<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Either Way" (2017) </Td> <Td> "Broken Halos" (2017) </Td> <Td> "Say Something" (2018) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Either Way" (2017) </Td> <Td> "Broken Halos" (2017) </Td> <Td> "Say Something" (2018) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Broken Halos" is a song recorded by American singer - songwriter Chris Stapleton . Written by Stapleton and Mike Henderson, it was released on April 14, 2017 as a promotional single from his second studio album From A Room: Volume 1 . The lead track on Volume 1, it was serviced to country radio on July 17 as the album's second single . It won the award for Best Country Song at the 60th Grammy Awards and received a nomination for Single Record of the Year at the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards . </P> <P> Musically, it was defined by critics as a multi-genre song . Stapleton said the song was inspired by "people who have passed away before their time ." The singer recorded the song a day after a longtime friend passed away . "Broken Halos" is a mid-tempo country rock number in which Stapleton "meditates on the wounds people suffer and the road toward healing that they travel," as noted by a Los Angeles Times' reviewer . An NPR editor described it as Southern gospel, and a Rolling Stone reviewer, as folk rock . Another Rolling Stone writer, Chris Parton, named it country gospel after listening to a live performance of the song, and interpreted it as: </P>

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