Radio stations largely unmoved by Morgan Wallen's apology

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.

Morgan Wallen remains on top of the charts.

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

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 for the second time amid the controversy surrounded a surfaced video where he was overheard saying a derogatory word.

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

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

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 from his label. After the 27-year-old country singer was caught on video using the N-word and other inappropriate language, his label, as well as country radio stations and playlists, are taking action. Big Loud Records announced the news on Twitter Wednesday.