Morgan Wallen’s musical career has been quite the journey! Even though he has had significant personal challenges, his career success has kept growing. According to Billboard, his album is actually the best of the twenty-first century.
For the first quarter of this century, the magazine published their list of the Top 200 Billboard albums. The rankings were based on how well each project performed between January 2000 and December 2024, using their own chart as a guide.
Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album came in first.
How Did Morgan Wallen’s
Dangerous: The Double Album
Reach No. 1?
The “Love Somebody” singer’s second studio album consists of thirty tracks. When it was launched on January 8, 2021, it made its debut at the top of Billboard’s chart.Dangerous was the first country album to peak at the top of the charts for four weeks in a row, and it stayed there for two more weeks. In the end, it would hold the top spot for ten weeks in all.
As the first album to do so collectively or consecutively since the Broadway cast recording of My Fair Lady from 1956–1959, the 6x Platinum effort has been listed among the Top 10 most popular albums for four consecutive years (2021–2024).
It has spent 158 weeks in the top 10 overall, which is the second-longest run for an album. My Fair Lady defeated Wallen with 173 once more.
Carrie Underwood’s Some Hearts came in at number 19, and Wallen’s One Thing at a Time came in sixth.With a few of her ventures, Taylor Swift also made the list.
Billboard
‘s Top 20 Albums for the 21st Century
20. “Sour” by Olivia Rodrigo, “Some Hearts” by Carrie Underwood, and “Taylor Swift” by Taylor Swift17. Billie Eilish: Where Do We Go When We’re All Dozing Off?16. The Frozen Soundtrack15. Usher’s Disclosures14. Michael Buble – Christmas12. Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys 13. Taylor Swift – Lover11. Lady Gaga – The Fame 9. Nickelback – All the Right Reasons 10. Ed Sheeran -Divide8. Lil Baby – My Turn7. Hollywood’s Bleeding: Post Malone6. One Thing at a Time by Morgan Wallen5. The American Musical Hamilton 4. Taylor Swift (1989)3. Fearless, by Taylor Swift2. Adele -211. Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen
