He may be new to Country Music but Chris was rubbing elbows with Country Music Finest Including Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton & More…

Here Is What Went On…

Country singer Chris Stapleton soared straight to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday after sweeping the Country Music Awards last week with three wins and a lively performance with Justin Timberlake.

“Traveller,” Stapleton's debut album that was released in May this year, sold 153,000 albums, 218,000 songs and was streamed nearly 3 million times in the past week, totaling 177,000 units according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

It caps a breakthrough year for Stapleton, 37, who won album, male vocalist and new artist of the year at the Country Music Awards.

His song “Tennessee Whiskey,” which he performed with Timberlake at the televised awards show, landed at No. 2 on this week's Billboard Digital Songs chart with 131,000 downloads.

The awards show also boosted albums by country artists Carrie Underwood, whose “Storyteller” record remained steady at No. 2 this week with 81,000 units sold, while Eric Church's latest, “Mr. Misunderstood,” debuted at No. 3 with 76,000 units.

Way To Go Chris!

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