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Chris Stapleton Ineligible For Best New Artist Grammy Nomination

December 4, 2015/0 Comments/in Featured /by Jessica Nicholson
Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton

The Recording Academy has confirmed to MusicRow that Mercury artist Chris Stapleton is ineligible for a Best New Artist nomination, due to previous nominations while lead singer for the bluegrass group The SteelDrivers. Final nominees will be revealed Monday (Dec. 7).

The SteelDrivers’ “Blue Side of the Mountain” earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 2008, the same year they released their self-titled debut album on Rounder Records. That was followed by nominations in 2009 for Best Bluegrass Album (Reckless) and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (“Where Rainbows Never Die”). Stapleton departed the group in 2010.

However, Stapleton could potentially earn nominations in other Grammy categories, including best country album for Traveller, which was released in May.

At the CMA Awards in November Stapleton swept every category he was nominated in, taking home trophies for New Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year. His duet performance with Justin Timberlake made additional headlines and launched Stapleton’s single “Tennessee Whiskey” to the top of the country digital tracks charts. Traveller has sold nearly 350,000 copies since that CMA broadcast, closing in on almost 450,000 units so far.

As the music industry waits in anticipation for Monday’s reveal of those final Grammy nods, chatter inevitably turns to speculation of which other country artists may contend as a final nominee for the all-genre Best New Artist award, as Stapleton seemed to be a frontrunner.

In 10 out of the past 11 years, a country artist has earned a nomination slot for Best New Artist. Four country artists have won the honor including Bobbie Gentry (1968), LeAnn Rimes (1997), Carrie Underwood (2007) and Zac Brown Band (2010). Current country entertainer Darius Rucker earned the award in 1996 when he was lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish. The Recording Academy’s Best New Artist award has been given since 1959.

The 2016 Grammy Awards will take place on Monday, Feb. 15 airing on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Jessica Nicholson serves as the Managing Editor for MusicRow magazine. Her previous music journalism experience includes work with Country Weekly magazine and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) magazine. She holds a BBA degree in Music Business and Marketing from Belmont University. She welcomes your feedback at [email protected]
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