Wallen dominates charts
Wallen earned the largest streaming week for a country album in history with 240 million.
"Wasted On You" debuts at number one, making Wallen the only artist with multiple number one Hot Country Songs debuts in the chart's 62-year history. The song also earned him his second Hot 100 Top 10, debuting at nine this week and touting 19 current entries throughout the chart. Wallen is the first artist ever to debut in first on the Top Country Albums and Hot Country Songs charts simultaneously.
Wallen's cover of Jason Isbell's "Cover Me Up" has been played more than 106 million times on Spotify. "More Than My Hometown" is close to 101 million plays.
"This is absolutely insane," Wallen told Billboard. "Thank you to the fans for making this one of the best weeks of my life. When we decided to go for it with a double album, I knew we were taking a risk, but I believed in the music and hoped it would be something y'all loved. This goes way beyond any of my expectations. I have to thank my family and friends for always believing in me, my team for all of their hard work in putting this project together, and everyone who has supported me along the way. I'm blown away by the success of this record and all 30 of these songs. I will never forget this."
More news for Morgan Wallen
- 02/10/21: Wallen releases video apologizing, saying he met with Black officials
- 02/04/21: Fallout continues for Wallen in wake of racial slur
- 02/03/21: Label suspends Wallen's contact after using N-word; radio axes his songs
- 02/03/21: Country radio pulls Wallen songs
- 02/03/21: Country artists - those who speak out - condemn Wallen
- 02/03/21: ACMs give Wallen the boot
- 01/29/21: Wallen shares three new tracks
- 01/08/21: Gibb, Wallen, Watson offer new sounds
CD reviews for Morgan Wallen
The buzz in the industry is that Morgan Wallen is primed to be the next big country music superstar. If prognosticators are correct with this prediction, the man fully deserves all the recognition. Proof positive is his "Dangerous: The Double Album," which is a humongous 30 songs long! It's a two-CD set. Not like a double album from back in the LP era, but a double full-length CD effort. Therefore, if you want to take a deep dive with this one, make sure you have plenty of air in your scuba tank. ...
"Like a lot of people my age, I didn't necessarily grow up listening to country music...I grew up living it." It's a little unsettling thought from the 24-year old Morgan Wallen. You wouldn't want to hear from your doctor that they substituted book learning for feel. But music may well be different, and Wallen does have some legitimate country cred - he hails not far from the Tennessee Cumberland Gap and went to Kenny Chesney's high school (What an alumni party that would be!). ...
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