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Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m The Problem’ Sets Record For Most #1 Radio Hits From A Single Album
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Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m The Problem’ Sets Record For Most #1 Radio Hits From A Single Album

Another day, another record for Morgan Wallen. It’s pretty safe to say that the release of Morgan Wallen’s fourth studio record, I’m The Problem, last year will go down in history as one of the most successful album cycles in country music history. Upon its release on May 16th (and the weeks following), I’m The Problem broke Wallen’s previously set record of most songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in a single week at the time (37). Additionally, he became the first artist ever to spend at least 10 weeks atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart with three consecutive albums and even skyrocketed all the way up to eighth-most weeks spent on the chart by any artist in its history. Additionally, he also became the first solo act in history to score multiple 20-week #1 hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with “What I Want” featuring Tate McRae. Of course, this isn’t even mentioning the fact that I’m The Problem’s monster success also allowed Wallen to become the the highest-selling country artist of all time (4th all-genre), score the most-listened-to album on Apple Music globally as well as the #1 most-listened-to album in the U.S. on Spotify and become the second male country artist in history to be named Billboard’s Top Artist of the Year in 2025. With all of that being said, his most impressive accomplishment with I’m The Problem might just be the success he’s had on the radio, scoring a staggering seven #1 hits from the album, with “Lies Lies Lies,” “Love Somebody,” “I’m The Problem,” “Just In Case,” “I Got Better,” “20 Cigarettes” and “Don’t We” all reaching the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. The seven #1 hits on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart are particularly historic for Wallen. Now, with “Don’t We” topping the chart this week, the Tennessee native holds the record for most #1 hits on radio from a single album, excluding deluxe editions, on any of Billboard’s airplay charts. Even if you include albums that received deluxe editions, Wallen still ties both Luke Combs’ What You See Ain’t Always What You Get and Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream: The Complete Collection, both of which snagged seven radio singles. In case you were wondering how rare a feat crossing six-plus #1 hits on radio with a single album (deluxe or not) is, only five records in history have ever done this with Wallen’s very own One Night At A Time (6) and Luke Bryan’s Kill The Lights (6) rounding out the elite batch of projects. Obviously, the “Chasin’ You” singer is now the only artist in history to own two albums that have scored six or more #1s as well. Just when you thought that I’m The Problem‘s shelf-life had come to a close, with Wallen himself confirming that the era is coming to an end this past weekend at Michigan Stadium, it’s projected to return to #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart next week, over 14 months since its initial release. In other words, there’s truly no slowing down the record in any way, shape or form. Albums With The Most Airplay #1 Hits I’m The Problem – Morgan Wallen (7) Lies Lies Lies” “Love Somebody” “I’m The Problem” “Just In Case” “I Got Better” “20 Cigarettes” “Don’t We” Teenage Dream: The Complete Collection – Katy Perry (7)* “California Gurls” (feat. Snoop Dogg) “Teenage Dream” “Firework” “E.T.” (feat. Kanye West) “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” “The One That Got Away” “Wide Awake” * What You See Ain’t Always What You Get – Luke Combs (7)* “Beer Never Broke My Heart” “Even Though I’m Leaving” “Does to Me” (feat. Eric Church) “Lovin’ on You” “Better Together” “Forever After All” * “Cold As You” * Kill The Lights – Luke Bryan (6) “Kick the Dust Up” “Stript It Down” “Home Alone Tonight” (feat. Karen Fairchild) “Move” “Fast” One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen (6) “You Proof” “Thought You Should Know” “Last Night” “Man Made a Bar” (feat. Eric Church) “Thinkin’ Bout Me” “Cowgirls” (feat. ERNEST) * — deluxe edition “Don’t We” ‘Still The Problem’ Tour Dates July 31 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ ​​Brooks & Dunn, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten August 1 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ Ella Langley, Hudson Westbrook, Blake WhitenThe post Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m The Problem’ Sets Record For Most #1 Radio Hits From A Single Album first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Brooks & Dunn’s “Neon Moon” Featured In Bizarre Puss In Boots White House Video
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Brooks & Dunn’s “Neon Moon” Featured In Bizarre Puss In Boots White House Video

One of the strangest headlines I’ve ever written. Thanks to the rise of TikTok over the past decade, we’ve seen some classic, sometimes forgotten country songs go viral. Whether it’s Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy” going mega viral back in 2022, Mel McDaniel’s “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” recently experiencing some newfound popularity and David Allan Coe’s “If This Is Just a Game” receiving a lot of love prior to his death earlier in the year, there have been plenty of lesser-known songs that have, for some reason or another, appealed to the TikTok crowd. Of course, this fails to mention newer tracks that spawned trends for some of the buzziest artists in the genre today, such as Ella Langley and Riley Green’s “you look like you love me,” Kaitlin Butts’ “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead To Me),” Sam Barber and Avery Anna’s “Indigo” and Whiskey Myers’ “Broken Window Serenade,” which recently entered the Top 20 on Spotify a staggering 15 years after its release thanks to the continued virality of the track on the platform. With that being said, one of the biggest country songs throughout TikTok’s lifespan has been none other than Brooks & Dunn’s 1992 megahit, “Neon Moon.” Originally, the song went viral back in the fall of 2021 when users began posting a dance routine with an admittedly strange, trap remix of the song playing in the background. The trend got so popular over the following months that Kix and Ronnie themselves took to social media to post themselves doing the viral routine — even though Kix was not having it at first. @brooksanddunn It’s crazy cool to see all your videos, keep ‘em coming ! #brooksanddunn #sungoesdown #neonmoon #neonmoonremix #countrymusic ♬ Neon Moon – DJ Noiz Over the past year or so, “Neon Moon” has spawned an entirely different trend. Instead of a dance routine to accompany the song, users began posting videos of the iconic “I spend most every night beneath the light of a neon moon” line to pretty much anything and everything that has a neon sign. Of course, these included everywhere from Chili’s, Taco Bell and Texas Roadhouse to Buc-ee’s and even the strip club from Grand Theft Auto V, Vanilla Unicorn (which seems to be a favorite amongst TikTok users…) @jalent0225 Bottomless Chips and Salsa @Chili’s Grill & Bar #fyp #chilisbarandgrill #blowthisup #neonmoon ♬ original sound – ;) Following in the footsteps of the aforementioned videos, the official White House account posted its own version of the “Neon Moon” trend, and it is truly bizarre to say the least. Being set in what looks to be an AI-generated world from the popular video game, Minecraft, Puss in Boots from the Shrek films walks towards the White House with a giant, light-up American flag (which has 11 stripes and well over 60 stars by the way…) hovering over it. If you think I’m making any of this up, take a look yourself. @whitehouseOur kinda neon moon ♬ original sound – ;) Obviously, it’s playing off the trend, but I have so many questions. One, why is it set in an AI-generated Minecraft world? Two, why Puss in Boots? Third (and most importantly), who thought this was a good idea to post? Beyond the typical partisan fighting that is found in nearly every video the Trump admin or White House posts, many comments seemed just as confused, wondering why the hell Puss in Boots is featured and criticizing the account for posting more AI slop. “Genuinely wtf is this I’m so embarrassed” “White House making AI videos now“ “This is so embarrassing” “AI slop instead of doing anything better“ “Leave my Brooks & Dunn alone“ “WTFdoes this even mean” “We aren’t a serious country” “Ok I’m maga but wtf even is this video” “What a f***ing timeline” “Imagine having an entire communications team and THIS is what made it through” Of course, the Trump admin, DHS and the White House itself has gotten plenty of criticism over the past two years for their posts on social media, with Noah Kahan, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and more blasting the president and admin for using their songs without permission. Theo Von even publicly denounced the DHS’s use of an audio clip of him on a video promoting mass deportations. While I don’t exactly see Brooks and Dunn denouncing this particular use, it just feels like the most bizarre and ultimately most confusing out of all of the strange posts that have been made recently. It also seems super easy to find an actual neon American flag somewhere and captures the sentiment in a way that makes actual sense.The post Brooks & Dunn’s “Neon Moon” Featured In Bizarre Puss In Boots White House Video first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Shania Twain On Why She’d Never Take The Brad Pitt Reference Out Of “That Don’t Impress Me Much”
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Shania Twain On Why She’d Never Take The Brad Pitt Reference Out Of “That Don’t Impress Me Much”

If Brad Pitt is actually offended by the song, he really needs to work on his sense of humor… Shania Twain released her hit song “That Don’t Impress Me Much” in 1997, and of course, she dropped the name of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in Brad Pitt in one of the verses: “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt, That don’t impress me much, So you got the looks, but have you got the touch” Of course, the point of the song is that she doesn’t care about a guys outward appearance or success, and that she cares more about the kind of person he is and what’s on the inside. But, that didn’t stop everyone from wondering why Brad Pitt was the one real life celebrity guy she singled out by name in the lyrics. Back in 2017, she explained to Billboard that it was a misunderstanding and the shade had nothing to do with what she saw in the nude photos of Brad and Gwyneth Paltrow back in the day: “You wanna know the truth about this story? I have never told this before, I’m gonna say it now, but everybody already knows about it ‘cuz it was out. But I remember, I had a girlfriend visiting me, and it was near Christmas and we were baking cookies. And I was writing this album, and there was scandal of him and Gwyneth where there were naked photos of them, okay? And this was like all the rage, right?” She said what she meant by that line is that she didn’t understand why people were making such a big deal about the photos to begin with, because we see naked people every single day: “I just thought ‘I don’t know what all the fuss is about.’ And this is where I took it from. I’m like, well that don’t impress me much, I mean what is all the fuss. We see people naked everyday, you know? And that’s really what I thought.” She reiterated that it had nothing to do with Brad’s manhood, and that those lyrics could’ve been replaced with any other hot guy you know of instead… but I have to think she knew people would be skeptical about why she included his name specifically for this song: “I wasn’t picking on Brad Pitt, but that was just the association in that moment and things that we make fusses about and whatever. Of course, it could’ve been any gorgeous guy.” Whatever you say, Shania… In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she further explained the Brad Pitt reference, saying she wouldn’t take it out if she could rewrite the song, but joked that she doesn’t know if he’s “avoiding” her because she offended him, or if he’s just never heard it before… which he all know, as she points out, is not possible: “If I were writing ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ today, what would I rewrite? Well, you know, I’ve never met Brad Pitt, and I just don’t know whether he’s avoiding me because he’s offended that I put him in the lyric of the song, or whether he’s just never heard the song before. That’s not possible. Yeah, so no, I wouldn’t take Brad Pitt out of the song, but maybe I would add some people, like… I would add Harry Styles.” I have to imagine people probably reference it to him too, or at least they have over the years, and it’s just meant to be funny and lighthearted, and it’s actually pretty hard to believe they’ve never met after all these years… on second thought, maybe he isn’t a huge Shania fan because of this song, and if that’s the case he’s really missing out. Shania explained that the song she’s most proud of, though, is “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”, because it was written at a time she was really “coming into her own” and starting to become the woman she wanted to be: “It may not be my favorite, favorite song as a writer. But [I chose it] because of the overall impression that it made in music… and that it made on me as a woman coming into her own.” She also talked about Lionel Richie and how much he has impressed her over the years not only with his musical talent, but the kind of person he is, so maybe Brad could take some nots from him… Here’s the full interview: Give this one a spin for Mr. Pitt: The post Shania Twain On Why She’d Never Take The Brad Pitt Reference Out Of “That Don’t Impress Me Much” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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