Morgan Wallen Awards: Full Career Tally Updated March 2026

Morgan Wallen built the biggest country music touring machine of his generation without the awards industry keeping pace. Four No. 1 albums, 20 Country Airplay No. 1 singles, and RIAA’s highest certified country artist of all time the hardware from fan-voted and chart driven ceremonies reflects that dominance. The industry’s inner circle took longer to follow.

The Full Awards Timeline

Wallen’s rise from debut-era newcomer to the most certified country artist in RIAA history took six years. His award trajectory tracks that climb. The full career profile covers the albums and chart records behind each era.

• 2018First RIAA Gold certifications for “The Way I Talk” and “Up Down.” No major ceremony wins yet.
• 2020Best New Country Artist iHeartRadio Music Awards (first major televised win). New Artist of the Year 54th Annual CMA Awards (November 11).
• 2021First Billboard Music Awards wins: Top Country Artist and Top Country Male Artist. Wins 3 BBMAs total. Year also marked by his suspension from award shows following a racial slur video in February.
• 2022Album of the Year and ACM Milestone Award  Academy of Country Music Awards, for Dangerous: The Double Album. 3 American Music Awards wins including Favorite Male Country Artist.
• 2023Dominant year at the BBMAs: 11 wins including Top Male Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, and Top Billboard 200 Album for One Thing at a Time. Male Artist of the Year ACM Awards.
• 2024Entertainer of the Year 58th Annual CMA Awards (November). 4 Billboard Music Awards including Top Male Artist (second consecutive win). Country Artist of the Year  iHeartRadio Music Awards. 4 wins at People’s Choice Country Awards.
• 2025Billboard’s Top Artist of the Year  all genres, first male country act since 1993. CMA International Artist Achievement Award  November. RIAA highest-certified country artist of all time (265.5 million certified units). First Grammy nominations for I Had Some Help  as featured artist on Post Malone’s record. Grammy ceremony held February 2026: did not win.
• 2026First CMA Triple Play Award  recognized as songwriter for three No. 1 hits in a single year. Ceremony April 13 in Nashville. Male Artist of the Year  MusicRow CountryBreakout Awards (March 13). Nominated for 4 awards at the upcoming iHeartRadio Music Awards including Artist of the Year and Country Artist of the Year.

Billboard Music Awards: Where He Owns the Record Books

The Billboard Music Awards are based entirely on chart data streams, sales, and radio airplay measured by Luminate. Wallen’s commercial dominance translates directly into trophies here. His chart dominance record explains the underlying numbers that drive these wins.

His 11-win night at the 2023 BBMAs is the single biggest ceremony haul of his career. That year, One Thing at a Time was the most-consumed album in America by a significant margin. The chart followed and so did the trophies.

CMA Awards: A Complicated History

The Country Music Association awards are voted on by industry professionals. That distinction matters. Wallen spent several years commercially dominant but institutionally sidelined, largely because of his 2021 controversy.

The ban years

After the racial slur video surfaced in February 2021, Wallen was banned from the CMA Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and American Music Awards. Radio pulled his music temporarily. The industry froze him out for the better part of a year, even as his album Dangerous: The Double Album sold at historic rates.

He returned to major award stages at the 2022 ACM Awards, where he won Album of the Year for Dangerous. That reentry was significant. The industry had decided he was back.

Entertainer of the Year 2024

Country music’s highest honor came at the 58th Annual CMA Awards in November 2024. Wallen won Entertainer of the Year and was not present at the ceremony to accept it. That absence generated conversation, but the win itself was unambiguous the industry’s voting bloc had placed him at the top.

A year later at the 2025 CMA Awards, he was shut out entirely, going 0 for 3 in his nominated categories. Lainey Wilson took Entertainer of the Year. The CMA’s relationship with Wallen has never been linear.

The RIAA Record: Beyond Trophies

In December 2025, the RIAA confirmed Wallen as the highest-certified country artist of all time, surpassing every name in the genre’s history. His streaming and certification record covers the full detail of this milestone.

RIAA Certification Record December 2025

265.5 million certified units (singles + albums combined) the most of any country artist in history.

Third most-certified artist across all genres, behind only Drake and Taylor Swift for solo titles.

Five Diamond-certified singles or higher: “Last Night,” “Wasted on You,” “Whiskey Glasses,” “Chasin’ You,” and “Heartless” (with Diplo).

I’m the Problem is 4x Platinum. Every song on If I Know Me and Dangerous: The Double Album is now RIAA certified.

RIAA certifications are not trophies in the traditional sense. But they measure something more durable than a ceremony vote: how many times real people paid for or streamed his music. The numbers are not contested.

Billboard’s Top Artist of 2025 All Genres

In December 2025, Billboard named Wallen its Top Artist of the Year across all music genres. He was the first male country act to receive that designation since 1993. The I’m the Problem Billboard record breaks down the chart performance that powered the recognition.

That recognition sits separate from any ceremony. It is a year-end data calculation streams, sales, and airplay across all charts and Wallen topped it above every pop, hip-hop, and R&B artist in the country.

The Grammy Situation, Explained Clearly

Grammy Record & 2026 Opt-Out

Wallen has received two Grammy nominations in his career, both in 2025 as a featured artist on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help.” He has never received a nomination for any solo album, single, or songwriting credit.

In August 2025, his team confirmed to Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Today.com that neither I’m the Problem, its 37 songs, nor Wallen himself would be submitted for the 68th Grammy Awards (held February 1, 2026). No official reason was given publicly.

Anonymous sources described the decision to Taste of Country as a “measured ‘No, thank you'” following years of being overlooked by the Recording Academy. Wallen’s decision did not prevent the album’s other co-writers and collaborators from submitting their own work independently.

The move follows similar decisions by The Weeknd (2021) and Zach Bryan (2025), both of whom opted out after feeling under-recognized. Drake also declined to submit work in multiple cycles while still receiving nominations from other parties.

The context here matters. Dangerous: The Double Album is Billboard’s No. 1 album of the first 25 years of the 21st century. In the same period, it received zero Grammy nominations. The Recording Academy’s relationship with commercial country music has historically been distant.

Most Recent Win: CMA Triple Play 2026

Wallen’s most recent award recognition is the 2026 CMA Triple Play, which recognizes songwriters who land three No. 1 hits across the Country Aircheck, Billboard Country Airplay, and Hot Country Songs charts in a single year. Wallen will pick up his first Triple Play Award at the ceremony on April 13 in Nashville.

The three songs earning him the Triple Play recognition are “I’m The Problem,” “What I Want” featuring Tate McRae, and “Just In Case.” All three reached No. 1 within the same 12-month window a metric that requires both commercial momentum and consistent songwriting output.

What’s Coming Next

Upcoming Award Opportunities · 2026

• CMA Triple Play ceremony  April 13, Nashville. Wallen collects his first Triple Play trophy.
• iHeartRadio Music Awards  March 26 at Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles. Wallen is nominated for Artist of the Year (all genres) and Country Artist of the Year, competing with Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs, and Jason Aldean.
• Still The Problem Tour  23 stadium dates from April 10 through August 1. A portion of every ticket sold benefits the Morgan Wallen Foundation.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many awards has Morgan Wallen won? As of March 2026, Wallen has won roughly 30 major awards, including 19 Billboard Music Awards, 2 CMAs, 2 ACMs, and his first CMA Triple Play Award in 2026.

Did Morgan Wallen win a Grammy? No. He has received two Grammy nominations as a featured artist on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” but has never won.

Why did Morgan Wallen skip the 2026 Grammys? His team chose not to submit I’m the Problem for consideration — sources described it as a “measured ‘No, thank you'” after years of the Recording Academy overlooking his solo work.

What was Morgan Wallen’s first major award? He won Best New Country Artist at the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards, followed by New Artist of the Year at the 54th Annual CMA Awards that same year.

What is the CMA Triple Play Award? It recognizes songwriters who land three No. 1 hits in a single year. Wallen earned his first in 2026 for co-writing “I’m the Problem,” “What I Want,” and “Just in Case.”

When did Wallen win Entertainer of the Year at the CMAs? He won at the 58th Annual CMA Awards in November 2024, though he was not present at the ceremony to accept it.

Is Wallen the most certified country artist of all time? Yes. In December 2025, the RIAA confirmed Wallen as the highest-certified country artist in history with 265.5 million certified units, third most across all genres.