Country singer Morgan Wallen not eligible for CMA Awards but top prize after racial slur

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Morgan Wallen earned three trophies at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards despite not being invited to accept them. The 28-year-old country singer was awarded top country male artist, top country artist and top country album on Sunday, but his name and presence were kept out of the broadcast following a controversial video that emerged earlier this year that saw him use the N-word and other expletives.  Although Wallen has since apologized for his use of the racial slur, he was still dropped by his talent agency and had his songs pulled from the airwaves.

Morgan Wallen was the winner of three Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, amid his ban from the show after he was caught on tape saying a racial slur earlier this year.The country music artist, 28, garnered a trio of honors for Dangerous: The Double Album - Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Country Album - off of six nominations he garnered.The show's production organization Dick Clark Productions previously barred the Sneedville, Tennessee native from attending over his scandal earlier this year, in which he was heard using the N-word while talking to friends.

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Morgan Wallen is a Billboard Music Award winner. The «Dangerous» singer won top country awards at this year's BBMAs, despite being barred from attending or performing at the ceremony. Of his six nominations, Wallen took home three before Sunday night's show — Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist, and Top Country Album for Dick Clark Productions shared the day Billboard Music Awards nominations were announced that Wallen would not perform, present or accept any awards at the ceremony, after he was caught on camera using a racial slur.

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Morgan Wallen failed to meet with the Nashville chapter of the NAACP as part of his apology tour following the racial scandal where he was caught using the N-word on video.The 28-year-old musician's team 'expressed interest in scheduling a sit-down because they claimed he felt terrible about using a racial slur and wanted to make amends,' according TMZ.NAACP Nashville President Sheryl Guinn claimed Wallen 'agreed to a meeting that was likely to include multiple Black leaders,' but has yet to follow through with his word.

the fallout from the scandal was swift: Big Loud Records suspended him "indefinitely"; his agency dropped him; the Academy of Country Music awards said he wasn't eligible for awards in 2021, and the Billboard Awards said he wasn't allowed to attend its show.The CMA decision also comes after Morgan returned to the stage this week for the first time since the scandal and his self-imposed hiatus.On May 19, the singer surprised the crowd with an unannounced mini performance at Kid's Big Ass Honky Tonk bar in Nashville."What's going on Nashville. How you doing?," he asked the crowd as it worked itself into a frenzy.

Country singer Morgan Wallen will be eligible for multiple awards at this year’s CMA Awards but not the show’s top prize, a sign of the continuing fallout after he was caught on camera using a racial slur. The Country Music Association's Board of Directors voted that Wallen will not be eligible for individual artist categories, such as entertainer of the year and male vocalist of the year, according to Catharine McNelly, a CMA spokeswoman.

Country singer Morgan Wallen, disqualified from some music awards and largely ditched by country radio since racist video surfaced in February, will be ineligible for this year’s top solo CMA Awards but can compete in collaborative categories such as album or song of the year.

The CMA Awards is making some changes to Morgan Wallen’s award eligibility.

Morgan Wallen is disqualified from some of the categories at the 2021 CMA Awards – but not all of them.

Morgan Wallen has returned to the stage at Kid Rock‘s Nashville bar, marking his first performance since a racial scandal saw him facing a ban from radio stations across the U.S.The 28-year-old country singer performed a selection of his hits to a packed crowd at Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk & Steakhouse bar in Nashville on Wednesday evening (May 19).Wallen reportedly told fans he might be a “little rusty” before beginning his performance, which came nearly three months since he was recorded on video screaming the N-word at a friend after a drunken night out.Walked into kid rocks and immediately saw Morgan Wallen.

Morgan Wallen is back performing following his controversy for uttering a racial slur. The country singer was taken to task for hurling the N-word back in February and since the fateful moment, which led to Wallen’s record label, Big Loud Records, suspending him and conglomerates like iHeartRadio pulling the 27-year-old’s music from their stations, Wallen seems to be trying to reinsert himself into the good graces of country music.

Morgan Wallen returned to the stage in his first performance since a racial scandal banned him from radio airwaves and caused a massive fallout.The 28-year-old country musician took the stage at Kid Rock'sBig Honky Tonk & Steakhouse bar in Nashville to a completely packed house and performed a few of his hits on Wednesday night.Wallen admitted he might be 'a little rusty' before picking up the guitar and singing Whiskey Glasses and Wasted on You to massive applause from the crowd nearly three months after he was recorded on video screaming the N-word at a friend following a drunken night out.

his N-word scandal."What's going on Nashville. How you doing?," he asked the crowd as it worked itself into a frenzy.