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. In his teens, he gravitated towards bands like Breaking Benjamin and Nickelback, as well as rappers like Lil Wayne. He was raised on a diverse musical playlist, with his father exposing him to classic rock mainstays. Īs a child, Wallen took piano and violin lessons. He 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. In his teens, the family relocated south to Knoxville, where he graduated from Gibbs High School. Tommy served for a time as a local church pastor, while Lesli worked as a teacher. Morgan Wallen was born to Tommy and Lesli Wallen on May 13, 1993, in Sneedville, Tennessee. " Last Night" peaked atop the chart, becoming Wallen’s first single to do so.
This broke the record for most songs by an artist on the chart at one time. His third studio album, One Thing at a Time (2023), has topped the Billboard 200 for 9 concurrent weeks as of May 9, with all of its 36 tracks entering the Billboard Hot 100. The album included singles " More Than My Hometown", " 7 Summers", and " Wasted on You". It spent a total of ten weeks at that spot, the first album to do so since Whitney Houston's Whitney in 1987. Wallen's second album, Dangerous: The Double Album, was released in January 2021, and in February 2021 became the only country album in the 64-year history of the Billboard 200 to spend its first seven weeks at No.
1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album includes the singles " Up Down" (featuring Florida Georgia Line), " Whiskey Glasses", and " Chasin' You".
In 2016, Wallen signed to Big Loud, releasing his debut album, If I Know Me, in 2018. After being eliminated in the playoffs of that season, he signed to Panacea Records, releasing his debut EP, Stand Alone, in 2015. He 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. Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
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