Chris Stapleton tops Billboard chart after CMAs wins

Maeve McDermott | USATODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption After CMAs performance, Chris Stapleton tops Billboard chart Chris Stapleton's debut album shot straight to the top of the Billboard charts following his critically acclaimed performance at last week's Country Music Association Awards.

After his breakthrough night at last week's Country Music Association Awards, Chris Stapleton's debut album Traveller shot to the top of the Billboard charts, selling more in the past week than it has sold since its initial May release.

Stapleton's impressive showing at last Wednesday's CMA Awards included three trophies — winning every category he was nominated in, for male vocalist, new artist and album of the year — and a buzzworthy performance with Justin Timberlake.

Since the awards show, Traveller has sold 177,199 equivalent albums, after selling 96,000 copies in total before the CMAs.

Traveller is the first debut country album to top the Billboard 200 charts in over four years, since Idol alum Scotty McCreery's Clear As Day in October 2011.

Tennessee Whiskey, Stapleton's song that he performed with Timberlake, made a No. 2 debut on the Digital Songs chart with 131,000 downloads sold.

Watch their performance here: