Vince Gill speaks out on Morgan Wallen controversy, says country isn't just for 'conservative' 'White America'

Chris Willman Music WriterIn what could be a sign of a break in country radio’s unified front, the currently forbidden superstar Morgan Wallen is back on the airwaves on at least one station that had put him on hold, WMYL-FM in Knoxville.

dumped by his record label, Big Loud, and radio stations banned his songs.But now he’s been bizarrely rewarded with an unexpected bump in album sales.According to the British pop newspaper NME, Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” now ranks as the first country-and-western long-player to enjoy seven weeks peaking on Billboard’s Top 200 sales chart. Such a musical feat has not happened since 2016 when Drake’s “Views” spent seven weeks at the No.

Morgan Wallen‘s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ has become the first country music album to spend its first seven weeks atop the Billboard 200 despite the star seeing airplay cut after he used a racial slur.The disgraced US singer-songwriter was dropped by his label Big Loud last month after a video surfaced of him making the remark.

Morgan Wallen remains on top of the charts.

Morgan Wallen remains on top of the charts.

Morgan Wallen has secured the No.1 album for America for the fifth week running, despite the emergence of a recent video which sees him using a racial slur.The country star has faced strong consequences since the clip surfaced, with his label Big Loud dropping him and radio stations removing his music from their playlists.Despite this, he has maintained a strong chart position – with album and song sales surging at the same time that his radio play and playlist inclusions continue to fall.As

Morgan Wallen remains at No. 1.

It’s been just over a week since Morgan Wallen was caught dropping the N-word — and now the axed country music star, who is no stranger to bad press, has taken to his Instagram to break his silence on the damning video. Publishing a five minute “update from me” on Wednesday, the 27-year-old acknowledged:

Morgan Wallen insisted he wanted to “take ownership” of his use of the N-word in a 5-minute video to his fans after he was caught using a racial slur earlier this month.

Country music star Morgan Wallen is speaking out as he continues to face fallout in his career after being caught on video using a racial slur. Last week, a video leaked featuring Wallen using the n-word and since then, he's faced fierce backlash from the country music industry.

Country singer Morgan Wallen has asked his fans not to defend him because he “was wrong” and now takes “ownership” of problems caused by a racial slur recorded by a neighbor.

Chris Willman Music WriterMorgan Wallen has issued a more than five-minute video apology on his Instagram account, saying that the reason for the delay was that he wanted to issue personal apologies and meet with Black leaders before making more of a statement than he did the night the scandal over his uttering a racial slur broke last week.:A post shared by Morgan Wallen (@morganwallen)Wallen said that when he first was coming up with an apology for TMZ, knowing that the site was about to

Jimmie Allen is open to forgiveness. The country star is one of the genre's most prominent Black artists and took to Twitter on Saturday to discuss "forgiveness" after Morgan Wallen's N-word controversy.

Diplo is still playing Morgan Wallen‘s music amid fallout over the country singer’s use of the N-word.

Morgan Wallen has seen a surge of album sales after a video of him saying a racial slur spread online earlier this week.The country star has faced strong consequences since the clip surfaced, with his label Big Loud dropping him and radio stations removing his music from their playlists.Despite this, sales in his albums increased in the 24 hours after the video initially emerged.

On his side. Morgan Wallen’s sister Ashlyne Wallen came to his defense after he was caught on video using the N-word.

Chris Willman Music WriterIn his recent song “Livin’ the Dream,” a tellingly somber number that stands out amid his otherwise upbeat smash “Dangerous: The Double Album,” Morgan Wallen sings about how success is not all it’s cracked up to be, concluding that it’s at least a little bit lonely at the top even in the midst of being “a rock star, in and out of cop cars, livin’ out a suitcase, trashin’ hotel bars… Between alcohol and women and Adderall and adrenaline, I don’t ever get no rest.”A rest

Morgan Wallen's rising star power took a beating on Wednesday as radio chains pulled his songs from their stations after he was caught on camera using the N-word. The 27-year-old country hitmaker swiftly released an apology, but one brand expert tells Fox News this "seismic" moment has likely spawned a one- to two-year setback in his career.

th Academy of Country Music Awards cycle,” a statement from the Academy reads.“The Academy does not condone or support intolerance or behavior that doesn’t align with our commitment and dedication to diversity and inclusion.”The ACM, which hosts the smaller of country music’s two major awards shows behind November’s Country Music Association Awards, also announced that it would remove all of Wallen’s digital content from its website.