Wallen earns a spot on Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century chart
Billboard has named Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album its Top Album of the 21st Century. The project was released four years ago via Big Loud/Mercury/Republic, where it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, despite a social media attempt at canceling Wallen after a video surfaced of the country star using a racial slur after returning home from a night out with friends.
Logging 158 weeks in the top 10 and 97 at No. 1, the East Tennessean’s Dangerous established the record for the longest run at the top of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and produced three country airplay No. 1s with “Wasted On You,” “Sand In My Boots” and “More Than My Hometown.” Each year since its release, the album has remained in the year’s top 10 most popular albums on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart.
Wallen kept the momentum going with the release of his 36-song 2023 One Thing At A Time, which spent 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, the most at No. 1 for a country album. Each track from the album made the Hot 100 chart, with the all-genre smash and Grammy-nominated “Last Night” leading the charge as Wallen’s first Hot 100 No. 1 and 2023 Billboard Song of the Summer. The album logged seven country radio No. 1s — “Last Night,” “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” “You Proof,” “Thought You Should Know,” “Man Made A Bar,” “Cowgirls” and “Everything I Love.”
With two Top 10 entries, Wallen also checks in at No. 13 on Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century chart. His latest, “Smile,” surprise dropped on New Year’s Eve, following global No. 1 “Love Somebody” and his 16th No. 1 at country radio “Lies Lies Lies.” The release of “Love Somebody” led Wallen to become the first artist to have three singles sit atop the Billboard 100 and Hot Country Songs charts simultaneously.
With 16 chart-toppers at country radio, Wallen’s 87-show One Night At A Time World Tour, spanning two years, ten countries, three continents and 51 stadium plays, concluded at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium on October 19th. Performing to over 3.1 million fans, One Night At A Time was named a Billboard and Pollstar Country Tour of the Year in 2023, as well as People’s Choice Country Concert Tour of 2024, surpassing attendance records in numerous stops; including Neyland Stadium and Ohio Stadium, where Wallen became the largest weekend ever for both venues. Wallen donates a portion of every ticket sold to his Morgan Wallen Foundation.
