Following Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake 's performance at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards , sales for the album increased 6,000 % and it re-entered the '' Billboard '' 200 at number one after being absent from the chart since September , with 177,000 equivalent album units ( 153,000 in pure album sales ) . According to '' Billboard '' , the surge in sales is owed to how a mass audience discovered Stapleton on the November 4 CMA Awards broadcast . '' Traveller '' is also the first debut country album to reach number one on the '' Billboard '' 200 in over four years , with '' Clear as Day '' ( 2011 ) by Scotty McCreery being the last . It became the first album to reenter the chart at number one . It remained at number one for a second week with 124,000 album-equivalent units , including 97,000 pure album sales . The album track " Tennessee Whiskey " topped the Hot Country Songs chart , and reached the top 20 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100
2015 Country Music Association Awards
49th Annual Country Music Association Awards
Traveller (Chris Stapleton album)