{"id":146907,"date":"2021-02-04T11:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=146907"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:10:29","slug":"morgan-wallens-more-than-my-hometown-reaches-1-on-us-itunes-sales-chart-five-other-songs-in-top-10-following-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2021\/02\/04\/morgan-wallens-more-than-my-hometown-reaches-1-on-us-itunes-sales-chart-five-other-songs-in-top-10-following-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;More Than My Hometown&#8221; Reaches #1 On US iTunes Sales Chart; Five Other Songs In Top 10 Following Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of press time at 10AM ET Thursday, Morgan Wallen holds more than half the Top 10 positions on the US iTunes sales chart.<\/p>\n<p>His &#8220;More Than My Hometown&#8221; leads the way at #1 on the all-genre chart, with &#8220;Wasted On You&#8221; just behind at #2. Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;Whiskey Glasses&#8221; (#4), &#8220;7 Summers&#8221; (#5), &#8220;Sand In My Boots&#8221; (#6), and &#8220;Chasin&#8217; You&#8221; (#8) also hold Top 10 positions.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen is also enjoying a dominant stand on the album chart; the explicit version of &#8220;Dangerous: The Double Album&#8221; is #1, &#8220;If I Know Me&#8221; is #2, and the clean &#8220;Dangerous&#8221; is #3.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a video surfaced showing Wallen using the N-word. The backlash was swift and significant, with numerous industry members speaking out against Wallen and numerous radio and digital platforms pulling his music from their playlists. 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