Hit Songs Are Staying on the Top Charts Longer Than Ever
Morgan Wallen was supposed to be canceled
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29-year-old country star was dropped by his talent agency and banned by radio stations after using a racial slur in a video posted to the website TMZ.
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Several of his fellow country stars urged the music industry to distance itself from Wallen
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Wallen’s album “Dangerous” broke the record for the longest stint in the top 10 on Billboard album charts earlier this month.
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“Dangerous” has been in the top 10 for 88 of the 89 weeks since it was released in January 2021
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It was the best-selling album in the US last year, and it was the third best-selling album in the US for the first half of 2022.
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In July and August, Wallen sold the equivalent of 526,000 albums and came in at No. 25 on Bloomberg’s Pop Star Power Rankings.
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Half of the 10 best-selling albums in the US during the first half of the year were released in 2021.
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Three different albums from the first couple months of last year, The Weekend “The Highlights,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “Sour” and “Dangerous,” are still outselling almost every new release.