Morgan Wallen Says He’s 9 Days Sober After N-Word Controversy, Asks Fans to Stop Defending Him

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.

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

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:

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.

Chris Willman Music WriterMorgan Wallen has issued a more than five-minute video apology on his Instagram account, saying that the reason for the delay was that he wanted to issue personal apologies and meet with Black leaders before making more of a statement than he did the night the scandal over his uttering a racial slur broke last week.:A post shared by Morgan Wallen (@morganwallen)Wallen said that when he first was coming up with an apology for TMZ, knowing that the site was about to

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.

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

Morgan Wallen’s latest scandal did not go unmentioned in the latest edition of “Saturday Night Live” .

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.

Country singer Morgan Wallen is getting some support from his sister right now, but will it be good enough to get him back in the entertainment industry’s good graces?

On his side. Morgan Wallen’s sister Ashlyne Wallen came to his defense after he was caught on video using the N-word.

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.

More fallout is coming to Morgan Wallen after the 27-year-old country singer was caught on video using the N-word and other inappropriate language as he arrived home after a night out with his friends.

Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton and Kelsea Ballerini are just three of the top country stars speaking out after Morgan Wallen was caught saying the N-word in a video.