1. Morgan Cole Wallen was born on May 13,1993 and is an American country pop singer from Sneedville, Tennessee.
47 Facts About Morgan Wallen
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Morgan Wallen competed in the sixth season of The Voice.
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Later in 2016, Wallen signed to Big Loud and later released his debut studio album: If I Know Me.
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Morgan Wallen's second studio album: Dangerous: The Double Album was an immediate commercial success, spending its first seven weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart.
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All 36 tracks from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, breaking the record set by Drake, Morgan Wallen additionally charted five tracks in the top-ten of the chart.
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Morgan Wallen has received several accolades, including an Academy of Country Music Award, fourteen Billboard Music Awards, and won Entertainer of the Year at the 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards.
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Morgan Cole Wallen was born on May 13,1993, in Sneedville, Tennessee, to Tommy and Lesli Wallen.
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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 6 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 the 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 Billboards Hot Country Songs chart.
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At the outset of his career, Morgan Wallen underwent a personal stylistic shift, adopting a distinctive mullet and a look that Kelefa Sanneh, profiling Morgan Wallen's rise in a piece for The New Yorker, described as "Everyman rock star" and "not just a singer but a character".
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Morgan Wallen had decided to adopt the retro hairdo after seeing a younger photo of his father with the cut.
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In 2019, Morgan Wallen joined Florida Georgia Line on their Can't Say I Ain't Country Tour.
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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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On February 2,2021, TMZ released a video recorded on January 31 showing Morgan Wallen using the racial slur "nigger" to one of his friends after a night out.
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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.
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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 by 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 expanded 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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In May 2023, Morgan Wallen was featured on the song "Stand by Me" from Lil Durk's eighth studio album, Almost Healed.
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Morgan Wallen was a co-writer on the 2023 single "Fixer Upper" by Dallas Smith.
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On January 26,2024, Panacea Records released a deluxe 10th anniversary edition of Morgan Wallen 2015 extended play, Stand Alone that includes eight previously unreleased songs.
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Morgan Wallen released a song, called "Spin You Around ", an acoustic re-recording of the original, in response to the album's release.
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Morgan Wallen was featured on the Moneybagg Yo single, "Whiskey Whiskey".
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In September 2024, Morgan Wallen announced that his second single for his-then upcoming and untitled fourth studio album, called "Love Somebody", to which was released on October 18.
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Morgan Wallen was nominated for seven awards at the 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards, with his only win being the prestigious Entertainer of the Year award.
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Morgan Wallen was not in attendance to accept and the presenter, Jeff Bridges, jokingly accepted on his behalf.
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On January 24,2025, Morgan Wallen announced his fourth studio album, titled I'm the Problem, alongside a tour of the same name, and the release of the title track, which was previously teased on his Instagram account as "I Guess".
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In March 2025, Morgan Wallen released two promotional singles, "Just in Case" and "I'm a Little Crazy".
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In 2016, Morgan Wallen began a relationship with influencer KT Smith, and the couple got engaged several months later.
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Morgan Wallen has been romantically involved with influencer Paige Lorenze, and country singer Megan Moroney.
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In May 2020, Morgan Wallen was arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct after leaving Kid Rock's bar in Nashville after reportedly kicking glass items inside the bar when he was told to leave, as well as getting into multiple verbal altercations with passersby outside.
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In October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple videos were posted on TikTok showing Morgan Wallen ignoring CDC guidelines in bars and other locations in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area after attending a University of Alabama football game.
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Morgan Wallen was charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct after the projectile landed near two police officers on the ground.
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In December 2024, Morgan Wallen pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, with the other two charges being dismissed, and was sentenced to serve seven days in a DUI education center, and two consecutive years of supervised probation.