Dangerous: The Double Album
Dangerous: The Double Album is the second studio album by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. The double album was released on January 8, 2021, via Big Loud Records and Republic Records on CD, vinyl, and digital download.[2][4] The production on the album was handled by Joey Moi, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Matt Dragstrem and Dave Cohen.[1] It also features guest appearances by Chris Stapleton and Ben Burgess.
Dangerous: The Double Album
January 8, 2021
2018–2020[1]
96:53
- Joey Moi
- Jacob Durrett
- Charlie Handsome
- Matt Dragstrem
- Dave Cohen[1]
Dangerous was preceded by the release of two singles: "More Than My Hometown", and "7 Summers"; and six promotional singles: "Cover Me Up", "This Bar", "Heartless (Wallen Album Mix)", "Somebody's Problem", "Still Goin' Down", and "Livin' the Dream".[1] The album also received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and US Top Country Albums charts, earning 265,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[5]
In March 2022, the album established the all-time record for longest duration in the number one spot (97 weeks) on Billboard's Country Albums chart.
Commercial performance[edit]
Dangerous: The Double Album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and US Top Country Albums charts, earning 265,000 album-equivalent units (including 74,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week, according to MRC Data.[5] This became Wallen's first US number one debut and his second on the latter.[5] The album also accumulated a total of 240.18 million on-demand streams, becoming the largest streaming week ever for a country album at the time.[5] This more than doubles the record set by Luke Combs' What You See Is What You Get.[5] In its second week, the album remained at number one on the chart, earning an additional 159,000 units making it the first country album to spend two weeks at number one since Chris Stapleton's Traveller in 2015 and the first country set to spend its first two weeks at number one since Luke Bryan's 2015 album Kill the Lights.[18] In its third week, the album remained at number one on the chart, earning 130,000 more units.[19] In its fourth week, the album remained at number one on the chart, earning 149,000 units.[20] It received a 14 percent increase from the previous week, despite the nationwide removal of Wallen's music throughout radio stations in the United States following his use of a racial slur outside of his Nashville home on February 2, 2021.[20] It concurrently became the first country album to spend its first four weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart since Shania Twain's Up! did so in January 2003.[20] In addition, it later extended its run with a fifth and sixth week at the top,[21] marking the longest run atop the charts for a country album since Garth Brooks' The Chase in 1992.[22] The album eventually spent a total of ten weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and ended up becoming the best selling album for the first half of 2021.[23][24] As of September 2021, the album has earned 2,539,000 album-equivalent units and has sold 267,000 copies in the United States.[25]
The album has been certified 6× Platinum in the United States,[26] 4× Platinum in Canada,[27] Platinum in Australia,[28] and Gold in New Zealand.[29]
Adapted from the album liner notes.[33]