Morgan Wallen Tells Fans Not To Defend Him In New Apology Video: 'Please Don't. I Was Wrong'

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.

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 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

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.

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 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.

Morgan Wallen has shared a video today addressing his recent use of a racial slur that was caught on video earlier this month, leading to the country artist’s suspension from his record label and his music being dropped from radio and streaming playlists.The five-minute video, which Wallen shared on social media as an “update from me”, starts with him saying that he wanted to “collect [his] thoughts and seek some real guidance” before addressing the incident.“I was made aware of the video being

Country singer Morgan Wallen has asked his fans not to defend him because he “was wrong” and now takes “ownership” of problems caused by a racial slur recorded by a neighbor.

Morgan Wallen is speaking out amid his racial slur controversy.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.