About Morgan Wallen
Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country pop singer from Sneedville, Tennessee. He first gained recognition as a contestant on the sixth season of The Voice in 2014. After signing to Big Loud, he released his debut studio album, If I Know Me (2018), which reached number one on the US Top Country Albums chart and featured his breakout singles "Whiskey Glasses" and "Chasin' You". Wallen's second studio album, Dangerous: The Double Album (2021), became the first country album to spend its first seven weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, while his third studio album, One Thing at a Time (2023), spent 19 non-consecutive weeks at number one. Its third single, "Last Night", topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Year-End Hot 100 chart of 2023. In 2024, he featured on "I Had Some Help" with Post Malone, which became the first song to simultaneously debut atop the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts. His fourth studio album, I'm the Problem (2025), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and produced nine top-ten hits on the Hot 100, including the number-one singles "Love Somebody" and "What I Want". Wallen has been praised for his cross-genre appeal and cultural impact. He has received several accolades, including an Academy of Country Music Award, fourteen Billboard Music Awards, and won Entertainer of the Year at the 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards. Wallen holds multiple Billboard chart records: He is the only artist to have two albums spend at least 100 weeks in the top ten of the Billboard 200, the only artist to have two albums spend at least 10 first-weeks atop the Billboard 200, the artist with the most weeks at number-one on the Top Country Albums chart (187), and his single "You Proof" is the longest-running Billboard Country Airplay number-one of all time, with ten non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. He also holds the record for being the modern country artist with the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, with four. Wallen's second studio album Dangerous: The Double Album (2021) was an immediate commercial success, becoming the first country album to spend its first seven weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart. All 36 tracks from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, breaking the record set by Drake (27), Wallen additionally charted five tracks in the top-ten of the chart. After being eliminated in the playoffs, he signed to Panacea Records and released his debut extended play Stand Alone (2015). If I Know Me, after a record-breaking 114 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, reached No. 1. Later in 2016, Wallen signed to Big Loud to release his second extended play The Way I Talk (2016).
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