I am listening to what I think will be the AOTY, Chris Stapleton's "Traveller" (thanks, Spotify)... It is so solid. I wiki'd him, and he has been writing songs for Nashville for more than a decade. These are his most notable compositions and collaborations:
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2003: "Higher Than the Wall" by Patty Loveless,
2005: "Your Man" by Josh Turner
2006: "Swing" by Trace Adkins
2007: "Never Wanted Nothing More" by Kenny Chesney
2007: "Whiskey and You" by Tim McGraw
2008: "Another Try" by Josh Turner with Trisha Yearwood
2008: "Either Way" by Lee Ann Womack
2010: "Come Back Song" by Darius Rucker
2010: "Keep On Lovin' You" by Steel Magnolia
2011: "If It Hadn't Been for Love" by Adele
2011: "Miles to Go" by Alison Krauss and Union Station, written with Barry Bales
2011: "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" by George Strait, written with Al Anderson
2012: "Talk Is Cheap" by Alan Jackson, written with Guy Clark and Morgane Hayes
2013: "Drink a Beer" by Luke Bryan, written with Jim Beavers
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These are major Nashville power players and he has already won an Album Of the Year award at the CMAs, which leads me to believe he will get the country vote, and not Taylor.