Traveller | ||||
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Studio album by Chris Stapleton | ||||
Released | May 5, 2015 | |||
Studio | RCA Studio A in Nashville | |||
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Length | 63:29 | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
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Metacritic | 85/100 |
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NPR | (Favorable) |
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Wall Street Journal | (Favorable) |
Traveller is the debut studio album by American country music artist Chris Stapleton. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and Stapleton, and was released on May 5, 2015, through Mercury Nashville.
Described by music critics 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.
Traveller reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart after a duet performance by Stapleton and Justin Timberlake at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over 1.8 million copies in the United States as of March 2017. It generated three singles: "Traveller", "Nobody to Blame", and "Parachute". "Nobody to Blame" reached the top 10 on the Country Airplay chart. Stapleton has released a music video for the song "Fire Away".