Chris Stapleton (Photo by Becky Fluke)
Chris Stapleton Up For Five ACM Awards
When nominations were announced for the upcoming ACM Awards, Chris Stapleton’s name came up five times.
As the reigning Entertainer of the Year, he’s up for that again.
He picked up his ninth consecutive nomination for Male Artist of the Year. He’s won it three times.
He’s also up for Artist-Songwriter of the Year.
Plus, in the category of Album of the Year, if he wins, he would pick up two trophies, one for Artist and one for Producer.
Chris talked about the nominated album, titled Higher, and he told us how it’s different from the other ones he’s recorded in the past
“One thing that’s probably notable about the record to me is it’s the first one that we’ve put out that doesn’t contain a cover, so there’s no covers on this record. So, in that way, I guess you could say it should be more intrinsically whatever we do. So, there’s definitely some exploration of the edges of what that is, and certainly some moments of stretching out vocally and trying to see what that is. There’s some different stuff on this record, I think, and I think it’s really great. I think it’s something that people will enjoy. I think there’s something on it for everybody, which is kind of always my goal. If you’re a kind of a hardcore traditional country person, there’s a song on there for that somewhere. If you leaned into more of the R&B side of what we do, there’s stuff on there for that. If you like the rock side of things that we do, there’s stuff on there for that. And there’s some really great songs on here. I’m excited about the songs on this record.”
