Sales and streams of Morgan Wallen s new
Dangerous: The Double Album surged last week amid controversy over his use of a racist slur, which was caught on video. His album is No. 1 on the all-genre
Billboard 200 chart for a fourth straight week since its release in January.
The last country album to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 on this chart was Shania Twain s
Up! in 2003. Per
Double Live album is the most recent from a male artist to top the
Billboard 200 for four straight weeks, doing so in 1998 and early 1999. While no new major albums dropped last week, Wallen s No. 1 ranking is not due to lack of competition. Sales and streaming numbers had dipped week to week for the first three weeks, but overall streaming equivalent albums jumped from 130K to to 149K, with the biggest percentage jump coming in pure sales.