Morgan Wallen has seen a surge of album sales after a video of him saying a racial slur spread online earlier this week.The country star has faced strong consequences since the clip surfaced, with his label Big Loud dropping him and radio stations removing his music from their playlists.Despite this, sales in his albums increased in the 24 hours after the video initially emerged.
According to MRC Data, Wallen sold 22,500 copies of his albums in the US on February 3 – a 339 percent increase from the day before.The musician’s latest album ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ sold 7,000 copies on the same day, giving him a 511 percent increase on the 1,000 copies that sold on February 2.In contrast, the data shows a huge decrease in airplay for.
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