{"id":934979,"date":"2021-10-28T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=934979"},"modified":"2021-10-28T22:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:58:39","slug":"morgan-wallen-banned-from-american-music-awards-despite-two-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-wallen-banned-from-american-music-awards-despite-two-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen Banned from American Music Awards Despite Two Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmorgan-wallen-banned-from-american-music-awards-despite-two-nominations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=934979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/morganwallen6-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Country singer Morgan Wallen has been banned from next month\u2019s American Music Awards (AMAs) in Los Angeles despite being nominated for two awards, favorite&nbsp;country album and favorite male country artist. The cancelation follows blowback Wallen took after video of him using a racial slur emerged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMorgan Wallen is a nominee this year based on charting. As his conduct does not align with our core values, we will not be including him on the show in any capacity (performing, presenting, accepting),\u201d reads a statement on behalf of MRC Live &amp; Alternative on the AMAs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamas.com\/2021\/10\/nominations-announced-for-the-2021-american-music-awards\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The statement goes on to say, \u201cWe plan to evaluate his progress in doing meaningful work as an ally to the Black community and will consider his participation in future shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>Unique among awards shows, American Music Awards (AMA) nominees are determined by performance on the Billboard Charts and are not chosen by a voting committee or membership organization. AMA nominees are based on key fan interactions with music (including streaming, album sales, song sales, radio airplay, social engagement), tracked by Billboard and its data partner MRC Data. The AMA winners are voted entirely by fans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wallen has been dealing with fallout since February, after&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/02\/04\/morgan-wallen-dropped-from-radio-playlists-due-to-n-word-video\/\">video was published<\/a> showing the chart-topper using the N-word after a night out with his friends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the video, Wallen is seen returning to his Nashville home after an apparent night with friends, and then is heard telling one person to \u201ctake care&nbsp;of this pussy-ass nigga\u201d \u2014 seemingly referring to one of his friends.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the video, Wallen was dropped by&nbsp;radio networks and major streaming platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/02\/05\/country-star-morgan-wallen-dropped-from-talent-agency-amid-n-word-controversy\/\">as well as<\/a>&nbsp;his talent agency, WME.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.2676056338028\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wzRTETc7IU\">pic.twitter.com\/wzRTETc7IU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACM Awards (@ACMawards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACMawards\/status\/1357087765222088708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After cancel culture kicked into gear, Wallen\u2019s album saw a major spike in popularity. The singer then donated&nbsp;half a million dollars to organizations including the Black Music Action Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/02\/04\/morgan-wallen-apologizes-for-using-the-n-word\/\">apologized<\/a>, adding that he was \u201cembarrassed\u201d over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better,\u201d Wallen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/02\/02\/morgan-wallen-n-word-nashville-neighbors\/\">told<\/a> TMZ at the time.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country singer Morgan Wallen has been banned from next month\u2019s American Music Awards (AMAs) in Los Angeles despite being nominated for two awards, favorite\u00a0country album and favorite male country artist. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}