Morgan Cole Wallen was born on May 13,1993 and is an American country music singer and songwriter.
32 Facts About Morgan Wallen
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Morgan Wallen competed in the sixth season of The Voice, originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team.
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In 2016, Wallen signed to Big Loud, releasing his debut album, If I Know Me, in 2018.
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Morgan Wallen was born to Tommy and Lesli Wallen on May 13,1993, in Sneedville, Tennessee.
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Morgan Wallen was a pitcher and shortstop for the school's baseball team, and hoped to continue in college, but tore his ulnar collateral ligament his senior year.
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Morgan Wallen was raised on a diverse musical playlist, with his father exposing him to classic rock mainstays.
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Morgan Wallen has characterized his early adulthood as adrift; he worked in landscaping after high school and was disappointed by his inability to continue his baseball career.
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Morgan Wallen re-approached his interest in music and began learning guitar.
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Morgan Wallen had grown to love country music, especially artists like Keith Whitley and Eric Church, and he modeled his sound after that lineage.
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In 2014, Morgan Wallen competed on season six of the music competition program The Voice.
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Morgan Wallen auditioned with the song "Collide" by Howie Day.
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Judges Shakira and Usher complimented his stylings, and Morgan Wallen joined Usher's team.
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Morgan Wallen was later taken by Adam Levine's team after his second round, and later eliminated during the playoffs.
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In 2015, Morgan Wallen signed to Panacea Records where he was joined by Dominic Frost on guitar and released an EP Stand Alone on August 24,2015.
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Morgan Wallen joined Florida Georgia Line on their Dig Your Roots Tour.
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Morgan Wallen collaborated with the group on the single "Up Down", his first song to reach the top five of Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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Morgan Wallen soon became the first artist to ever chart six songs within the top 10 of Hot Country Songs chart at the same time in the week after his album's release; likewise, the album charted 23 tracks on the Canadian Hot 100, and 19 tracks on the Hot 100 in the US.
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Morgan Wallen remained atop the Billboard charts for seven more weeks; If I Know Me even entered the top 10 for the first time.
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Dangerous was awarded Album of the Year at the Academy of Country Music; Morgan Wallen won Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Album at the inaugural Country Now Awards.
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Morgan Wallen has continued to release new music, and has remained a popular draw on the road.
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Morgan Wallen collaborated with rapper Lil Durk on the song "Broadway Girls", a top-15 hit on the Hot 100; he performed the song live with Durk at MLK Freedom Fest in Nashville.
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In 2023, Morgan Wallen will expand to stadiums with his One Night At A Time World Tour.
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Morgan Wallen released his third studio album One Thing at a Time on March 3,2023.
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Morgan Wallen and ex-girlfriend KT Smith have a son together who was born in July 2020.
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In May 2020, Morgan Wallen was arrested outside Kid Rock's bar in downtown Nashville for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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On February 2,2021, TMZ released a video recorded on January 31 showing Morgan Wallen using the racial epithet "nigger" with friends as they were entering his Nashville home.
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Morgan Wallen issued a statement apologizing for using the racial slur.
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On February 10,2021, Morgan Wallen shot an apology video in which he asked his fans not to defend him.
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That same day, Jason Isbell, the original singer of "Cover Me Up" announced that he would be donating all of the royalties from Morgan Wallen's cover to the NAACP.
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On July 23,2021, Morgan Wallen publicly spoke of his comments on Good Morning America, where he said that "he was around some of his friends, and they say dumb stuff together" and said that "he was wrong" to express those words.
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Morgan Wallen's songs returned to country radio in August 2021 when his single "Sand in My Boots" was released.
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Morgan Wallen was nominated for Favorite Male Country Artist and Favorite Country Album for the 2021 American Music Awards, but was not invited to attend the ceremony, and was consequently unable to accept any awards if he won, which he did not.