Morgan Wallen wins Album of the Year at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards
dailymail.co.ukThe biggest stars in country music were out in force on Monday evening at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.Morgan Wallen picked up the prestigious Album of the Year award for Dangerous: The Double Album.The win seemed to signal that Academy voters weren't fazed by Wallen's scandal last year, when he was caught shouting the N-word on camera.
Looking past it? Morgan Wallen won Album of the Year for Dangerous: The Double Album at Monday's 57th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, despite his N-word scandal last year'When I started this album, I was a kid.
By the time I put it out, I was a father,' Wallen said in his speech. 'And that's become more important to me than anything else.'He also thanked those who have shown him 'grace' and concluded with a message for his fans: 'Thank you, thank you, thank you!'Wallen was initially banned from country music stations for his N-word scandal, and his label suspended him, but fans seemed to support Wallen even more after his racist behavior was caught on camera.
Dangerous, his second album, was released just under a month before the scandal broke, but after it did, sales for his album increased by more than 1000 percent, according to Rolling Stone.Months after the controversy, Morgan admitted he hadn't bothered to consider whether there was a 'race problem in country music overall' during an interview with Michael Strahan for Good Morning America.The show was back in Las Vegas after taking a detour to Nashville last year, and this was the first time that it featured a packed audience in two years, after opting for smaller shows due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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