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12 Hours After Its Release & Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m The Problem’ Is Already The Most Streamed Country Album Of 2025
Morgan Wallen is already breaking records in the 12 or so hours after I’m The Problem has been released.
Today, the Tennessee native released his monstrous 37-track album I’m The Problem, the 4th studio album of his relatively short but explosive country music career. The record includes features from fellow country artists Eric Church, Ernest, and Hardy. Morgan’s first major collaboration with a female artist, the Canadian pop star Tate McRae, is also featured on the album, with a duet called “What I Want.”
The album also features the controversial “rap-style” interpretation of Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy,” which Wallen told Kelleigh Bannen he knew he was going to get “crucified” for. I can’t say I totally disagree with that. I have not dove into the whole album yet, but this was one of the first songs I fired up when it dropped I’ll just say that I am not a fan. My thoughts echo a sentiment my colleague Casey wrote earlier: “I’m one of the hardest people to offend on planet Earth but turning a Keith Whitley classic into a rap song is an easy way to do it.”
To be fully transparent, I have been overwhelmed with where to even start on this tracklist. It’s like opening up the SAT and not being sure what strategy to take. Do you start in the middle? Listen from top to bottom? Skip over the previously released singles, or listen to the record on shuffle, eventually making your way through the 37 tracks in roughly two hours. I might take a few days to get through the album because I can’t multitask while writing, and I’m doing my editors a favor by keeping my ears and mind on the task at hand.
I am clearly in the minority on this, though, because social media has been buzzing all day about the new album. While some folks were underwhelmed, the majority of comments I’ve seen are overwhelmingly positive. One social media user claimed it was the album of the year only four minutes after it was released. While that’s probably a bit overdramatic, Morgan’s fans are many and they are loyal.
1st song into this Morgan Wallen album and it's already album of the year.
— Brick (@BrickTalksBall) May 16, 2025
Bold statement for only hearing 1/37 on the album, but I respect the confidence.
It appears that this user is not the only one who thinks this is a stellar project from Wallen, as his streams have been record-breaking since the album’s release. No, really. It’s not shocking for Morgan Wallen to break a record or two when he drops a new project, as it’s a pattern we’ve seen over the years, and this release is no different.
Today, Spotify announced that I’m The Problem is officially the most-streamed album of 2025 so far.
Morgan Wallen just made country history—again. pic.twitter.com/RFuGfxhJAy
— Spotify (@Spotify) May 16, 2025
We are less than halfway through 2025, so there is still time for this record to be broken. However, given Wallen’s massive fan base and the lengthy tracklist for this album, I was not very surprised to see this post from Spotify. If the album featured only 12 songs, would it have the same result? With his fanbase right now… something tells me it might.
Before you go, check out a few early favorites off the record.
“The Dealer”
“I Got Better”
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