Line #17 Music/MorganWallen


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2	Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is a singer from Sneedville, Tennessee.
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4	He gained his first exposure as a contestant on ''Series/TheVoice'', but was eliminated during the playoffs. During this time he also released a self-titled EP via Panacea Records. It was a signing to Big Loud (a country label owned by RecordProducer Joey Moi and Nashville songwriter Craig Wiseman) that got Wallen his big breakthrough. Although his first country song "The Way I Talk" bombed, he got an unexpected hit in 2017 with "Up Down", which featured Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine on guest vocals. Following this, both "Whiskey Glasses" and "Chasin' You" off the same album also topped the country charts, with the former even being ranked by ''Billboard'' as the biggest country music hit of 2019.
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6	Wallen released several promotional and featured songs throughout 2019 and 2020, including a cover of Music/JasonIsbell's "Cover Me Up" and a collaboration with Music/{{Diplo}} on "Heartless". This was followed in 2020 by "More Than My Hometown" and "7 Summers", the lead singles to his double album ''Dangerous: The Double Album''. The hits continued despite a widely-publicized controversy where he was booted from a guest spot on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' after being spotted hosting a huge party in direct violation of [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] protocols.
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8	Wallen became further entangled in controversy in February 2021 when TMZ leaked video of him shouting racial slurs at neighbors; following said leak was a severe backlash which saw his music removed from streaming services and radio playlists, along with a suspension from Big Loud. Despite this, he continued to hold the #1 position on Top Country Albums for much of 2021, and radio stations started reinstating his music by summertime. In March 2023, his song "Last Night" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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10	!Albums:
11	* ''Morgan Wallen'' (EP) (2015)
12	* ''If I Know Me'' (2018)
13	* ''Dangerous: The Double Album'' (2020)
14	* ''One Thing at a Time'' (2023)
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16	!Tropes present in his work:
17	* BeerGoggles: Referenced in "Whiskey Glasses", which uses the lyric "Imma need some whiskey glasses / 'Cause I don't wanna see the truth".
18	* EightiesHair: Known for bringing mullets back into fashion in country music, long after the heyday of Music/BillyRayCyrus and Music/JoeDiffie.
19	* AutoTune: He's produced by Joey Moi, so it's to be expected. "Up Down" and "Talkin' Tennessee" are particularly strong offenders.
20	* LoudnessWar: Much like with Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine and other Big Loud artists, Joey Moi's over-reliance on power chords, drum machines, and AutoTune does a lot to muddy the production.
21	* LoveNostalgiaSong: "7 Summers":
22	-->But I wonder when you're drinkin'\
23	If you find yourself thinkin'\
24	About that boy from East Tennessee\
25	And I know we both knew better\
26	But we still said forever\
27	And that was seven summers ago
28	* OdeToIntoxication: "Whiskey Glasses"
29	* SelfDeprecation: He appeared AsHimself on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' to make fun of his removal from the show two months earlier.
30	* SerialEscalation: In January 2021, ''six'' of the tracks off ''Dangerous: The Double Album'' landed in the top 10 of the country charts... including "Wasted on You" debuting at #1, making him the only artist ever to have two songs debut at #1 on that chart. ''And'' the first artist to debut atop Top Country Albums and Hot Country Songs at the same time.

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