Hours After Release, Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m The Problem’ Is Already Spotify’s Most-Streamed Country Album of 2025
- Morgan Wallen’s album "I’m The Problem" is the most-streamed country album of 2025 on Spotify, breaking records for first-day streams worldwide on Apple Music.
It's been only about half a day, and Morgan Wallen's I'm The Problem is already the most-streamed country album of 2025, Spotify confirmed Friday.
Spotify didn't disclose streaming numbers on release day so far but shared the impressive stat on social media.
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Wallen's fourth album was widely expected in the industry to become one of the biggest records of the year given Wallen's own pedigree as country's biggest streaming superstar. Wallen's 2023 album One Thing at a Time is still sitting at number four on Billboard's 200 Albums chart as of Friday, and it's stayed on the chart for 114 weeks. 2021's Dangerous: The Double Album , meanwhile, is still at number nine on the chart and has spent 226 weeks on the chart.
The record's success continued over the weekend. On Saturday, Apple Music announced that I'm The Problem had broken the record for biggest country album of 2025 by first-day streams worldwide on the streaming service.
Wallen released several songs ahead of the massive 37-track album's Friday release, including "I Ain't Coming Back, " his second song with Post Malone following the duo's platinum hit "I Had Some Help" from last year. The album also features appearances from Eric Church and Wallen's Big Loud labelmate Hardy. On release day, eyes are on "What I Want," which features pop star Tate McRae.
Some of McRae's fans have voiced their disapproval for collaborating with Wallen, who remains controversial after he was caught using a racial slur on camera back in 2021. He's been caught up in controversy since then, including earlier this year when he abruptly walked off the stage of Saturday Night Live during the show's credits before posting a cryptic message on his Instagram that said "Get me to God's country."
"I was just ready to go home. I'd been there all week," Wallen said of the incident on Caleb Pressley's Sundae Conversations this week.
Through the controversy, he's still managed to become one of the industry's biggest stars of any genre. As The Hollywood Reporter reported in April, Big Loud sold a minority stake in Wallen's master recording catalog for a hefty $200 million to Chord Music Partners.
I'm The Problem will likely top Billboard's albums chart next week; the question now is how many units he'll sell week one.
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