Meet the Team Behind Morgan Wallen’s Chart-Smashing Hits
variety.comCharlie Amter Few artists ever have had a year on the scale of Morgan Wallen’s 2023. The crossover country star broke multiple streaming and radio records — such as having his smash “Last Night” become the longest-running solo No.
1 in Billboard Hot 100 history, with 16 weeks atop the chart — all while picking up the millions of new fans that helped sell out shows nationwide.
His success is reflected in Variety‘s Hitmakers 2023 Top 25: Not only does “Last Night” hold the No. 1 slot, but five other songs are in the tally.
But it takes a village to create a brand as big as Wallen’s, and Team Wallen turns out to be an insular, tightly knit group of friends in Nashville consisting of managers, songwriters, producers and A&R people. “There is a really strong group of songwriters that have been using the Big Loud studios as their hub and base, and Charlie Handsome is one of them,” says Wallen’s manager and Big Loud partner and CEO Seth England.
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