For many, country music can be broken down into a few key topics: boots, hats, drinking, and backroads. To these listeners, every country song falls headfirst into one or more of these stereotypes.

Released Jan. 31, “I’m the Problem” becomes Wallen’s 10th No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, and his seventh to debut at the summit. The track, which he co-wrote, tallied 29.1 million official U.S. streams, ...

Still, blockbuster numbers are blockbuster numbers, and Wallen's presence is felt all over the Hot 100 singles chart (see below). It's a huge debut for an album that promises to remain a presence for ...

As the country singer continues to climb the charts and amass streams, his controversy-tested appeal looks less like an outlier and more like the bellwether of a cultural shift. Follow Callie Ahlgrim ...