Morgan Wallen sweeps Billboard Music Awards 2023 after racism controversy
nme.comMorgan Wallen was among the top winners at this year’s Billboard Music Awards despite his racism controversy.The country star won a total of 11 categories including top male artist and album, single of the year, top country artist, top streaming songs artist and top country touring artist.
During his acceptance speech, he said: “Last awards show I went to we came home empty-handed and this one I don’t have enough hands for them all.”The country star was banned from 2021’s ceremony – among other awards shows – after footage of him using a racial slur surfaced online.
The video, which was reportedly filmed by a neighbour in Nashville, saw Wallen greeting friends and referring to one of them as the n-word.Responding to TMZ, who first published the video, Wallen said he was “embarrassed and sorry”.“I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back,” he added. “There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever.
I want to sincerely apologise for using the word. I promise to do better.”Though his public image was affected, the country singer topped the US charts for 16 weeks this year with the double album ‘One Thing At A Time’.
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