Aldean, Stapleton take ACM honors: the list of winners
Chris Stapleton won the most individual honors with six awards including Album of the Year for "Traveller" (as artist and producer), Best Male Vocalist, Best New Male Vocalist and Song of the Year for "Nobody to Blame" (as artist and writer). For album honor, producer Dave Cobb and the label Mercury also received the honor. For Song of the Year, Stapleton, Barry Bales and Ronnie Bowman shared the award as songwriters, House of Sea Gayle Music (ASCAP), WB Music Corp (ASCAP), Quackhead Music (BMI) and RayLynn Publishing (BMI) as publishers. Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town won two honors apiece.
Other winners were:
Female Vocalist - Miranda Lambert
Vocal Duo - Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Group - Little Big Town
New Female Vocalist - Kelsea Ballerini
New Vocal Duo - Old Dominion
Single Record - "Die a Happy Man" - Thomas Rhett. Producers Dann Huff and Jesse Frasure and record label Valor also shared in the honor.
Song of the Year - "Nobody to Blame" - Chris Stapleton
Video of the Year - Eric Church - Mr. Misunderstood. Directors Reid Long and John Peets and producer Megan Smith also shared the award.
Vocal Event; "Smokin' And Drinkin'" - Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town. Directors Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay and Glenn Worf took home the honor as well along with record label RCA Nashville.
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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 ...
Chris Stapleton's "Starting Over" release is one of those rare beauties of an album, where your favorite track may change from day to day. All of 'em are just that great. It is, simply put, Stapleton's best full-length to date.
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There is no bigger artist in country music today, perhaps even in American music, than Chris Stapleton. His appeal reaches beyond just the commercial country fans for his gritty bluesy approach. 2015's "Traveller" set a high bar, which was met by this year's release of "From A Room: Volume 1," which won Album of the Year in the 51st CMA Awards. Stapleton also garnered the Male Vocalist of the Year for his second time. Now seven months after that release, "From ...
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