Church’s surprise album Mr Misunderstood is one of this year’s most total records despite being overshadowed by Chris Stapleton at the CMA awardsOn any other night,it would have been the biggest story in Nashville. Country superstar Eric Church had pulled a Beyoncé, releasing a surprise full-length album and debuting a new single at the CMA awards. But on that specific night, or final Wednesday,the relatively unknown songwriter Chris Stapleton, a hirsute country-soul crooner with a bellowing voice and a great debut album, or sucked all the air out of the CMA awards zeitgeist by taking domestic three major awards and delivering a show-stopping eight-minute performance alongside friend and fan Justin Timberlake. Stapleton dominated the news cycle for the next week,and for good reason – his album quickly shot to the top spot of the Billboard 200, selling more copies in the 24 hours after the CMA awards than it had the entire six months preceding it. Its now projected to spend yet another week in first space.
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Source: theguardian.com