Morgan Wallen remains first on the Billboard 200 for the sixth consecutive week with Dangerous: The Double Album … amid a racism scandal
Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album’s album remained in first place for the sixth consecutive week on the last Sunday of the Billboard 200, in the wake of the singer taking a step back in his career amid a racism scandal after being heard using N – word outside your Nashville home.
The 27-year-old country artist held the top spot by moving 93,000 units since the album’s debut on the charts the week of January 23.
With the feat, the Sneedville, Tennessee native matched Taylor Swift’s Folklore last year and Drake Views in 2016, as the only records in the past five years to remain in first place for at least six weeks.
The most recent: Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album remained in first place for the sixth consecutive week on the last Sunday of the Billboard 200, in the wake of the singer taking a step back in his career amid a racism scandal. He was photographed in Nashville in 2019
Wallen is also the first male country artist since Garth Brooks to have a country album in first place for at least six weeks since Brooks’ The Hits in 1995, all well and good as the first country album to debut and remain on top for at least at at least six weeks, since Brooks’ 1992 album The Chase.
Closing the top five albums of the week, The Weeknd’s The Highlights came in second; Lil Durk’s Voice in third, Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon in fourth, and Pooh Shiesty’s Shiesty Season in fifth.
The rest of the top ten included Evermore by Taylor Swift; Nostalgia for the future of Dua Lipa; Weeknd highlights; Ariana Grande’s positions and legends never die from the late Juice WRLD.
Wallen was heard on a recording made by a neighbor and posted on TMZ earlier this month, using slander while talking to friends while returning to his home in Music City.
The most recent: Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album album stayed at number one on the last Billboard 200 Sunday, at the singer’s heels, 27, retreating amid a racism scandal when he was heard using the N word outside your Nashville home
He continued to apologize for the incident, saying: ‘I was wrong. It’s on me. I take responsibility for this and fully accept any penalties I face. ‘
Wallen was later suspended “indefinitely” by the Big Loud label, with his music banned on iHeart, Cumulus and Entercom radio stations.
Wallen’s neighbor recorded the country artist when he returned to his home with friends on January 31, disturbing neighbors with loud noise and car horns. He was heard saying to an acquaintance, ‘Take care of this motherfucker’ and ‘take care of your motherfucking son’ when he entered his home.
Background: Wallen was heard on a recording made by a neighbor and posted on TMZ earlier this month, using racial slander while talking to friends while returning home to Music City
Consequences: Wallen, who apologized for the incident, was later suspended “indefinitely” by the Big Loud label, with his music banned on radio stations iHeart, Cumulus and Entercom
Wallen also made the wrong kind of headline last fall, after his Saturday Night Live appearance was canceled when he broke the protocols the program had in place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was seen in a TikTok clip without a mask on two separate occasions in Alabama, a bar and a party.
The Way I Talk singer apologized after he was crossed out during a performance on the NBC show, saying his actions were ‘very shortsighted’ and that he understood why he was cut.
“I respect the program’s decision because I know I put them at risk and I take responsibility for that,” said artist 7 Summers, who was replaced by Jack White in the October broadcast.