<p><strong><em>Newcomer’s Driving New Single Featuring <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a> Is Most Added At Country Radio</em> </strong></p>
<figure id="attachment_34986" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-34986" style="width: 266px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-34986 size-medium" src="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Morgan-Wallen-News-266x400.jpg" alt="Morgan Wallen News on Country Music News Blog" width="266" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34986" class="wp-caption-text"><a title="Morgan Wallen" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMWallen/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmorgan-wallen-tickets%2F">Morgan Wallen</a> &#8211; Photo Credit: Nick Swift</figcaption></figure>
<p>Big Loud Records exciting new talent <strong><a title="MORGAN WALLEN" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMWallen/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmorgan-wallen-tickets%2F">MORGAN WALLEN</a></strong> is primed to turn Country radio upside down as his new single “Up Down,” featuring BMLG Records’ superstar duo <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a>, is this week’s most added single with 80 first week stations on board.</p>
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<p>Quickly after its October release, the fun-loving track rocketed into Spotify’s U.S. (#4) and Global (#6) Viral 50 charts, hit the iTunes Country A-List, launched into the Top 10 on Sirius XM The Highway, and entered the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Meanwhile, the song’s “infectious” (<em>Rare Country</em>) <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/kdsawb/cf4yhe/wqm0mt" data-name="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77qc4ZtufzM" data-type="url"><strong>beachside music video</strong></a> has racked up more than 5 million views. “Up Down” follows Wallen’s Top 30 debut single, “The Way I Talk,” and gives a taste of his first full-length album, expected in 2018.</p>
<p>Critics and fans alike are hooked on the laidback groove, written by Brad Clawson, Michael <a title="Hardy" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSHardy/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fhardy-tickets%2F">Hardy</a>, and C.J. Solar. <em>One Country</em> predicted “You’re about to hear <a title="Morgan Wallen" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMWallen/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmorgan-wallen-tickets%2F">Morgan Wallen</a> and <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a>’s ‘Up Down’ on repeat,” and <em>Taste of Country</em> lauded the “big rowdy anthem.” <em>Rolling Stone Country</em> noted the “buoyant” cut “revolves around the title hook, repeated in an irresistible, syncopated fashion.” As <em>Morning Hangover</em> summed it up: “…’Up Down’ is going to be HUGE.”</p>
<p>The kinetic performer has been honing his skills on the road throughout the year, opening for FGL’s THE SMOOTH TOUR 2017 and labelmate <a title="Chris Lane" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/chris-lane-adds-tour-dates/">Chris Lane</a>’s TAKE BACK HOME TOUR. He’ll round out a fiery run as support on Granger Smith’s DON’T TREAD ON ME TOUR in Flint, MI on December 17.</p>
<p><strong>About <a title="Morgan Wallen" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMWallen/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmorgan-wallen-tickets%2F">Morgan Wallen</a></strong>:</p>
<p>Born in Sneedville, Tenn. (also home to bluegrass legend Jimmy Martin), Wallen was a star on the baseball diamond, attended the same high school as Country superstar <a title="Kenny Chesney" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSChesney/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkenny-chesney-tickets%2F">Kenny Chesney</a>, and has deep roots in the church. With a Hard Rock-loving preacher for a father and a mother who couldn’t get enough Country and contemporary Christian music, Wallen began performing for his local congregation at the tender age of 3 and went on to develop a strong love of Country, Rock and Hip-Hop. After moving to Music City in 2015, he’s co-written with hitmakers like Craig Wiseman, Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins, the Warren Brothers, Tommy Cecil and Matt Dragstrem, and has been honing his studio poise with award-winning producer Joey Moi. Wallen’s five-song EP <em>THE WAY I TALK</em> (2016) features Top 30 debut single “The Way I Talk,” that made its mark on Spotify’s popular Wild Country, New Boots and New Music Friday playlists.</p>
<p>For more about <a title="Morgan Wallen" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMWallen/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmorgan-wallen-tickets%2F">Morgan Wallen</a>, visit <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/kdsawb/cf4yhe/cjn0mt" data-name="http://morganwallen.com/" data-type="url"><strong>www.morganwallen.com</strong></a>.</p>