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Morgan Wallen

Associated Press | Fans of Morgan Wallen are buying up the country star’s latest album after a video showed him shouting a racial slur last week. Wallen’s sophomore record, “Dangerous: The Double Album” retains its top spot for a fourth week on Billboard’s all-genre albums chart, less than a week after Wallen apologized for using racist language.

The country music industry acted swiftly to publicly rebuke him and radio stations and streaming services removed his songs from their playlists. But fans responded by playing him even more.

Billboard reports that his latest album sold 25,000 copies during the week ending Feb. 4, an increase of 102%, according to MRC Data. Billboard reported that that the album’s streaming numbers slightly increased by 3%, representing roughly 160 million on-demand streams. Song downloads from the album also went up by 67%.

Wallen’s popularity had skyrocketed in the last year and songs like “Seven Summers” and “Wasted on You” earned him crossover success on pop radio. His album was already setting streaming records and is the first country album to spend four weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart since 2003, when Shania Twain’s album “Up!” spent five weeks at the top.

Read the whole story here:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/album-sales-surge-for-morgan-wallen-after-racist-comment

http://www.morganwallen.com

[Editor’s note: There is something seriously wrong with this response to an outright insult. However, it looks like Morgan’s fans have decided to “support” him. Morgan has apologized but gave an excuse which sort of negates the apology. There is NOTHING RIGHT about “shouting racial slurs” or even in calling other HUMANS a name. We are all related and are far more alike than we are different. Thank god that we are different!]

 

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