Special edition variants will be available this summer
Ten years ago today (May 5, 2015), Chris Stapleton released his landmark debut album Traveller via Mercury Nashville. In celebration of the anniversary, new special edition vinyl variants will be released later this summer, including Ruby at his official store, Cobalt at Walmart, Forest Green at Target, Ultra Clear at indie record stores, and Cola Bottle Clear via Amazon. Additionally, SiriusXM’s Chris Stapleton Radio (ch. 63) will mark the anniversary with new stories about the making of the ground-breaking album and songs from the record played throughout the day.
Beloved by critics, fans and fellow artists, Traveller was recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb. It won Best Country Album at the 58th Grammy Awards, Album of the Year at both the CMAs and ACMs and went on to become the best-selling country album of the 2010’s. Following a historic turn on the 2015 CMA Awards—where Stapleton became the first artist to ever win Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year in the same year—Traveller became the first album in history to re-enter the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart at No. 1, where it stayed for two straight weeks. With global sales over 11 million, the album is certified RIAA seven-times platinum in the U.S. and has been streamed over 11 billion times around the world. Additionally, the album has spent over 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart—the first country album to do so.
Stapleton has gone on to release four more studio albums, performed the National Anthem at 2023’s Super Bowl LVII, three times on Saturday Night Live, sold out countless shows worldwide and performed collaborations with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Slash, George Strait and many others.
Stapleton and his wife Morgane are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. Moreover, in 2024, Stapleton unveiled Traveller Whiskey, a first-of-its-kind collaboration created in partnership with Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley, which went on to become last year’s Most Awarded Super Premium Whiskey.
Known for his electric live shows, Stapleton will continue his All-American Road Show tour through this summer including back-to-back nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Denver’s Ball Arena, Tinley Park’s Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Phoenix’s Desert Diamond Arena and Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena among others as well as a series of select stadium shows with George Strait.
1. Traveller (Chris Stapleton)
2. Fire Away (Chris Stapleton and Danny Green)
3. Tennessee Whiskey (Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove)
4. Parachute (Chris Stapleton and Jim Beavers)
5. Whiskey And You (Chris Stapleton and Lee Thomas Miller)
6. Nobody To Blame (Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales and Ronnie Bowman)
7. More Of You (Chris Stapleton and Ronnie Bowman)
8. When The Stars Come Out (Chris Stapleton and Dan Wilson)
9. Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore (Chris Stapleton)
10. Might As Well Get Stoned (Chris Stapleton and Jimmy Stewart)
11. Was It 26 (Don Sampson)
12. The Devil Named Music (Chris Stapleton)
13. Outlaw State Of Mind (Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman and Jerry Salley)
14. Sometimes I Cry (Chris Stapleton and Clint Ingersoll)
