The hits keep coming for Morgan Wallen following a video surfacing of him using a racial slur. The 27-year-old, whose Dangerous: The Double Album project had just broken a streaming record held by Luke Combs, will be ineligible for consideration for the 2021 ACM Awards, according to a statement by the Academy of Country Music. “The Academy of Country…
Morgan Wallen is now reaping the consequences of using a racial slur. The 27-year-old saw his career come to a screeching halt after video appeared, via TMZ, of Wallen using the N-word when speaking to one of his friends. The incident took place after a group appeared to be arriving at his house following what seemed to be a…
In spite of his soaring success, music was always a distant Plan B for Morgan Wallen. The Tennessee native originally had plans of being a professional baseball player — and was well on his way to achieving that goal, when an elbow injury put a permanent end to those aspirations. Although now grateful for the way his life turned…
Morgan Wallen learned he was famous the hard way. The 27-year-old had no idea he was a major celebrity, until videos surfaced of him partying ahead of what was supposed to be his debut Saturday Night Live performance. Although that appearance was canceled (and later rescheduled) because Wallen failed to follow COVID-19 safety protocols, Wallen says the moment became…
Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album, is out now. The ambitious 30-track project was recorded largely during the pandemic, with the title inspired, at least in part, by his own personal troubles he got into last year, including an arrest for disorderly conduct. “I wrote that song after I got into a little bit of trouble,” Wallen tells ABC…
Morgan Wallen just earned a platinum-selling, No. 1 hit with “More Than My Hometown.” The song, from his upcoming Dangerous: The Double Album, was written by Morgan, along with HARDY, Ernest K. Smith, and Ryan Vojtesak, and inspired in part by his love of his hometown of Sneedville, Tennessee, something that HARDY, who is from Philadelphia, Mississippi, related to…
Morgan Wallen is the reigning CMA New Artist of the Year, a well-deserved honor after having two platinum-selling, No. 1 hits with both “Chasin’ You” and “More Than My Hometown.” Morgan won in an impressive category that also included Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett, and Carly Pearce, and admits he never expected to walk away with the trophy….
Morgan Wallen is the CMA Awards winner for New Artist of the Year! Morgan beat out Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett, and Carly Pearce to win in the category. “I did not expect to get this,” Morgan said after taking his trophy. “I’d like to thank the good Lord, first of all. I’d like to thank my mama…
Morgan Wallen lost his chance to debut on Saturday Night Live last month, after he was uninvited when videos surfaced of him partying in a large crowd, without anyone wearing a mask or social-distancing. Saturday Night Live told Morgan, after he had already arrived in New York City, that due to health protocols, they could not have him perform….
Shania Twain and Morgan Wallen are just a few of the artists who have been added to the list of performers for the 2020 CMT Music Awards, along with Gabby Barrett and Sam Hunt. The new additions join a previously announced list of performers, which includes Luke Bryan, Dan + Shay, Ashley McBryde, Little Big Town, Kane Brown and Maren Morris. The performance comes…
