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I do think there is a certain limit with politics, at least when it comes to crossover appeal. Wallen has kept his personal politics to himself and he's been #1 in the country for 15 weeks, meanwhile Aldean went full MAGA and now he can't even muster a country hit let alone any crossover hit.

Whether Morgan is a MAGAT or anything like that, keeping his opinions to himself has benefitted him immensely.

Morgan Wallen performed at the inauguration dinner for Bill Lee, so he hasn't exactly been apolitical.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 14:27:47 GMT -5

Post by kcdawg13 on Jul 18, 2023 14:27:47 GMT -5

I do think there is a certain limit with politics, at least when it comes to crossover appeal. Wallen has kept his personal politics to himself and he's been #1 in the country for 15 weeks, meanwhile Aldean went full MAGA and now he can't even muster a country hit let alone any crossover hit.

Whether Morgan is a MAGAT or anything like that, keeping his opinions to himself has benefitted him immensely.

Morgan Wallen performed at the inauguration dinner for Bill Lee, so he hasn't exactly been apolitical.

Yeah but even that is pretty muted compared to Aldean going full QAnon all over his socials and selling "fuck Joe Biden" shirts at his concerts.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 14:30:15 GMT -5

Post by mms82 on Jul 18, 2023 14:30:15 GMT -5

I do think there is a certain limit with politics, at least when it comes to crossover appeal. Wallen has kept his personal politics to himself and he's been #1 in the country for 15 weeks, meanwhile Aldean went full MAGA and now he can't even muster a country hit let alone any crossover hit.

Whether Morgan is a MAGAT or anything like that, keeping his opinions to himself has benefitted him immensely.

Morgan Wallen performed at the inauguration dinner for Bill Lee, so he hasn't exactly been apolitical.

That's like saying Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, and JoJo are political Bushites because they performed at George W. Bush's inauguration events.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 15:01:31 GMT -5 via mobile

Post by badrobot on Jul 18, 2023 15:01:31 GMT -5

Morgan Wallen performed at the inauguration dinner for Bill Lee, so he hasn't exactly been apolitical.

That's like saying Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, and JoJo are political Bushites because they performed at George W. Bush's inauguration events.

That was a very different time and I think no major artist outside of country music/classic rock (or Ye) would perform for a republican right now. It would be a kiss of death.

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Post by neel on Jul 18, 2023 15:44:44 GMT -5

Jul 18, 2023 15:01:31 GMT -5 badrobot said:

That's like saying Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, and JoJo are political Bushites because they performed at George W. Bush's inauguration events.

That was a very different time and I think no major artist outside of country music/classic rock (or Ye) would perform for a republican right now. It would be a kiss of death.

Just shows how sad things have been for the past 8 years. Back then, a major artist can perform at Democrat or Republican events and nobody would care. Now it’s career ending decision to even perform for Republicans.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 15:55:36 GMT -5

Post by sergf13 on Jul 18, 2023 15:55:36 GMT -5

Jul 18, 2023 12:36:53 GMT -5 kindofbiased said:

Feels weird to see Seven's sales numbers trailing Like Crazy's that hard tbh, Seven feels much bigger than Like Crazy did in its first week

It is much bigger, sales are just a lot harder to accumulate now since billboard started counting them differently after Like Crazy's debut.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 16:04:57 GMT -5

Post by awkwardowl on Jul 18, 2023 16:04:57 GMT -5

I do think there is a certain limit with politics, at least when it comes to crossover appeal. Wallen has kept his personal politics to himself and he's been #1 in the country for 15 weeks, meanwhile Aldean went full MAGA and now he can't even muster a country hit let alone any crossover hit.

Whether Morgan is a MAGAT or anything like that, keeping his opinions to himself has benefitted him immensely.

Wallen has a wonderful team (for him). They've done a great job picking an audience with Dangerous pre-album tracks. They perfectly executed 7 Summers promotion on the release. "More Than My Hometown" and "Heartless" have a good longevity on different radio formats before album release. The release date of Dangerous was well chosen too, allowing the album to build up a momentum that is still alive today. So maybe that's one of the reasons why he doesn't want to say too much.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 16:24:57 GMT -5

Post by 85la on Jul 18, 2023 16:24:57 GMT -5

Morgan Wallen performed at the inauguration dinner for Bill Lee, so he hasn't exactly been apolitical.

That's like saying Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, and JoJo are political Bushites because they performed at George W. Bush's inauguration events.

At first I thought you were speaking hypothetically, but I looked it up and sad to see that all these artists actually performed at his inauguration events

Though at least for Jessica Simpson, I clearly remember later in his presidency that she famously refused another performance for him.

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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 18, 2023 17:04:11 GMT -5

Jul 18, 2023 16:25:53 GMT -5 hitsrus said:

The Hot 100 especially the upper reaches, have throughout 65 years been an excellent baroneter of which way the cultural and political winds are going.

Immediately followed by a post about a will.i.am song coming out Friday.

i.e. we're doomed.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 17:29:28 GMT -5 via mobile

Post by eagle27 on Jul 18, 2023 17:29:28 GMT -5

Taylor needs to release Lover deluxe or something so Cruel Summer replaces Last Night. Maybe Fukumean can get it if it gets radio and really blows up but it’ll be hard. Travis/Drake are probably the best shots (or manifesting Britney’s song to smash). Can’t believe this may be the longest running number one and possibly one of the longest charting songs.

I just don’t know why big artists barely release music anymore or even try to get big summer hits.

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Billboard Hot 100: 07/29/2023 Jul 18, 2023 17:40:18 GMT -5

Post by kanimal on Jul 18, 2023 17:40:18 GMT -5