Line #22 Music/ChrisStapleton


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3	A CountryMusic singer who emerged in TheNewTens as a popular purveyor of "neo-traditional" country music, Christopher Alvin Stapleton (born April 15, 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky) made his debut at the TurnOfTheMillennium as a popular songwriter, having penned #1 hits for Music/JoshTurner, Music/KennyChesney, Music/DariusRucker, Music/ThomasRhett, and Music/LukeBryan. He then fronted the bluegrass group Music/TheSteelDrivers for a short time, then an even shorter gig in the Southern rock band The Jompson Brothers, before making his mark as a solo singer. After a false start with "What Are You Listening To" in 2013, Stapleton recorded ''Traveller'' in 2015. While the lead single and title track flopped, he got a sudden boost in popularity with the hits "Nobody to Blame" and "Parachute". A cover of "[[Music/GeorgeJones Tennessee Whiskey]]" was also immensely popular from the album, becoming his highest-charting entry despite never being shipped as a single -- this was due to him performing the song with Music/JustinTimberlake on that year's CMA Awards, helping greatly in boosting his profile.
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5	This was followed in 2017 by a pair of albums: ''From A Room: Volume 1'' and ''Volume 2''. The former includes the singles "Either Way" and his first #1 airplay hit, "Broken Halos".
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7	Stapleton is known for his minimalistic traditional sound, leading to favorable comparisons to the "{{outlaw country\|Music}}" movement of TheSeventies, with critics also noting his soulful blues and R&B-styled phrasings.
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9	!!Albums
10	* ''Traveller'' (2015)
11	* ''From A Room: Volume 1'' (2017)
12	* ''From A Room: Volume 2'' (2017)
13	* ''Starting Over'' (2020)
14	* ''Higher'' (2023)
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17	!!Tropes present in his work:
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19	* DeclarationOfProtection: "Parachute" ("Say the word and I'll be there for you / Baby, I will be your parachute").
20	* EarlyBirdCameo: Before releasing any of his own material, Stapleton wrote several songs for other artists, and sang backing vocals on a few of them. His wife, Morgane, co-wrote Music/CarrieUnderwood's "Don't Forget to Remember Me" while also singing a few backing vocals here and there.
21	* IronicEcho: In "You Should Probably Leave", the narrator directs the title phrase at his partner during a one-night stand. Come the next day, she wakes up and directs the phrase at him instead.
22	* ItsAllMyFault: "Nobody to Blame":
23	-->I know right where I went wrong\
24	I know just what got her gone\
25	Turned my life into this country song\
26	And I got nobody to blame but me
27	* LyricalColdOpen: "Broken Halos"
28	* LyricSwap: For most of "You Should Probably Leave" the narrator is trying to resist spending the night with someone; accordingly, the chorus ends with "You want me to say that I want you to stay, so you should probably leave." They do spend the night together, but he suspects they'll [[NotStayingForBreakfast leave as soon as they wake up]], so the last chorus ends with "I want you to stay, but you'll probably say that you should probably leave."
29	* RecordProducer: Dave Cobb, noted for his rootsy minimalism.
30	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: His wife, Morgane, often sings "You Are My Sunshine" in concert.
31	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Many of his songs are straightforward traditional three-chord country songs. Dave Cobb's minimalist production style helps enhance the style.
32	* WanderlustSong: "Starting Over":
33	-->Well the road rolls out like a welcome mat\
34	To a better place than the one we're at\
35	And I ain't got no kinda plan\
36	But I've had all of this town I can stand\
37	And I got friends out on the coast\
38	We can jump in the water and see what floats\
39	We've been saving for a rainy day\
40	Let's beat the storm and be on our way

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