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How Should Morgan Wallen & Post Malone Feel About the Top 10 Debut of ‘I Ain’t Comin’ Back’?

Morgan Wallen and Post Malone's "I Ain't Comin' Back" debuts at No. 8 on this week's Hot 100 -- a solid bow, but below prior teamup "I Had Some Help."

“I Ain’t Coming Back” has been preceded by a steady stream of music from both Wallen and Post, which likely blunted some of the immediate excitement around its release — but still, these are two brand-name chart titans, so a top 10 debut seemed all but guaranteed. It’s not surprising that it didn’t quite match “I Had Some Help,” but only because that song was an absolute monster right out of the gate, zooming past one of the most packed periods of pop music in recent memory and reigning for six weeks. Undoubtedly this will all lead to a mighty first-week bow for I’m the Problem, and will confirm Wallen as the most dominant, ubiquitous country star of his generation — but it does feel like, after five years of near-continuous rising, the excitement with him as an artist and hitmaker is beginning to level off.

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