Album sales surge for Morgan Wallen after racist comment

Morgan Wallen remains on top of the charts.

Chris Willman Music WriterConsumers are far from done with Morgan Wallen, even if he’s in temporary exile from radio and most other mass media. His “Dangerous: The Double Album” is No.

Morgan Wallen has secured the No.1 album for America for the fifth week running, despite the emergence of a recent video which sees him using a racial slur.The country star has faced strong consequences since the clip surfaced, with his label Big Loud dropping him and radio stations removing his music from their playlists.Despite this, he has maintained a strong chart position – with album and song sales surging at the same time that his radio play and playlist inclusions continue to fall.As

Morgan Wallen remains at No. 1.

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Morgan Wallen is speaking out for the first time to address the controversial video shared last week showing the singer using a racial slur. On Wednesday, the country singer admitted that his statement was "long overdue" and he was taking the time to collect his thoughts, "seek some real guidance" and hoped to come to everyone with a "complete thought" before saying anything.

Morgan Wallen insisted he wanted to “take ownership” of his use of the N-word in a 5-minute video to his fans after he was caught using a racial slur earlier this month.

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Chris Willman Music WriterJason Isbell, whose song “Cover Me Up” has been a staple of Morgan Wallen’s set for some time and was included on the smash “Dangerous: The Double Album,” says he has decided to donate his royalties from the Wallen album to charity — specifically, to the NAACP.Isbell quote-tweeted a link to an Associated Press story that shared the widely spread news that Wallen’s album is still doing gangbusters in the streaming and sales realms, despite having his music being removed

Despite the recent controversy that saw the country singer criticized for using a racial slur, sales of Morgan Wallen's latest album have increased. Less than a week after the country singer apologized for a video that shows him using a racial slur outside of his home, Billboard reports that his second album "Dangerous: The Double Album" has retained its top spot on the album charts.

Jimmie Allen is open to forgiveness. The country star is one of the genre's most prominent Black artists and took to Twitter on Saturday to discuss "forgiveness" after Morgan Wallen's N-word controversy.

Morgan Wallen has seen a surge of album sales after a video of him saying a racial slur spread online earlier this week.The country star has faced strong consequences since the clip surfaced, with his label Big Loud dropping him and radio stations removing his music from their playlists.Despite this, sales in his albums increased in the 24 hours after the video initially emerged.

Morgan Wallen has been dropped by WME, the agency has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The removal of Wallen as a client on Thursday comes in the wake of the country singer facing consequences after a video circulated online showing Wallen using a racial slur.

Consequences for Morgan Wallen continue to roll in as WME confirmed that it had dropped the country singer after a video of him saying the N-word made the rounds on the internet.

Morgan Wallen's rising star power took a beating on Wednesday as radio chains pulled his songs from their stations after he was caught on camera using the N-word. The 27-year-old country hitmaker swiftly released an apology, but one brand expert tells Fox News this "seismic" moment has likely spawned a one- to two-year setback in his career.

Country music is making a statement after Morgan Wallen was caught saying the N-word and other expletives after a night out in Nashville.

Morgan Wallen has been suspended indefinitely by his label Big Loud Records after video emerged of him this week using a racial slur.The country singer has also been dropped by a number of radio stations after TMZ released footage of him using a racist slur last weekend.Wallen told the outlet that he was “embarrassed and sorry”, adding: “I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever.