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If there’s one thing that we’ve learned over the past four years of Morgan Wallen’s continued dominance in the genre, it’s the simple fact that he’s going to continue smashing records with each subsequent release. While Dangerous: The Double Album and One Thing At A Time certainly brought in their fair share of accolades, it’s more than apparent that I’m The Problem has set the “Last Night” singer on a path that will ultimately cement him in the history books.
Upon its release, I’m The Problem broke Wallen’s previously set record of most songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in a single week (37). Additionally, he became the first artist ever to spend at least 10 weeks atop the all-genre Billboard’s 200 chart with three consecutive albums and even skyrocketed all the way up to eight-most weeks spent on the chart by any artist in its history. Recently, he also became the first solo act in history to score multiple 20-week #1 hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with “What I Want” featuring Tate McRae.
Back on October 17th, Wallen would finally release his cover of Nothing But Thieves’ “Graveyard Whistling” to all streaming platforms, marking the second single released after I’m The Problem following the Rick Ross and Lil Wayne remix of the highly controversial “Miami.”
Today, it debuted on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart at #11 and put Wallen in elite company.
“Graveyard Whistling” marks the Tennessee native’s 117th career entry on the chart. With this, Wallen has now scored the fourth-most entries in the history of the Hot Country Songs chart, passing the legendary Willie Nelson, who charted 116 throughout his career with country staples such as “Always On My Mind,” “On The Road Again,” “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” and countless more.
Now, Wallen is fourth only to the likes of George Jones (155), George Strait (124) and Johnny Cash (121).
.@MorganWallen‘s cover of Nothing But Thieves’ “Graveyard Whistling” debuts at No. 11 this week’s #HotCountrySongs chart.
It’s his 117th career entry on the chart, passing Willie Nelson for the fourth-most in the chart’s history, after George Jones (155), George Strait (124) and…
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) October 29, 2025
Diving deeper into Wallen’s incredible success on the chart, he is one of only nine artists in history who have totaled 100+ career entries on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, joining the likes of Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift and more.
- George Jones (155)
- George Strait (124)
- Johnny Cash (121)
- Morgan Wallen (117)
- Willie Nelson (116)
- Dolly Parton (110)
- Taylor Swift (108)
- Reba (106)
- Merle Haggard (101)
One thing that’s bound to jump out at you upon reading the list is just how young Wallen truly is compared to the rest of the artists present. Though it’s pretty clear that every artist here, outside of Swift, was not able to rely on the streaming era and the normalization of massive, 20-30 song albums during their career, it’s nothing short of incredible how quickly the 32-year-old singer has risen through the ranks. In fact, it only took him seven years to reach this milestone, given that “Whiskey Glasses” marked his first entry on the chart seven years ago this Monday, October 27.
Given the fact that Wallen has stuck to the 30+ song format on each of his last three album drops, there’s a very high likelihood that he passes Jones within the next two to three years to become the country artist with the most career entries on the chart, since he only needs 38 more entries to tie him. It also doesn’t hurt that he’s averaging around 16.7 songs per year on the chart since “Whiskey Glasses'” debut in October 2018.
As always, you can love or hate Wallen, his musical output and his off-stage shenanigans. However, you can never deny the sheer staying power and success he’s experienced over the course of the decade. It’s likely we’ll never see another artist with such an undeniable chokehold over the genre and its charts quite the way Wallen has.
