Chris Stapleton's "It Takes a Woman," off last year's ACM Album of the Year winner Higher, is a solemn, honky-tonk-on-Prozac song of devotion that digs deep into male vulnerability. While it's never been released as a single,

Country superstars Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton won major trophies at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards on May 8. Wilson claimed Entertainer of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year,