{"id":47227,"date":"2026-01-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=47227"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:40:39","slug":"chris-stapletons-tennessee-whiskey-earns-double-diamond-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/01\/chris-stapletons-tennessee-whiskey-earns-double-diamond-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Stapleton\u2019s \u201cTennessee Whiskey\u201d Earns Double Diamond Status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chris Stapleton achieved a historic milestone when the RIAA certified \u201cTennessee Whiskey\u201d as Double Diamond, marking over 20 million units sold and making it the first country song to reach this status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIAA chairman\/CEO Mitch Glazier stated: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cChris Stapleton\u2019s undeniable vocal grit and storytelling have connected deeply \u2014 driving chart successes, earning major awards and most importantly, resonating with fans. RIAA is proud to celebrate him alongside MCA as \u2018Tennessee Whiskey\u2019 today makes history, becoming the first country single ever to earn a Double Diamond certification with 20 million units in the U.S. alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dean Dillon\/Linda Hargrove-written track debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2015, peaking at No. 20 following Stapleton\u2019s breakthrough CMA Awards performance with Justin Timberlake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stapleton is set to continue his All-American Road Show tour with a series of new U.S. stadium shows scheduled through fall 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTa0RZriauw\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Stapleton achieved a historic milestone when the RIAA certified \u201cTennessee Whiskey\u201d as Double Diamond, marking over 20 million units sold and making it the first country song to reach this status. RIAA chairman\/CEO Mitch Glazier stated: \u201cChris Stapleton\u2019s undeniable vocal grit and storytelling have connected deeply \u2014 driving chart successes, earning major awards and","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[340,6914,3496,2581],"class_list":["post-47227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-chris-stapleton","tag-double-diamond","tag-riaa","tag-tennessee-whiskey"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 13:43:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/01\/chris-stapletons-tennessee-whiskey-earns-double-diamond-status\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47228,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47227\/revisions\/47228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}