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Morgan Wallen Becomes First Country Artist With Three Songs Over 1 Billion Spotify Streams

Morgan Wallen performing acoustic guitar on stage in white shirt and blue baseball cap celebrating three Spotify billion stream songs "Whiskey Glasses," "Last Night," and "I Had Some Help."
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  • Arden is a Senior Country Music Journalist for Country Thang Daily, specializing in classic hits and contemporary chart-toppers.
  • Prior to joining Country Thang Daily, Arden wrote for Billboard and People magazine, covering country music legends and emerging artists.
  • Arden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, with a minor in Music Studies.

Country’s biggest streaming story now has three chrome-plated receipts.

Morgan Wallen just did what no other country act has done on Spotify. He crossed the billion-stream mark with three different songs, and the trio tells the whole arc of his rise. “Whiskey Glasses,” the barroom gut-punch that first kicked open radio doors. “Last Night,” the crossover rocket that parked itself on top of the Hot 100. And “I Had Some Help,” the barn-burner with Post Malone that turned day-one streaming into a stampede.

Spotify handed over three fresh Billions Club plaques, and in on-brand fashion, Wallen zip-tied them to his ATV like improvised chrome and grinned for the cameras. That is not a metaphor. It’s on tape, and it’s hilarious.

Here’s the timeline that matters. “Last Night” arrived January 31, 2023, and quickly became a cultural sledgehammer. By year’s end, it set a U.S. record with one billion on-demand audio streams in a single calendar year, and by August 2024, it became the first solo country song to pass one billion plays on Spotify. As of November 2025, it is north of 1.3 billion. Inside Spotify’s Billions Club video, Wallen called it “a song that’s changed the game,” adding that in the studio, “we just knew… it was up to us not to screw it up.” That is the sound of an artist recognizing the moment and refusing to overthink it.

“I Had Some Help” did not tiptoe in either. The duet with Post Malone set a new first-day high for a country track on Spotify and sprinted past a billion streams as 2025 wore on. By November, it, too, cleared roughly 1.3 billion, which means the Wallen-Post hook is living on pop playlists and tailgates with equal ease. The numbers back it up, and so do the nominations that followed. Even when trophies went elsewhere, the proof stayed in the play counts.

The third tile in Wallen’s billion-stream mosaic is the one that changed his life first. “Whiskey Glasses” broke in 2018, worked country radio the old-school way, and then kept racking up streams until it stepped into the Billions Club in June 2025. In the same Spotify episode, Wallen tips his cap to the cut’s staying power: “Everything about it just stuck with me… The momentum from that song is what we’re still carrying with us today.” Anyone who has heard an arena bellow that chorus knows he is not overselling it.

Yes, the albums poured gasoline on the fire. “One Thing At A Time” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent a staggering run at the summit while feeding the machine with multiple singles. It also logged a record first-week streaming total for a country album at the time, before Wallen’s 2025 set “I’m The Problem” came along with another monster bow. The point is simple. This is not a lucky streak. It is sustained scale, built on songs that work in a duck blind, a dorm room, and a DJ set, without losing the twang that made them hit in the first place.

If you want the next finish line, “Wasted On You” and “You Proof” are hovering just under that billion mark. “Chasin’ You” and “Thinkin’ Bout Me” are pacing behind them like sprinters on the curve. The fourth plaque feels less like an if and more like a when, and judging by that ATV, the man already knows where to mount it.

Country music loves a first, and this one is earned. Three songs over a billion streams on the world’s biggest audio platform is not just a flex, it is a data point that says the format’s biggest star is operating in a different weight class. Wallen summed it up best while staring at the stack of hardware in that Spotify segment: “I’m not sure what I’m going to do with them.” Translation from Sneedville to stadiums. Keep a few zip ties handy. More are coming.

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