The inaugural list of American Music Prize for Best Debut Album nominees is out and Chris Stapleton is on among those eligible to win! This award is seeing its first list of nominees, but the event itself was created back in 2005.
Chris Stapleton’s “Traveller” is going up against 11 other albums at this juncture after being one of the top 12 of 60 albums the group picked through. Any album released from August 1 of 2014 and July 31 of 2015 was eligible, but they also had to sell over 1,000 copies.
If Stapleton does win the award, he will be given $25,000. Come March 2, we’ll know who will be the winner!
Here are the 12 up for the award including Mr. Stapleton…
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass
Shamir – Ratchet
Banks – Goddess
Ex Hex – Rips
Azealia Banks – Broke with Expensive Taste
Mikky Ekko – Time
Bully – Feels Like
Tweedy – Sukierae
Kamasi Washington – The Epic
Leon Bridges – Coming Home
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