Artist · chart history
Chris Stapleton
Solo artist Lexington United States American singer‐songwriter
Chris Stapleton is an artist from Lexington. Chris Stapleton has 37 chart appearances on 33 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2017–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Cold”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Chris Stapleton most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2020.
Chris Stapleton, born in Kentucky in 1978, was writing hits for other people long before anyone knew his face. He went to Vanderbilt in Nashville in 1996 as an engineering student, dropped out to chase music, and landed a songwriting deal with Sea Gayle Music. Six number-one country singles carry his name as a co-writer, among them Kenny Chesney's "Never Wanted Nothing More", Josh Turner's "Your Man", George Strait's "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" and Luke Bryan's "Drink a Beer", and his credits run all the way to Adele and Taylor Swift.
He sang, too, first with the bluegrass outfit the SteelDrivers and then with the rock band the Jompson Brothers, before stepping out on his own with Traveller in 2015. It went to number one on the Billboard 200 and eventually seven times platinum, and his take on "Tennessee Whiskey" went diamond. That voice is the reason: a huge, weathered, soul-soaked roar that makes country sound like it was always meant to be sung this way.
The trophies have piled up since: 11 Grammys, 11 ACM Awards and 15 CMA Awards, with Best Country Album Grammys for From A Room: Volume 1 and Starting Over, whose "Cold" is a slow-burning ache. Higher, in 2023, brought "White Horse" and "It Takes A Woman". The Americana Awards named him Artist of the Year in 2016, and in 2019 the ACM called him its Artist-Songwriter of the Decade.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Chris Stapleton on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | 12 | #2 | – | 2020 | |
| 2 | White Horse | 7 | #11 | – | 2023 | |
| 3 | Tennessee Whiskey | 5 | #108 | – | – | |
| 4 | Starting Over | 4 | #40 | – | 2020 | |
| 5 | Midnight Train To Memphis | 4 | #3 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | I Should Have Known It | 2 | #14 | – | 2024 | |
| 7 | Second One To Know | 1 | #65 | – | 2017 | |
| 8 | Arkansas | 1 | #258 | – | – | |
| 9 | It Takes A Woman | 1 | #650 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Chris Stapleton as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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