country music these days. However, when it comes to pure singing, Stapleton is arguably the genre's most naturally talented singer. He doesn't really need any more proof of that, of course, but his "Higher" album ...
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