It’s been solely about half a day, and Morgan Wallen‘s I’m The Drawback is already the most-streamed nation album of 2025, Spotify confirmed Friday.
Spotify didn’t disclose streaming numbers on launch day thus far however shared the spectacular stat on social media.
Wallen’s fourth album was extensively anticipated within the business to turn into one of many greatest information of the yr given Wallen’s personal pedigree as nation’s greatest streaming famous person. Wallen’s 2023 album One Factor at a Time remains to be sitting at quantity 4 on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart as of Friday, and it’s stayed on the chart for 114 weeks. 2021’s Harmful: The Double Album, in the meantime, remains to be at quantity 9 on the chart and has spent 226 weeks on the chart.
Wallen launched a number of songs forward of the huge 37-track album’s Friday launch, together with “I Ain’t Coming Again,” his second track with Submit Malone following the duo’s platinum hit “I Had Some Assist” from final yr. The album additionally options appearances from Eric Church and Wallen’s Huge Loud labelmate Hardy. On launch day, eyes are on “What I Need,” which options pop star Tate McRae.
A few of McRae’s followers have voiced their disapproval for collaborating with Wallen, who stays controversial after he was caught utilizing a racial slur on digicam again in 2021. He’s been caught up in controversy since then, together with earlier this yr when he abruptly walked off the stage of Saturday Evening Reside in the course of the present’s credit earlier than posting a cryptic message on his Instagram that mentioned “Get me to God’s nation.”
“I used to be simply able to go residence. I’d been there all week,” Wallen mentioned of the incident on Caleb Pressley’s Sundae Conversations this week.
By way of the controversy, he’s nonetheless managed to turn into one of many business’s greatest stars of any style. As The Hollywood Reporter reported in April, Huge Loud offered a minority stake in Wallen’s grasp recording catalog for a hefty $200 million to Chord Music Companions.
I’m The Drawback will seemingly high Billboard’s albums chart subsequent week; the query now could be what number of items he’ll promote week one.
