Chris Stapleton has another Grammy to add to his growing collection. The Kentucky native scored his 11th trophy at the recent Grammy Awards, this one for Best Country Solo Performance. Stapleton won in the category for "It Takes A Woman."
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Stapleton has yet to comment on his big win. "It Takes A Woman" is from Stapleton's latest Higher album, released in 2023. Stapleton wrote the song with Ronnie Bowman and Jerry Salley, inspired by his wife, Morgane.
Stapleton beat out Beyoncé, Jelly Roll, Kacey Musgraves and Shaboozey to take home the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance.
Morgane Stapleton
Stapleton's wife Morgane has become his muse for most of his music. The mother of five, who also sings with him on his albums and on the road, has been Stapleton's biggest inspiration since they wed in 2007. During an appearance on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Dale Jr. Download podcast, the 46-year-old recalls how he asked Morgane out for the first time.
"We wrote at neighboring publishing companies. She had a record deal long before I did, that didn't work out as they do... we shared writer rooms, basically, with another publishing company, and we would pass each other in the hall. That was it," Stapleton says. "I asked her to a writing appointment at 8 o'clock at night on a Friday."
Once they connected, sparks quickly flew between the two.
"I don't know how much songwriting we actually got done," Stapleton admits. "It was fine. It was fun. She's in the band, she produces record and all this stuff. She's always been my greatest asset in this business I think."
Stapleton might have been smitten with Morgane, but she was equally attracted to Stapleton. She reveals that she went out of her way to be sure they connected, hanging out in her friend's office to run into him.
"We'd hear the jingle of his keys as he walked down the hall, and we knew he was coming to play us whatever new song he had written," she tells the Washington Post. "Eventually he asked me to write a song with him, and that ended up being our first date. We didn't get much writing done that night."
