Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Earns Sixth Week at No. 1 at Billboard 200 Amid Controversy

Chris Willman Music WriterWith no major new releases charting, Cardi B and Olivia Rodrigo are playing musical chairs at the top of the weekly songs chart. On the album chart, Morgan Wallen continues to have the No.

Morgan Wallen is still No. 1.

Chris Willman Music WriterIn what could be a sign of a break in country radio’s unified front, the currently forbidden superstar Morgan Wallen is back on the airwaves on at least one station that had put him on hold, WMYL-FM in Knoxville.

Chris Willman Music WriterAn indomitable couple of months for Morgan Wallen and Olivia Rodrigo are turning into an unbeatable quarter. Coming into March, the two are holding onto their undisputed 2021 dominance, at the top of the album and song charts, respectively.Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” sits atop the Rolling Stone album chart for the seventh consecutive week.

nearly every radio station in the country took him out of its rotation. Somehow, one month later, none of that seemed to matter.For the seventh consecutive week, Morgan's "Dangerous: The Double Album" sits atop the Billboard chart. The only other country album to stay at the top spot for six weeks was Garth Brooks' "The Chase" in 1992.

dumped by his record label, Big Loud, and radio stations banned his songs.But now he’s been bizarrely rewarded with an unexpected bump in album sales.According to the British pop newspaper NME, Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” now ranks as the first country-and-western long-player to enjoy seven weeks peaking on Billboard’s Top 200 sales chart. Such a musical feat has not happened since 2016 when Drake’s “Views” spent seven weeks at the No.

Morgan Wallen‘s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ has become the first country music album to spend its first seven weeks atop the Billboard 200 despite the star seeing airplay cut after he used a racial slur.The disgraced US singer-songwriter was dropped by his label Big Loud last month after a video surfaced of him making the remark.

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

Morgan Wallen remains at No. 1.

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:

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.

Country music star Morgan Wallen is speaking out as he continues to face fallout in his career after being caught on video using a racial slur. Last week, a video leaked featuring Wallen using the n-word and since then, he's faced fierce backlash from the country music industry.

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.