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Morgan Wallen Tops 2023 Billboard Music Award Winners

Morgan Wallen was the top winner at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, which broadcast live on multiple platforms last night (11/19). Morgan won 11 awards, ahead of Taylor Swift, who…

Morgan Wallen on stage playing a guitar in a black jacket
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Morgan Wallen was the top winner at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, which broadcast live on multiple platforms last night (11/19). Morgan won 11 awards, ahead of Taylor Swift, who won 10. Zach Bryan won four awards at the show.

Morgan's Billboard Award Wins:

Top Male Artist
Top Hot 100 Artist
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Top Country Artist
Top Country Male Artist
Top Country Touring Artist
Top Billboard 200 Album - "One Thing At A Time"
Top Country Album - "One Thing At A Time"
Top Hot 100 Song - "Last Night"
Top Streaming Song - "Last Night"
Top Country Song - "Last Night"

Zach Bryan's Billboard Award Wins:

Top New Artist
Top Rock Artist
Top Rock Song - "Something in the Orange"
Top Rock Album - "American Heartbreak"

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Taylor's Billboard Award Wins:

Top Artist
Top Female Artist
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Top Hot 100 Songwriter
Top Radio Songs Artist
Top Song Sales Artist
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist
Top Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Artist
Top Country Female Artist
Top Selling Song - "Anti-Hero"

Top Country Duo/Group
 - Zac Brown Band

Bryan became the first country artist to win in the Top New Artist category.

Wallen became the first country artist to win in the Top Male Artist category and the first country artist to win in the Top Streaming Songs Artist category.

Morgan shaved his famous mullet in August. Since then, every time you see him in public, he is wearing a ball cap. Morgan revealed his short hair when he posted a photo of himself on Instagram in a blue sweater top and his trademark mustache. His hair is growing a bit, but it is still quite short.

He captioned the image he posted to Instagram not long ago, "Good morning."

Many of his almost seven million followers reacted to the new photo, with one writing, "No, just morning cause you shaved your mullet." Another fan observed and commented that he looked like a TV character; they said, "It's giving Ted Lasso." One more fan, a female, gushed, "The best good morning text I have ever received."

See that post here.

It is uncommon for a country music star to be born in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of them migrate to Music City to make their country music dreams come true. However, a handful of country stars were born in Nashville, and a few more come from the great state of Tennessee.

Garth, Reba, Blake Shelton, and Carrie Underwood are from Oklahoma, and Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, and many more are from the Peach State of Georgia. Keith Urban was born in New Zealand and Lainey Wilson and Jordan Davis hail from Louisianna.

Let's look at those country stars who started in Tennessee, where Nashville dreams were just hours away.

Kane Brown - Chattanooga, Tennessee

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DENVER, COLORADO - JULY 11: Country Artist Kane Brown during the MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at Coors Field on July 11, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images)


Morgan Wallen - Sneedville, Tennessee

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 24: Morgan Wallen attends the 15th Annual Academy Of Country Music Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on August 24, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for ACM)


Dustin Lynch - Tullahoma, Tennessee

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Dustin Lynch attends the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for CMT)


Lady A's Hillary Scott - Nashville, Tennessee

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: Hillary Scott attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)


Chris Young - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 09: Chris Young performs onstage for the 2021 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 09, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for CMT)


Kelsea Ballerini - Mascot, Tennessee

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KNOXVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 11: Kelsea Ballerini Headlining THE FIRST TIME Tour Stop In her Hometown - Knoxville, Tennessee at the SOLD OUT Tennessee Theater on November 11, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Sweet Talk PR)


Jelly Roll - Nashville, Tennessee

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Jelly Roll accepts the Male Video of the Year Award onstage during the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for CMT)


Kenny Chesney - Knoxville, Tennessee

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BATON ROUGE, LA - MAY 30: ***EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE*** Singer & Songwriter Kenny Chesney performs at Bayou Country Superfest 2010 at LSU Tiger Stadium on May 30, 2010 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


Dolly Parton - Sevierville, Tennessee

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: Dolly Parton talks to the media at a press conference at the InterContinental Sydney on November 10, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.