In February 2014, Wallen appeared on the popular televised singing competition The Voice, blind auditioning for the judges with the song "Collide" by Howie Day. He was good enough to earn offers to play college ball on a scholarship, but late in his senior year, an elbow injury put an end to his days as a pitcher, and he began considering music as a career. He later learned to play piano and guitar, but in high school his passion was baseball, pitching for the team at Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tennessee. Wallen developed a strong interest in music at a very young age he started singing in church when he was three years old and took up the violin when he was five. His father was a preacher who loved the bombast of hard rock, while his mother was a teacher whose tastes ran to contemporary Christian sounds. With 2021's hugely popular Dangerous: The Double Album, Wallen took an increasingly boundaryless approach to combining country, pop, hip-hop, and R&B that extended to the Lil Durk collaboration "Broadway Girls" and 2023's One Thing at a Time, which added alternative rock influences to his repertoire.īorn in Sneedville, Tennessee, on May 13, 1993, Wallen grew up in the Knoxville area. Hot 100 Singles chart - trends that continued on his later albums. Top Country Albums chart, while its singles topped the country charts and made serious inroads into the U.S. His 2018 debut album If I Know Me broke records with its lengthy stay on the U.S. Fans across the world are now eagerly awaiting his new releases and are keen on immersing themselves in his addictive melodies.Deftly navigating the gap separating Florida Georgia Line and Sam Hunt, Morgan Wallen's version of bro-country emphasizes smooth R&B rhythms with multi-platinum results. He is currently in a relationship with model Paige Lorenze. Currently lining up tour dates for his upcoming concert across the U.S., Wallen is also balancing his newfound stardom with his role as a father to his son - Indigo Wilder. In 2022, he also won the ‘Album of the Year Award’ at the Academy of Country Music.Īs his stature grew, Wallen has also been featured in several high-profile media interviews. A racial controversy briefly marred his sparkling run, leading to the cancellation of a scheduled appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” The album, however, continued to top the charts and in 2021 also earned him two awards at the inaugural Country Now Awards. Within a week of the release of the album, he became the first artist with six songs among the Top 10 Hot Country Songs. Billboard 200 and also on the Canadian Albums Chart. Then, in July 2021, he released a double album “Dangerous,” which debuted at the top of the U.S. In the same month, Wallen’s song, “7 Summers” was released - achieving the record of the most-streamed country song on release on Apple Music.
After a record 114 weeks, the album reached the top spot on the Top Country Albums chart in August 2020. The same year he released his debut album “If I Know Me,” whose single ‘Whiskey Glasses’ made it to the top of Country Airplay in 2019 and was also the Billboard 2019 top Hot Country Song. His collaboration with the country music duo continued through 2018. The music video for the song was released in 2017 and in the same year he also joined the famous country duo Florida Georgia Line on their ‘Dig Your Roots Tour.’ His first single for the label - ‘The Way I Talk’ - was also released in 2016. After the success of the song, Wallen was signed on by Big Loud Records label and publishing company in 2016. In the same year, in collaboration with guitarist Dominic Frost to release his first single under the label, ‘Stand Alone’ - which was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America six years later. Only a short while after his elimination, he was signed on by the independent music label, Panacea Records.
He was eliminated during the playoffs but only after having made his mark. In 2014, Wallen came into the limelight when he competed in Season six of the American reality television show “The Voice.” He started on Usher’s team but eventually made his way to the team of Adam Levine. A keen baseball player, he wanted to pursue the game at college level but had to drop the dream after injuring his elbow. From an early age, Wallen began singing for the church congregation and also took piano and violin lessons. He has three sisters, Ashlyne, Mikaela, and Lacey - the latter having been adopted by his parents in 2021. Born on May 13, 1993, in Sneedville, Tennessee, Wallen is the son of a pastor, Tommy Wallen, and Leslie Wallen. Award-winning country singer Morgan Cole Wallen has become an international sensation.
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