Billboard Hot 100: 02/13/2021

[jthentic]

Morgan Wallen's tracks are having a free fall on AM chart

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Feb 3, 2021 0:23:14 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Maren Morris and Eric Church are probably the only progressive country artists who has hits right now, alongside The Chicks and Carrie Underwood

What about Chris Stapleton and Kelsea Ballerini? I don't follow their personal life and politics, but I know the latter has called out Wallen and has been outspoken on the injustices women in country have to deal with.

[rosalina4812]

Wow I was actually starting to like him lmao
Time to delete the Wallen songs off my playlists

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Feb 3, 2021 5:07:59 GMT -5 Lost In Musical Reverie said:

Feb 3, 2021 0:23:14 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Maren Morris and Eric Church are probably the only progressive country artists who has hits right now, alongside The Chicks and Carrie Underwood

What about Chris Stapleton and Kelsea Ballerini? I don't follow their personal life and politics, but I know the latter has called out Wallen and has been outspoken on the injustices women in country have to deal with.

Oh I keep forgetting Chris Stapleton has enough clout to get hits. Yeah hes one of the good ones.

Didnt know about Kelsea but she seems to be good alright.

[kalmanta]

Watch his album sales being up next week lol

[Choco]

This is not comparable to Camila or Jimmy Kimmel. This happened recently. Camila was s**tposting racist s**t when she was a teen, and Kimmel did the blackface at a time when comedy somehow found it acceptable.

It doesn't make it OK but at least there has been enough time for both of them to (plausibly) grow and improve and let the racist s**t in the past.

This covid-denier, anti-masker, most likely Republican piece of crap was using the slur a few days ago and now he's "sorry."

Sorry he got caught more likely.

[wavey.]

The way he said it so casually makes me think he does it on a regular-drinking with the boys- type of night..which would be almost every night smh. And isn't this like his 2nd fuck up(the no masks partying right before SNL cancelled, THEN, gave him a 2nd chance)?

[Groovy]

The sad news about this is, this will all likely be forgotten in a month's time.

[Groovy]

I just went to see the news on Facebook to see how people are reacting and no surprise to me, there are people telling black people how they should feel and people blaming the neighbor instead of holding Morgan accountable but like I said, it doesn't surprise me at all.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2021/02/03

1(=) Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy 135.15(+0.37)
2(=) 24kGoldn - Mood (feat. iann dior) 122.01(-1.19)
3(=) Ariana Grande - positions 112.61(+0.11) +
4(=) Justin Bieber - Holy (feat. Chance the Rapper) 109.17(-1.72)
5(+1) Justin Bieber & benny blanco - Lonely 93.81(+1.21)
6(-1) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 93.67(-0.32)
7(=) Ariana Grande - 34+35 93.25(+1.69)
8(=) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) 88.91(+0.38)
9(=) Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 79.58(+0.36)
10(=) AJR - Bang! 74.18(-1.73)

12(+1) Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license 67.43(+3.17)

14(=) Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 62.42(+1.13)

24(=) Kenny Chesney - Happy Does 49.82(+0.74)

25(=) Darius Rucker - Beers and Sunshine 47.97(+0.77)

29(=) Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On 45.41(+1.13)

33(=) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 40.87(+0.85)

43(+2) Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear - my ex's best friend 36.55(+0.87)

95(+4) Erica Banks - Buss It 16.68(+0.76)

97(+1) Saweetie - Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat) 16.64(+0.70)

-(-) Jason Derulo - Lifestyle (feat. Adam Levine) 10.96(+0.83)

-(-) Ava Max - My Head & My Heart 10.22(+1.15)

-(-) Bingo Players & Disco Fries - Forever Love f/Viiq 0.96(+0.81) +

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

The focus is on how the industry is reacting, and the fact his music has been dropped from radio, plus the fact he's been removed from Spotify country playlists and Apple Music highlights, is quite positive, and quite surprising given the response to similar scandals in the past (Camila Cabello).

We don't know if it's a definitive decision or temporary damage control, but it's a good step, and a much better way of holding celebrities accountable than the childish [insertartist]isoverparty. This case is particularly egregious since the clip was literally from last Sunday.

And indeed, Choco is absolutely right - he's only sorry because he got caught.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^The difference with Camilla being that now is quite a different time. People will longer tolerate such things and they are willing to pressure to have those offending feel the consequences of their actions.

[kcdawg13]

Reminder to anyone who thinks this response to Morgan Wallen is too rash because he "made a mistake," the Dixie Chicks had their entire careers destroyed because they dared to criticize the president. Also a more recent example of injustice is country radio refusing to play Kacey Musgraves because she spoke up against the industry, even after she won AOTY country radio still refused to play her single at the time (not to mention the country industry constantly snubbing black artists for awards and not playing their music).

These big boys like Wallen or Luke Combs do all this bulls**t and get a free pass, even barring this situation Wallen got a 2nd chance at SNL after he ignored the rules and made-out with random girls at a bar at the height of a pandemic that has killed almost 500k americans alone. He even got to make fun of the situation, like he was an idiot who didn't know what was going on despite the world being 7 months deep into this crisis at the time. Giving him a "redemption arc" was a bad idea and enables his behavior further, because now he knows he can risk the lives of people and get out unscathed. I am not shocked at this situation at all unfortunately, country music has had a racism problem for decades and they refuse to acknowledge it. Good on Maren Morris for speaking up since she's arguably one of the biggest artists in country music right now.

I know this is a huge wall of text and nobody will probably read it, but I'm just frustrated at this situation.

[Push The Button]

The Dixie Chicks had their careers ruined because they alienated their fanbase. If Rihanna were to start wearing a MAGA hat, her career would probably be ruined too.

That said, I don’t think anybody thinks that what Wallen did is acceptable.

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Feb 3, 2021 9:51:23 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

Reminder to anyone who thinks this response to Morgan Wallen is too rash because he "made a mistake," the Dixie Chicks had their entire careers destroyed because they dared to criticize the president. Also a more recent example of injustice is country radio refusing to play Kacey Musgraves because she spoke up against the industry, even after she won AOTY country radio still refused to play her single at the time (not to mention the country industry constantly snubbing black artists for awards and not playing their music).

These big boys like Wallen or Luke Combs do all this bulls**t and get a free pass, even barring this situation Wallen got a 2nd chance at SNL after he ignored the rules and made-out with random girls at a bar at the height of a pandemic that has killed almost 500k americans alone. He even got to make fun of the situation, like he was an idiot who didn't know what was going on despite the world being 7 months deep into this crisis at the time. Giving him a "redemption arc" was a bad idea and enables his behavior further, because now he knows he can risk the lives of people and get out unscathed. I am not shocked at this situation at all unfortunately, country music has had a racism problem for decades and they refuse to acknowledge it. Good on Maren Morris for speaking up since she's arguably one of the biggest artists in country music right now.

I know this is a huge wall of text and nobody will probably read it, but I'm just frustrated at this situation.

You put it perfectly. Sometimes you have to write more than usual to share your full opinions on the matter, so don't worry about it.

And yes, on hindsight, it would have been a better lesson for Wallen if he hadn't been allowed to perform at SNL at all. And honestly, same applies to Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion, even if they partying and travelling wasn't in such a short time span to the filming in comparison (where Wallen would put staff at risk). I'm surprised no interviewers have called them out on it yet.

Indeed, artists have been boycotted by the industry for much less harmful things (remember nipplegate?). Even if I do enjoy some of his songs, he absolutely deserves this backlash, and I hope they stick to their decision.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Feb 3, 2021 10:00:36 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

The Dixie Chicks had their careers ruined because they alienated their fanbase. If Rihanna were to start wearing a MAGA hat, her career would probably be ruined too.

That said, I don’t think anybody thinks that what Wallen did is acceptable.

I think it depressingly speaks that an audience that turned on the Chicks because of their politics wouldn't be that turned off my Morgan's comments.

I dont think all of Nashville's audience is racist or even that its mostly...but like with any audience, the chuds seem to be the loudest minority 

[kierz7]

The ABSOLUTE TEARS from Right-Wingers across Twitter.

F*ck You!

F*ck Your Feelings!

F*ck Your White MAGA King and his fake ass apology too!

The fact that some people are blaming this on the fact that he was allegedly “drunk” also. The man said it as OPENLY and CLEARLY and COHERENTLY as possible, for everyone to hear, and didn’t give an absolute damn about the repercussions.

Also, he’s a grown, 27 year old, Man spewing racial epithets...

There’s “nothing” for him to ‘learn from’ and ‘try and understand’ so miss me with that excuse.

[wavey.]

Life comes at you fast.

[bigolefreak]

Oh wow the industry actually doing something for once. That's crazy.. he was literally on the cover of Billboard magazine like three weeks ago... now radio, playlists, media support etc. GONE.
What is even crazier is if his neighbour hadn't video recorded anything today would've gone on as usual.. another week at #1 on Billboard, songs still flooding up Amazon / apple / spotify with ease. RIP his mainstream exposure (2019-2020), play stupid games win stupid prizes

[Agent Yoncé]

Morgan could've kept those crocodile tears & that invalid apology. It is nice to see consumers/the music industry being outraged by his remarks & putting forth some action, however it's only a temporary fix. Until he truly shows a genuine concern with changing his life & not repeating his past actions, his redemption can be accepted.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Feb 3, 2021 10:00:36 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

The Dixie Chicks had their careers ruined because they alienated their fanbase. If Rihanna were to start wearing a MAGA hat, her career would probably be ruined too.

That said, I don’t think anybody thinks that what Wallen did is acceptable.

The same fanbase that did exactly what they criticized them for doing when Obama was president? No. The Dixie Chicks had their careers ruined because they are women.

[suzcruz7]

I got a bad feeling that Fake Woke is about to be replaced as No.1 on iTunes...by Wasted on You.

[chartfreak]

Demi Lovato dropping this Thursday. "What Other People Say" with Sam Fischer.

[joshtheking]

This guy was probably the biggest current country star, and he killed his own career by one word. He has no one to blame but himself

[divasummer]

At ITunes his album is still num.1 and he has another one at num.7 which I never noticed before??
His song "Wasted On You" is num.3.
I think it may have went up since yesterday.....

[Groovy]

So this Morgan Wallen talk has opened up a debate that I’ve been thinking out for a while now, can you seperate the person from the artist?

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Feb 3, 2021 11:28:55 GMT -5 Groovy said:

So this Morgan Wallen talk has opened up a debate that I’ve been thinking out for a while now, can you seperate the person from the artist?

It has come up occasionally in here and the only thing I know for certain from those discussions is that Gary can.

[shaz196]

Feb 3, 2021 10:55:46 GMT -5 joshtheking said:

This guy was probably the biggest current country star, and he killed his own career by one word. He has no one to blame but himself

Yeah, his album was the first since Hollywood's Bleeding to have over 140 million streams in it's fourth week.

This isn't even his first f*ck up, he's run out of chances.

[strongerq]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9520243/morgan-wallen-removed-iheartradio-cumulus-racial-slur-fallout

Morgan Wallen's Music Removed From iHeart and Entercom's Radio Stations and Others Following Racial Slur

Only a few hours after a video of Morgan Wallen using a racial slur emerged on TMZ, radio stations have reacted swiftly. iHeartMedia, the largest radio station group in the country, has pulled his his music.

"In light of Morgan Wallen’s recent actions involving the use of a racial slur, we have made the decision to remove his music and content from our stations effective immediately," an iHeart spokesperson told Billboard.

Cumulus Media has pulled the rising country super's music from its more than 400 stations, according to Variety.

By Melinda Newman
2/3/2021

[Golden Bluebird]

You know, after seeing so many people in the entertainment industry get away with doing horrible stuff, it's pretty surprising and refreshing seeing country radio and streaming services dropping Morgan Wallen from their playlists immediately, even if maybe only temporarily.

Feb 3, 2021 0:59:26 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Oh god, the Trumptards are going to rally behind him now and keep him at #1 for months. Drake, drop the album bomb NOW. Adele, save us from racist trash.

You know, I'm all for shitting on Trump supporters, but you shouldn't be using an ableist slur or variations of it to insult anyone even if they're some of the worst people out there.