Following a historic turn on the 49th Annual CMA Awards—where Stapleton became the first artist to win Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year at the same awards – his debut album Traveller became the first album to re-enter the Billboard 200 all genre album chart at No. 1, where it stayed for two straight weeks. The album went on to win multiple Grammy and ACM Awards and was the #1 selling Country album of 2016 and the fourth-highest selling album of 2016 across all genres.

The release date for From A Room Vol.1 of May 5 is exactly two years to the day since the release of Traveller. The album was recorded in historic Studio A (the same studio as Traveller). From A Room is a reference to Studio A.