Chris & Morgane Stapleton caught up with Billboard's Melinda Newman on the Winners Walk at the ACM Awards 2024.
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00:00I am here with Chris and Morgan Stapleton, winners of Album of the Year, and then Chris
00:07also won Male Vocalist of the Year, and Songwriter Artist of the Year.
00:12That's correct.
00:13Do I have that right?
00:14Yes.
00:15So let's start by talking about Album of the Year.
00:16You guys are very used to being on stage together, but what was it like to have your wife co-produce
00:22you with Dave Cutler?
00:24Well she always kind of has, and now she's giving credit where credit is due, and it
00:29feels great to, it was great to watch her get to life, you know, and she deserved it
00:35every day.
00:36So talk about it from your angle.
00:37Were you like, you know I've always kind of been there, can I actually get credit for
00:42it?
00:43What were the discussions in the Stapleton household like?
00:47You know, it started maybe a while back, and I was hesitant, because don't try to fix something
00:58that isn't broken, in a way, and I never do well, maybe, in that spotlight that he's
01:07talking about, it's not my most comfortable place, but you know, I thought about my kids,
01:15this go-around, and how I wanted to represent my work, how I want them to view that, and
01:22it felt right.
01:23It felt right, so they could see my name beside their daddy's, and that was kind of the impetus
01:29for me.
01:30I think that's one of the most beautiful answers I've ever heard, because it's showing to your
01:37children that you can achieve dreams, you can be a parent, you can work, you can kind
01:43of do it all, and you should really go for it, and it's important for them to see that
01:48in you.
01:49Exactly, yeah, well said.
01:50Sorry, I took up a little too much space there.
01:51No, no, well said.
01:52So, from here on out, are you going to be working with Dave, and you'll be listed from
01:53here on out on the album?
01:54You know what?
01:55I'm not going to commit to it.
01:56If Chris wanted to go make a record with anybody, I think he could.
01:57But if it ain't broke?
01:58No, I mean, Chris Mayer, you sang, and she's finally getting the recognition that she deserved
01:59all along.
02:00Right, right.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Yeah.
02:03Well, you know, I am a big fan, and I do love what she does, and I can't do what I
02:30do without her, ever.
02:31So, yeah, it's important.
02:32It's important to me that people see that, not just standing on stage on a piece of paper,
02:33or with an award.
02:34Let's talk about the other woman in your life tonight.
02:35Okay.
02:36What we're hearing is that Dua Lipa came to you, and was like, I really want to perform
02:37with you.
02:38Well, she contacted the ACMs, and the ACMs contacted us, and we're like, well, of course,
02:39let's hop on the phone, and we're like, yeah, let's do it.
02:40Yeah.
02:41Yeah.
02:42And we knew immediately that, from one conversation with her, about what we might do, that it
02:43was going to be a good thing.
02:44And she's very busy promoting her own record right now, and so we really didn't know what
02:45to expect.
02:46So, yeah, it's important to me that people see that, not just standing on stage on a
02:47piece of paper, or with an award.
02:48Let's talk about the other woman in your life tonight.
02:49Okay.
02:50Yeah.
02:51What we're hearing is that Dua Lipa came to you, and was like, I really want to perform
02:52with you.
02:53Well, she contacted the ACMs, and the ACMs contacted us, and we're like, well, of course,
02:54let's hop on the phone, and we're like, yeah, let's do it.
02:55Yeah.
02:56And we knew immediately that, from one conversation with her, about what we might do, that it
02:57was going to be a good thing, and she's very busy promoting her own record right now, and
03:11so we really didn't finalize what we were going to do, or really make up a good portion
03:16of it, until like two days ago.
03:18So we kind of created this thing together in the last two days, and then kind of, here
03:24it is.
03:26So you're kind of becoming the go-to person for a pop artist, like whether it's Adele,
03:31whether it's Dua Lipa, you are the choice for the absolute top female pop artist.
03:37I'll take it.
03:38I'll take it.
03:39So who's next on your wish list?
03:40Who's next on my wish list?
03:41Oh, you know.
03:42I feel like we have a door is always open policy.
03:43Yeah.
03:44I think, you know, call us, and we'll figure something out.
03:45You were going to say something.
03:46I cut you off, though.
03:47What was it?
03:48I don't know now.
03:49I don't know.
03:50I don't know.
03:51I don't know.
03:52I don't know.
03:53I don't know.
03:54I don't know.
03:55I don't know.
03:56I don't know.
03:57I don't know.
03:58I don't know now.
03:59I always wind up saying somebody like Paul McCartney or somebody, you know, like hero
04:00people.
04:01Paul McCartney.
04:02Put it out there.
04:03Paul McCartney.
04:04I've put it in the universe a couple times.
04:05Have you met him?
04:06I've never met Paul McCartney.
04:07I've been to some shows, but I've never met him.
04:08We're putting that out in the universe right now.
04:09Yeah.
04:10Yeah.
04:11Paul McCartney.
04:12I like that.
04:13Harry Styles, we've mentioned a few times.
04:14I mentioned him.
04:15Yeah, Harry.
04:16Oh, now that.
04:17Now, how has that not happened yet?
04:18I don't know.
04:19There was some chatter, I think, even from him at one point, but Harry's a great one.