Chris O’Kelley

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Everyone knows that Morgan Wallen is the biggest name in all of music. But did ya know, Morgan Wallen is a funny guy? When he does an interview, there is no one like him!

Personal Facts About Morgan

  • Born May 13, 1993, in Sneedville, Tennessee, but he grew up in  Knoxville
  • A pitching accident  resulted in an elbow injury during his senior year of high school that forced Morgan  was forced to hang up his mitt
  • Morgan Wallen attended Gibbs High School in Corryton, the same school where country superstar Kenny Chesney graduated.
  • In 2014, Morgan appeared during season six of The Voice.
  • On July 10, 2020, Morgan Wallen welcomed his baby boy, Indigo Wilder to the world.

Morgan’s Career

In 2016, Wallen signed to Big Loud, releasing his debut album, If I Know Me, in 2018. The album includes the singles “Up Down” (featuring Florida Georgia Line), “Whiskey Glasses”, and “Chasin’ You”. If I Know Me reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. 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. It spent a total of ten weeks at that spot, the first album to do so since Whitney Houston’s Whitney in 1987.  The album included Billboard No. 1 singles “More Than My Hometown”, “7 Summers”, and “Wasted on You”.

Awards

2020 CMA New Artist Of The Year Winner

2021 Bill Board Award Winner

  • Winner for Top Country Artist
  • Top Male Country Artist
  • Brought Home Top Country Album For Dangerous
  • Top Country Song-Chasin’ You

2021 ACM Album Of The Year Winner for Dangerous

2022 American Music Awards

  • Favorite Male Country Artist
  • Wasted On you, Favorite Country Song

Now lets look at some funny stuff from MorganWallen!