Stapleton steps out of shadows to win country awards

Chris Stapleton, a long anonymous songwriter who released his first album this year at age 37, triumphed Wednesday night at country's music signature awards. In a sign of the genre's growing crossover appeal, Stapleton took the stage at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville to sing a duet with pop superstar Justin Timberlake in the evening's most memorable performance. Stapleton also won as Male Vocalist of the Year -- a category ruled for the past five consecutive years by Blake Shelton, who was again in contention -- and, despite his established songwriting career, New Artist of the Year.

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