Getting to Know Chris Stapleton (VIDEO)

If you haven't heard the name Chris Stapleton, you are not alone.

Chris has officially arrived to the masses. He had a huge night last night at the 49th annual CMA Awards picking up a bunch of awards including Best Male Vocalist, New Artist of the Year, and his album Traveller won Album of the Year.

Stapleton has been a huge song writer for most of his career and has written songs for some of the biggest names in country music. According to his Wikipedia page, he has with six number one songs under his belt including the 5 week number one "Never Wanted Nothing More" recorded by Kenny Chesney, "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" recorded by George Strait and "Come Back Song" recorded by Darius Rucker.

Over 150 of Stapleton's songs have appeared on albums by such artists as Adele, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley.

So yes, last night was his big night but he has been doing his thing for a while now and how can you not like a story like this.

If you are still not sure about Chris, all you need to do is watch this performance from last night, with a little help from Justin Timberlake.