Morgan
Wallen Becomes RIAA’s Highest Certified Country Artist of All Time
80
New + Updated Certifications;
With 265.5 Million Certified Singles and Albums, Wallen is the 3rd
Most-Certified Artist, All-Genres
Five
Singles Now Diamond Certified or Higher, Including “Last Night,” “Wasted On
You,” “Whiskey Glasses,” “Chasin’ You” and Diplo Collaboration, “Heartless”
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. – After recently becoming Billboard’s Top Artist of 2025
and entering Spotify’s coveted Billions Club with three singles – “Whiskey Glasses,” “I Had Some Help” with Post Malone and
“Last Night” – surpassing one
billion streams on the platform, Morgan Wallen’s consumption success is now
landing him a new accolade as RIAA’s highest certified Country artist of all
time.
With 239.5 million certified singles (solo + collaborations) and 26
million albums, Wallen simultaneously becomes the third most-certified
artist, all-genre (succeeding only Drake and Taylor Swift for solo titles); and
the No. 2 digital singles-certified solo artist, all-genre. The recognition
comes just seven years after receiving his first Gold certifications for “The
Way I Talk” and “Up Down” in 2018, followed by “Whiskey Glasses” in 2019 –
which is officially 13x Platinum certified today.
A
Breakdown of the Milestones
With
80 new certifications awarded by the RIAA this month, Wallen now ranks:
- ·
#1 Highest-Selling Country Artist of All Time
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#3 Highest-Selling Artist of All Time (All Genres)
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#2 Most Diamond Singles Ever (All Genres)
He’s
also the first country artist to earn five separate Diamond singles, meaning
each has sold more than 10 million units:
- ·
“Whiskey Glasses” – 13x Platinum
- ·
“Wasted On You” – 12x Platinum
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“Last Night” – 12x Platinum
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“Heartless” – 10x Platinum
- ·
“Chasin’ You” – 10x Platinum
“Whiskey
Glasses” is now the best-selling country song of all time.
What
Counts as a “Unit”?
The
RIAA defines a unit as:
·
1 paid digital download = 1 unit
·
150 on-demand audio or video streams = 1 unit
For
albums:
·
1 full album sale (physical or digital) = 1 unit
·
10 digital track sales = 1 unit
·
1,500 streams from an album = 1 unit
"While
streaming drives most sales today, Wallen’s
fan base continues
to support physical and digital albums at a scale rarely seen in the genre
anymore"
The
Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based
on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales,
track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit
equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750
ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video
streams generated by songs from an album
“Morgan
Wallen’s rise has been nothing short of remarkable. A trajectory powered
through deep fan connection, multiple creative collaborations and partnerships
with Big Loud and Republic Records. Less than a decade after earning his first
Gold singles, he has officially become the highest RIAA certified Country
artist with 265.5M units, including credits on five Diamond-certified or higher
singles! The sheer volume of streams behind this achievement speaks to how
actively audiences continue to show up and his sustained journey reshaping
modern music. Congratulations on this new height as Morgan and his
team set their sights on the next,” shares RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch
Glazier.
**
OF NOTE **
In
the United States, I’M THE PROBLEM, debuted at number
one on the Billboard 200 chart, where it remained for its first eight weeks.
After a two-week absence from the top position, it returned to number one for
an additional four consecutive weeks, accumulating a total of 12
non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.
It
moved 493,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week (** including
just 133,000 in pure album sales)
ONE
THING AT A TIME debuted
at number one on the US Billboard 200 dated March 18,
2023, moving 501,000 album-equivalent units (** including
just 111,500 from pure album sales).
DANGEROUS:
THE DOUBLE ALBUM
(released January 8, 2021) debuted at number one
on the US Billboard 200 and US Top Country Albums charts, earning 265,000
album-equivalent units (including just 74,000 copies as pure
album sales) in its first week
IF
I KNOW ME (released
April 27, 2018) debuted at number 11 on
the US Top Country Albums and number 72 on the US Billboard 200,
selling a mere 2,700 copies in the first week. In August 2020, the album
reached new peaks at number 13 on the Billboard 200 and number
one on the US Top Country Albums.
With the May 2025 release of his fourth studio album, I’M THE
PROBLEM, Wallen solidified his footing as “one of the
biggest stars in the music world right now,” according to Billboard. The
project was recently named Apple Music’s No. 1 album worldwide and Spotify’s
No. 1 album in the U.S. all-genre for 2025. Now, just seven months after its
release, I’m The Problem is 4x Platinum certified, while 22 of
its 37 songs are Gold-certified or higher. Additionally, every song on
previously released albums If I Know Me and Dangerous:
The Double Album (including the bonus configuration) is now RIAA
certified.
Prior albums Dangerous: The Double Album and One Thing
At A Time, which landed No. 1 and No. 6 on Billboard’s Top
200 Albums of the 21st Century, respectively, are now each 9x Platinum
certified. Additionally, “Last Night,” which spent 16 weeks atop the Billboard Hot
100 chart; and three-week Country radio No. 1 “Wasted On You” are each 12x
Platinum.
In total, Wallen now has five singles that are Diamond-certified or higher,
including the newly Diamond certified “Heartless,” his 2019 collaboration with
Diplo. For the full list of new and updated certifications, see here.
Wallen recently announced his 2026 Still The Problem Tour. Promoted
by AEG Presents – with the exception of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama show, which is
produced by Live Nation – Wallen’s 12-city, 23-date Still The
Problem stadium tour will kick off on April 10, 2026 with two
consecutive nights at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Wallen will play two
nights in most locations, including stops at four major college football
stadiums: Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium,
Michigan’s Michigan Stadium and one night only at Alabama’s Saban Field at
Bryant-Denny Stadium.
A rotating lineup of guests including Brooks & Dunn, HARDY, Ella
Langley and Thomas Rhett join as direct support, with Gavin Adcock, Flatland
Cavalry and Hudson Westbrook as second-of-four and Jason Scott & The High
Heat, Zach John King, Vincent Mason and Blake Whiten as first-of-four.
As with previous tours, a portion of every ticket sold will benefit his Morgan
Wallen Foundation (MWF) — which supports programs for youth in the areas of
sports and music. Those donations enabled MWF to contribute over $600,000 worth
of instruments to schools in need across U.S. touring cities in 2025, in
addition to a $30,000 donation to the Toronto Blue Jays’ Jays Cares RBI
program, totaling over $5 million distributed to-date. For more information,
visit MorganWallenFoundation.org.
About Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen sets the pace in, and beyond, country music – with Billboard calling him “one
of the biggest stars in the music world right now” and The New Yorker adding “[he’s] popular on a scale that seems to circumvent
genre entirely.” With 20 No. 1 singles at Country radio, 19 Billboard Music
Awards to-date, 216 weeks spent atop Billboard’s Top Country
Albums chart (the most in country music history), the highest selling country
tour under his belt and more, Wallen has propelled country music to a global
level in less than five years.
Wallen’s fourth studio album, I’m The Problem, available now
via Big Loud / Mercury, debuted at No. 1 globally across seven countries; while
his preceding albums – Dangerous: The Double Album and One
Thing At A Time – have remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200
chart for more than 100 weeks each, making him the first artist ever to achieve
that feat. I’m The Problem – which Hits Daily
Double observes is “a 37-song cycle of self-reckoning” – has
already yielded five No. 1’s at Country radio, including the title track, which
remained at No. 1 for eight weeks. Wallen also broke his own record for the
most simultaneous entries in Billboard Hot 100 History, with
37 songs charting on release week.
After recently concluding his 20-stadium-show 2025 I’m the Problem
Tour in September, Wallen is readying his 23-stadium show Still
The Problem Tour for 2026. Kicking off April 10 with two consecutive
nights at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, the run will include stops at four
major college football stadiums: Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, Florida’s Ben Hill
Griffin Stadium, Michigan’s Michigan Stadium and one night only at Alabama’s
Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Wallen donates a portion of every ticket sold to his Morgan Wallen Foundation —
which supports programs for youth in the areas of sports and music. More
at MorganWallenFoundation.org.
