In Exile, Morgan Wallen Tops Album Chart for a Fourth Week, With Real Impact of Scandal Yet to Be Seen

Morgan Wallen remains on top of the charts.

Morgan Wallen remains on top of the charts.

Vince Gill spoke out about diversity in country music as well as the scandal surrounding Morgan Wallen that started a conversation about racism within the genre.  The 21-time Grammy winner spoke with "CBS This Morning" about the current state of country music and the perception by many that it is only for a conservative audience and has a reputation of being unwelcoming to those who don't fall under that category.  "Most people perceive that country music is extremely conservative and I'm not

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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TMZ, Entercom — which owns 235 radio stations, 20 of which are country music stations — has no plans to reinstate Morgan's music to their playlists, despite his current LP, "Dangerous: The Double Album," sitting atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Similarly, Emmis Communications said its popular country music station in Indianapolis has no plans to bring Morgan back into its song rotation for the time being. On Feb.

Morgan Wallen on his latest album,. Amid Wallen's racial slur controversy, the LP has topped the Billboard 200 charts for four weeks straight.

Morgan Wallen on his latest album,. Amid Wallen's racial slur controversy, the LP has topped the Billboard 200 charts for four weeks straight.

It’s been just over a week since Morgan Wallen was caught dropping the N-word — and now the axed country music star, who is no stranger to bad press, has taken to his Instagram to break his silence on the damning video. Publishing a five minute “update from me” on Wednesday, the 27-year-old acknowledged:

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.

NASHVILLLE, Tenn. -- Fans of Morgan Wallen are buying up the country star's latest album after a video showed him shouting a racial slur last week.Wallen’s sophomore record, “Dangerous: The Double Album” retains its top spot for a fourth week on Billboard’s all-genre albums chart, less than a week after Wallen apologized for using racist language.The country music industry acted swiftly to publicly rebuke him and radio stations and streaming services removed his songs from their playlists.

Diplo is still playing Morgan Wallen‘s music amid fallout over the country singer’s use of the N-word.

Morgan Wallen is still on top of the charts, despite controversy.