Chris Stapleton’s net worth is estimated to be over $12 million. While he has other business interests, the Lexington, Kentucky-born country singer made most of his money from the music industry. This article focuses on how the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer amassed his sizable net worth.
Chris Stapleton’s Net Worth Is Mostly From The Music Industry
Chris Stapleton has been a staple, excuse the pun, of the American music industry for more than two decades now. His endeavors and strategic hard work in the industry have brought a significant financial reward for the talented songwriter and record producer.
Born Christopher Alvin Stapleton on April 15, 1978, in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, the 46 year old singer is the middle child of three children born to Carol J. Stapleton née Mace, a local health department worker, and Herbert Joseph Stapleton Jr. (1946 – 2013), a coal miner.
He grew up with an older brother named Herbert Joseph Stapleton III and a younger sister named Melanie Brooke in Staffordsville, Kentucky, a small town outside of Paintsville. He received his high school diploma from Johnson Central High School before proceeding to Vanderbilt University to study engineering, only to drop out after one year, possibly to pursue a musical career.
His quest to make a mark in the music industry took him to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2001. Within a few days of reaching his new destination, Stapleton found a job at Sea Gayle Music Publishing House, an organization that gave him the platform to launch his music career as a songwriter.
Over the next decade, Chris honed his songwriting abilities by collaborating with and writing songs for musicians such as Thomas Rhett, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Luke Bryan, and many other gifted musicians.
Stapleton was affiliated with several bands during the previous decade, first with a bluegrass group known as the Steeldrivers from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, he founded the southern rock band called the Jompson Brothers, and they released a self-titled album in November 2010.
Chris Stapleton Went Solo In 2013
While he maintained collaborative songwriting efforts with several artists, Chris Stapleton signed to Mercury Nashville, a Universal Music Group Nashville division, in 2013, as a solo artist. He dropped his first single, ‘What Are You Listening To?’ in October 2013.
The song did not do so well and became part of a recorded list that was never released, partly because his dad died that year, and he did not have the emotional bandwidth to push the music.
After overcoming the challenges of having to bury his father, Stapleton pushed on and has not looked back. He released his first solo studio album, Traveler, in May 2015. From A Room: Volume 1 followed in 2017, with the second volume of the album right on the heels of the first. His most recent album, Starting Over, was released in 2020.
In all, the ginger-haired songwriter has released four studio albums, one EP, over fifteen singles, more than five promotional singles, and at least three music videos over the course of his illustrious career. Three of his singles have made it to the number spot on several music charts.
Stapleton Has More Than A Dozen Songwriting Credits To His Name
The talented songwriter broke into the mainstream music industry as a songwriter, and the more than a dozen songwriting credits to his name point to the fact that he has not abandoned the hen that laid the golden egg at the start of his career.
In 2003, a couple of years after he started his gig with Sea Gayle Music Publishing House, Chris Stapleton was acknowledged with his first songwriting credit for Higher Than The Wall by Patty Loveless. The same year he earned his second songwriting credit for Drinking Dark Whiskey by Gary Alan.
In the years that followed the early 2000s, Stapleton has seen a lot more songs credited to his songwriting abilities. In 2005, he wrote Your Man for Josh Turner with Chris Dubois and Jace Everett. Other artists he has lent his songwriting skills include Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Eric Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, and most recently, Pink.
Chris Stapleton Has Won A Lot Of Music Awards
Other than the financial rewards attached to being in the music industry, another important marker for measuring a musician’s success is the number of awards he has been nominated for and won. In this regard, Chris Stapleton stands head and shoulders above many of his music industry peers.
The talented country singer has received over 100 nominations, and he has won more than 50 of those awards he has been nominated for. To put this aspect of his musical achievement in a clearer perspective, Chris Stapleton has been nominated for 28 Academy of Country Music Awards and won 10 of those.
He has won 8 of the 14 Grammy Awards nominations he has received, 14 of 21 Country Music Association Awards nominations, 5 of 12 Billboard Music Awards nominations, and 1 of 2 Americana Music Honors & Awards, amongst several others.
Chris Stapleton’s Net Worth Is Currently Over $12 Million
Over the course of a career that has lasted more than two decades, Chris Stapleton has raked in a lot of money from his endeavors as a musician, songwriter, producer, and more. Several reliable sources believe that he is currently worth over $12 million.
The King of Country, as Stapleton has been dubbed, has amassed virtually the entirety of that relatively impressive net worth through album sales and stadium-filling tours like his 2019 All-American Road Show Tour, which reported revenues of over $30.9 million from over 417,604 tickets sold.
He has also earned significant money from various endorsements from brands looking to promote their products and services through him. Still, his primary source of income, which has made him one of the most financially successful country music singers presently, has been his music.
Chris Stapleton Owns A Collection Of Exotic Cars
Chris Stapleton showcases his wealth through his expensive real estate and automobile acquisitions. According to several sources, the songwriter owns a costly collection of exotic automobiles, including a Range Rover, Chevrolet Impala, Mercedes Benz, and a Ram Traveler. Images of Chris and his vehicles show that he particularly favors the sturdy Ram Traveler.
In terms of real estate, the singer bought a 311-acre property near Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, in March of 2017, for around $5.625 million. His neighbor is Justin Timberlake, who owns a nearby 126-acre property he acquired in 2015 for about $4 million.
