Morgan Wallen

Morgan Wallen (born May 13, 1993 in Sneedville, Hancock County , Tennessee , United States ) is an American country singer and songwriter .

Life

Wallen grew up near Knoxville . His father was a pastor and his mother a teacher. Morgan developed a keen interest in music from a young age; he started singing in church when he was three and began playing the violin when he was five. Wallen later learned to play the piano and guitar, but in high school his passion was baseball and pitching for the Gibbs High School team in Corryton, Tennessee. Wallen was good enough and received offers for baseball scholarships. But in his senior year, an elbow injury ended his days as a baseball player. After that, he focused on his music career.

In February 2014 Wallen took part in the vocal casting show The Voice , in which he sang the song Collide by Howie Day . The Voice gave Wallen nationwide notoriety, but it also helped him find a music partner. Sergio Sánchez of the band Atom Smash was vocal coach on the show, and the two began writing songs together that matched Wallen's country voice and rock and roll attitude. Wallen moved to Nashville , where he and Sánchez formed a short-lived band, Morgan Wallen & Them Shadows.

In Nashville, Wallen worked with a manager and an agent and signed a publishing contract with Big Loud Shirt Music. Big Loud Music gave Wallen the opportunity to work as a solo artist. In 2016 Wallen released the single The Way I Talk and an EP titled. Wallen performed this song on Jimmy Kimmel Live . He returned in 2017 and worked with Florida Georgia Line on the single Up Down , which made the top ten on the country singles chart and won a gold record . The song became the leadoff track on Wallen's first album If I Know Me , which was released in April 2018.

He was the opening act for Luke Bryan and Jake Owen .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2018	If I know me	US13 gold (… Where.)US	Country3 (... weeks) Country	First published: April 27, 2018 Sales: + 500,000

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2018	Morgan Wallen	-	Country45 (1 week) Country	First published: January 12, 2018

More EPs

• 2016: The Way I Talk

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2016	The Way I Talk If I Know Me	US- platinum US	Country35 (26 weeks) Country	First published: September 12, 2016 Sales: + 1,000,000
2017	Up Down If I Know Me	US49 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country5 (39 weeks) Country	First published: November 27, 2017 Sales: + 2,000,000; feat. Florida Georgia Line
2018	Whiskey Glasses If I Know Me	US17th × 3 Triple platinum (27 weeks)US	Country1 (52 weeks) Country	First published: July 30th, 2018 Sales: +3,000,000
2019	Chasin 'You If I Know Me	US16 platinum (… Where.)US	Country2 (52 weeks) Country	First published: July 29, 2019 Sales: + 1,000,000
	This bar	-	Country29 (... weeks) Country	First published: December 31, 2019
2020	More Than My Hometown single track	US61 (... weeks) US	Country12 (... weeks) Country	First published: April 17, 2020
	Talkin 'Tennessee single track	-	Country42 (... weeks) Country	First published: May 27, 2020
	7 Summers single track	US6 (... weeks) US	Country1 (... week) Country	First published: August 14, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2019	Cover Me Up single track	US- gold US	Country35 (21 weeks) Country	Chart entry: April 20, 2019 Sales: + 500,000

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2019	Heartless Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil	US39 × 2 Double platinum (21 weeks)US	Country10 (28 weeks) Country	First published: August 16, 2019 Diplo pres. Thomas Wesley feat. Morgan Wallen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://morganwallen.com/get-to-know-morgan-wallen/
2. ↑ http://morganwallen.com/#about
3. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/morgan-wallen-mn0003351348/biography
4. ↑ https://www.last.fm/music/Morgan+Wallen/+wiki
5. ↑ https://www.famousbirthsdeaths.com/morgan-wallen-bio-net-worth-facts/
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: US
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: US