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Chris Stapleton On CMA’s: ‘I’m Always Genuinely Surprised To Win’

Chris Stapleton is one of the nominees for the CMA’s coveted Entertainer of the Year trophy, which will be handed out on Wednesday night (11/13) in Nashville. Chris is no…

Chris Stapleton On CMA's: 'I’m Always Genuinely Surprised To Win'
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Chris Stapleton is one of the nominees for the CMA's coveted Entertainer of the Year trophy, which will be handed out on Wednesday night (11/13) in Nashville.

Chris is no stranger to getting awards from the CMA as in 2018 he took home statues for Male Vocalist, Single and Song of the Year for "Broken Halos."

Stapleton said backstage last year (2018) when he won, “These things are always fantastic to win, but when you get nominated or invited to these parties, in my estimation, you’ve already won and you’ve already gotten to be far beyond anything, you know, anybody who’s a musician could ever dream of getting to do, and we get to do that every day, we get to live it every day. As far as thinking about going into anything, I’m always genuinely surprised to win anything, and I’m always grateful for it.”

The CMA Awards will air live from Nashville on November 13th at 7pm CT on ABC.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.