New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Chris Stapleton�s Starting Over vaulted to the top of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Chart. The title track from his acclaimed new album, �Starting Over� was written by Stapleton and Mike Henderson and is only his second chart-topping single as an artist following 2018�s �Broken Halos (also written by Stapleton and Henderson).
This latest achievement comes ahead of this Sunday�s 56th ACM Awards (April 18th) where Stapleton leads nominees with six nominations in four categories: Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Starting Over as both artist and producer) and Song of the Year (�Starting Over� as both artist and songwriter). Stapleton will also perform on the awards ceremony, which will broadcast from various venues in Nashville on CBS this Sunday, April 18th at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT.
The nominations celebrate yet another monumental year for Stapleton following the release Starting Over, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart this past November. Out now on Mercury Records Nashville/Universal Music, Starting Over is an album of startling prescience, featuring fourteen tracks that examine life�s simplest joys and most serious struggles. Once again produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, the record continues to receive overwhelming critical praise and landed on several �Best of 2020� lists including NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, The Tennessean and The New York Times, who declares, �Chris Stapleton�s roar isn�t designed to scare you off. It�s regal, an announcement of an alpha figure asserting his primacy�on this, his fourth album, the thrill is back.�
Recent critical acclaim for Starting Over:
�Chris Stapleton may have the album of the year with Starting Over��American Songwriter
�a sure-footed masterpiece�one of the year�s finest albums��Associated Press
�Simply put, there are few recording artists in country operating at Stapleton�s level, and Starting Over keeps the bar very high.� �Billboard
�a dynamite and dynamic new album from the mighty-voiced Kentucky native�the singer-songwriter is hitting new heights, nailing the crossroads of country, rock, gospel, and pop across 14 tracks.��Entertainment Weekly
�14 rich, intricately-wound odes to tiny admissions and big emotions��Esquire
�He has nothing left to prove, but somehow, he just gets incrementally better�This is as good as any of his albums and maybe just a tad better.��Glide
�mixes beautifully stark songwriting with blues, country, and rock melodies, allowing Stapleton�s sturdy, propulsive vocals to carry the show��GQ
�vividly exemplifies the complex emotional character of Stapleton�s best music. He�s burly but soft. Tough yet vulnerable. A protector of his loved ones and a man in perpetual search of shelter.��Los Angeles Times
�What makes Starting Over unique is its emotional center�Stapleton cuts through the tangled jungle of pre-COVID life like a machete, clearing a new path forward.��Nashville Lifestyles
�Chris is at the top of his game with this record. It sounds like a record from a great.��NPR Music
�Starting Over may be Stapleton�s best album yet�every song on the album comes as a perfectly wrapped gift to the listener��No Depression
�Regardless of where he�s going lyrically, Stapleton brings to each successive tune a rugged assuredness and a steely resolve: There�s never any doubt that he means what he says��Relix
�The chill Nashville trailblazer feels at home in songs that echo his pop songwriting and his country roots.��Rolling Stone
�if Starting Over offers a statement of principles, it�s that Stapleton is going to make Stapleton music, equal parts country, Southern rock, raw sentimentality, and self-reflective singer-songwriter-ism.��Slate
�With Starting Over, Stapleton�s distinguished voice and artist�s soul shine.� �Sounds Like Nashville
�It is easily one of the best records I�ve heard this year. It�s easily one of the best country records I�ve heard in a long time. And I have no doubt it�s going to be one of the best country records I�ve heard this decade once everything is said and done.��The Needle Drop
�lands precisely where country meets Southern soul: with grit, details, clarity and ache.� - The New York Times
�the results are stunning�his most personal work yet.��The Top40-Charts.com
�expands a sonic identity and storytelling fervor that Stapleton established on his paramount debut, Traveller, and its two-part follow-up, From A Room Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.��The Tennessean
�He has [Willie] Nelson�s tender touch, but his bluesy side is much louder; his is a part-acoustic, part-stinging approach in which Nelson�s Trigger meets B.B. King�s Lucille.��Variety
�It�s every bit the tour de force his breakthrough album was�Elegant writing and delicate musicianship combine in an album ranking among the year�s best.��Vulture
CHRIS STAPLETON�S �ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW�
June 5�San Bernardino, CA�Glen Helen Amphitheater�
June 10�Boise, ID�Ford Idaho Center Arena#
June 11�Portland, OR�Sunlight Supply Amphitheater#
June 12�George, WA�The Gorge Amphitheatre#
June 17�Bakersfield, CA�Mechanics Bank Arena#
June 18�Sacramento, CA�Toyota Amphitheatre#
June 19�Mountain View, CA�Shoreline Amphitheatre#
June 24�Salt Lake City, UT�USANA Amphitheatre^
June 25�Denver, CO�Pepsi Center^
June 26�Denver, CO�Pepsi Center^
July 8�Milwaukee, WI�Summerfest at American Family Insurance Amphitheater+
July 10�Camden, NJ�BB&T Pavilion�
July 17�Chicago, IL�Wrigley Field%
July 23�Holmdel, NJ�PNC Bank Arts Center**
July 24�Syracuse, NY�St. Joseph�s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview**
July 28�Gilford, NH�Bank NH Pavilion��
July 29�Gilford, NH�Bank NH Pavilion��
July 31�Minneapolis, MN�U.S. Bank Stadium��
August 5�Cuyahoga Falls, OH�Blossom
Music Center�
August 7�South Bend, IN�Notre Dame Stadium��
August 12�Charlotte, NC�PNC
Music Pavilion�
August 13�Raleigh, NC�Coastal Credit Union
Music Park at Walnut Creek�
August 19�Des Moines, IA�Iowa
State Fair^^
August 20�Tulsa, OK�BOK Center##
August 21�Arlington, TX�Globe Life Field%%
September 18�Biloxi, MS�Mississippi Coast Coliseum++
September 23�Knoxville, TN�Thompson-Boling Arena++
October 1�Atlantic City, NJ�Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall++
October 2�Mansfield, MA�Xfinity Center++
October 8�New York, NY�Madison
Square Garden++
October 14�Columbia, MO�Mizzou Arena++
October 15�Lincoln, NE�Pinnacle Bank Arena++
October 16�Sioux Falls, SD�Denny Sanford PREMIER Center++
October 22�Nashville, TN�Bridgestone Arena++
October 23�Nashville, TN�Bridgestone Arena++
October 28�Lubbock, TX�United Supermarket Arena��
October 29�Albuquerque, NM�Isleta Amphitheater��
October 30�Phoenix, AZ�Ak-Chin Pavilion��
November 4�Austin, TX�Frank Erwin Center��
November 11�Estero, FL�Hertz Arena**
November 12�Orlando, FL�Amway Center**
April 20�Toledo, OH�Huntington Center�
April 21�Columbus, OH�Schottenstein Center�
April 23, 2022�Lexington, KY�A Concert for Kentucky � Kroger Field�
�ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW� SPECIAL GUESTS:
�with special guests Margo Price and Yola
�with special guests Willie
Nelson & Family,
Sheryl Crow and Yola
with special guests
Dwight Yoakam and The Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
#with special guests Margo Price and The Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
^with special guests
Sheryl Crow and The Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
+with special guest Sheryl Crow
�with special guests
Elle King and Kendell Marvel
%with special guests The Highwomen, Mavis Staples and Mike Campbell
**with special guests
Sheryl Crow and Kendell Marvel
��with special guests
Elle King and
Nikki Lane
��with
George Strait and
Little Big Town
�with
George Strait and Brothers Osborne
^^with special guest
Nikki Lane
##with special guests Willie
Nelson & Family and Yola
%%with special guests Willie
Nelson & Family,
Jamey Johnson and Yola
++with special guests The Marcus King Band and Yola
��with special guests
Jamey Johnson and Yola.
