Morgan Wallen broke Taylor Swift’s record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2020s.
Following the release of his song, I Had Some Help, with Post Malone, the country superstar, 31, surpassed the pop star, 34, and Roddy Rich, who were previously tied with 18 weeks on top of Billboard’s All-Genre Hot Chart. 100 list.
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Social media users were quick to celebrate the Cowgirls hitmaker’s latest achievement by declaring him a “GOAT” and “the most popular artist right now.”
Following the album, One Thing At A Time, in March, Wallen set a record by landing an unprecedented 30 spots on the Streaming Songs chart.
Morgan Wallen broke Taylor Swift’s record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2020s; seen last year at the 57th CMA Awards
Swift has since claimed the title after her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department, garnered 31 songs on the streaming chart.
This comes just two months after he broke an attendance record at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
While he revealed that he broke a record at the 67,000-capacity venue, the artist joked that he would hold the honor until “Taylor Swift comes to town in the fall.”
This caused concertgoers to start booing.
“We don’t have to boo, we don’t have to boo,” he told his fans. “I appreciate it… Although I know everyone has my back.”
Last month, Insider information of the country revealed that their “sold out three-night run at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium contributed to a record-breaking weekend of hotel bookings” in Music City.
According to the outlet, more than “75,000 hotel rooms were sold between May 3 and 4, the largest amount in the city’s history.”
The weekend surpassed “the number from the same weekend in 2023, when Swift’s Eras Tour came to town.”
Following the release of his song, I Had Some Help, with Post Malone, the country superstar, 31, surpassed the pop star, 34, (seen May 2024) and Roddy Rich, who were previously tied with 18 weeks at the top. on Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 chart
Social media users were quick to celebrate the Cowgirls hitmaker’s latest achievement by declaring him a “GOAT” and “the most popular artist right now.”
In April, Wallen made headlines after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a chair from a rooftop bar in downtown Nashville.
The singer was charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, and officers alleged the chair landed three feet away from them.
He previously faced substantial backlash in 2021 when TMZ posted a video of the singer saying the N-word to one of his friends after a night out.
After footage of Wallen using the racial slur went viral, many radio stations stopped playing his music and the Country Music Association removed Wallen’s appearances from their platforms.
He previously faced substantial backlash in 2021 when TMZ posted a video of the singer saying the N-word to one of his friends after a night out.
Last month, Country Insider revealed that their “sold out three-night run at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium contributed to a record-breaking weekend for hotel bookings” in Music City (seen in May 2024).
According to the outlet, more than “75,000 hotel rooms were sold from May 3 to 4, the most in the city’s history” (including the same weekend in 2023 when Swift’s Eras tour came to town). ; in the photo last year
Her songs were removed from featured playlists on Apple Music, Pandora and Spotify due to the sandal.
Wallen’s record label, Big Loud, indefinitely suspended its recording contract with him.
The Academy of Country Music announced that Wallen and his most recent album at the time, Dangerous: The Double Album, would be ineligible for the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
In the week following racism, Dangerous’ album sales increased and digital sales increased more than 100 percent.
It even stayed at the top of the Billboard charts for seven more weeks.
In April 2021, Wallen donated $300,000 to the Black Music Action Coalition on behalf of 20 people who had advised him after he used the racial slur.
Wallen spoke publicly about his comments on Good Morning America on July 23, where he said he “was with some of his friends and they were talking nonsense together” and said he “was wrong” to say those words.