Chris Stapleton‘s album Traveller got quite a “CMA Awards Bump” as it has vaulted to #1 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart for this week!

Most of the time artists that win trophies on the awards shows see an increase in sales the week after they receive their honor. What Chris experienced may be better described as a full-fledged NFL kick than just a “bump.”

Chris’ album Traveller won the CMA Album of the Year Award and he also scored the New Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year Awards last Wednesday (11/4) at the 49th Annual CMA Awards.

This week, Chris’ album makes a re-entry on the Billboard 200 chart at #1! The album was released in May and debuted on the chart at #14. It never rose any higher and had fallen off the chart back in September. Billboard reports that up until the week before the CMA Awards Show ending October 29th the album had only sold 96,000 copies with the biggest single week sales total being 27,000 copies.

Traveller last week sold more than 153,000 copies to re-enter the Billboard 200 chart at the top and give Chris Stapleton his first #1 album. Obviously that also puts the album  at #1 on the Billboard Country Album sales chart as well.

I’m sure that Chris’ performance with Justin Timberlake on the CMA Awards also helped boost the sales of the album. Watch the performance in the two videos below.

By: Buck Stevens