Traveller (Chris Stapleton album)

Traveller
Studio album by
Chris Stapleton
ReleasedMay 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)
Studio
Genre
Length63:04
LabelMercury Nashville
Producer
Chris Stapleton chronology
Traveller
(2015) 		From A Room: Volume 1
(2017)
Singles from Traveller
  1. "Traveller"
    Released: April 27, 2015
  2. "Nobody to Blame"
    Released: November 9, 2015
  3. "Parachute"
    Released: May 2, 2016[1]

Traveller is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and Stapleton, and was released on May 5, 2015, through Mercury Nashville.

Described by music publications as an old-school country, Southern rock record, Traveller received critical acclaim and earned Stapleton several awards. It was named Album of the Year at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. Furthermore, it received a nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and a win for Best Country Album. The song "Traveller" also won Best Country Solo Performance. At the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards it won Album of the Year, with the song "Nobody to Blame" also winning Song of the Year. It won the Billboard Music Award for Top Country Album in 2016 and 2017.

Traveller reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart after the 2015 Country Music Association Awards, during which Stapleton and Justin Timberlake performed a well-received duet. The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over 2.6 million copies in the United States by November 2019.[2] It was eventually ranked by Billboard as the bestselling country album of the 2010s.[3] It generated three singles: "Traveller", "Nobody to Blame", and "Parachute". "Nobody to Blame" reached the top 10 on the Country Airplay chart.[4] The album track "Fire Away" was accompanied by a music video.[5] Though not released as a radio single, album track "Tennessee Whiskey" garnered popularity following its performance at the aforementioned CMA awards, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 20 on the Hot 100.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Country Aircheck Issue 495" (PDF). Country Aircheck. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sales was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Top Country Albums - Decade-End". Billboard.
  4. ^ Greenwald, Morgan (March 26, 2016). "13 Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week: Chris Stapleton Scores First Top 10 Hit & More". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Freeman, Jon (February 29, 2016). "See Chris Stapleton's Harrowing 'Fire Away' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Asker, Jim (November 10, 2015). "Chris Stapleton Travels to Top of Country Charts Without Strong Support From Radio". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Billboard Hot 100: November 28, 2015". Billboard.