<P> Christopher Alvin Stapleton (born April 15, 1978) is an American singer - songwriter and guitarist . Born and raised in Kentucky, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he started a career as a songwriter, contributing to the repertoire of numerous artists . As a vocalist, Stapleton led two music groups before releasing three studio albums as a soloist . His musical styles, which incorporate a wide variety of genres, include country music, southern rock and bluegrass . </P> <P> Stapleton served as the frontman of bluegrass group The SteelDrivers from 2008 to 2010 . Thereafter, he released his critically acclaimed debut studio album Traveller (2015), which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His second studio album From A Room: Volume 1 was released in May 2017, and gave him his second wins for Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Country Album . From A Room: Volume 2 was released in December 2017 . </P> <P> Stapleton has co-written six country number - one songs including the five - week number - one "Never Wanted Nothing More" recorded by Kenny Chesney, "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" recorded by George Strait, "Drink a Beer" recorded by Luke Bryan, and "Come Back Song" recorded by Darius Rucker . Over 150 of Stapleton's songs have appeared on albums by such artists as Adele, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, and Dierks Bentley . Among other artists, he has co-written with Vince Gill, Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow . He is the recipient of several accolades, including five Grammy Awards, five Academy of Country Music Awards and seven Country Music Association Awards . </P> <P> Stapleton was born in a Lexington, Kentucky hospital as the middle of three children in the family . His mother, Carol J. (Mace) Stapleton, worked at the local health department and his father, Herbert Joseph Stapleton, Jr. (1946--2013), was a coal miner . He comes from a family of coal miners . He has an older brother, Herbert Joseph III and younger sister, Melanie Brooke . </P>

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