Chris Stapleton is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.
As of 2018, Stapleton has amassed credits writing and co-writing over 170 songs. He has co-written six number-one country songs, including Kenny Chesney’s five-week number-one “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”.
His songs have appeared on many artists albums including Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Taylor Swift.
What did Adele say about Chris Stapleton?
In a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, English singer-songwriter Adele said; “Basically, I’ve’ been a fan of [Stapleton] since SteelDriver days,”. “I’ve’ been covering SteelDrivers for like nearly 12 years now. It’s’ just…his voice is just f***ing brilliant.”
A decade ago, she covered Stapleton and the SteelDrivers single “If It Hadn’t Been For Love” for bonus versions of her 2011 album 21. The song was originally on the SteelDrivers’ self-titled 2008 debut album, resulting in a Grammy nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group.
About how their groundbreaking duet came together, Adele posited, “We still hadn’t met because it was during the pandemic. We had to start over Zoom. It was devastating. Yeah, it’s on there, and I think our voices work brilliantly together. [As a collaborator, he] would’ve been one person that I would’ve always have said yes, like 100%.