Jelly Roll and Charli XCX aren’t two names that you’d anticipate to come up in dialog collectively. However in a latest interview on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Present, the nation artist spoke about his perception that some “old-school soiled enterprise” was going down behind the scenes final month whereas each of them had been vying for No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Jelly Roll launched his new album, Fantastically Damaged, the identical week Charli XCX dropped the remix model of her explosive 2024 undertaking, Brat and It’s Fully Totally different however Additionally Nonetheless Brat. “I received’t say the artist’s identify as a result of I do know that quite a lot of artists are disconnected from what’s occurring within the enterprise,” Jelly Roll stated.
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He continued by explaining that his workforce was maintaining a tally of the numbers whereas he, Charli XCX, and rapper Rod Wave had been locked in a battle for the highest slot. “There was an artist the place Hits Double Each day projected that they wouldn’t even be inside 50, 60,000 albums of me and Rod Wave,” he recalled. “After which Thursday night time, earlier than the Friday depend ends, 40,000 albums — [a] third-party aggregated web site had that. And also you’re wanting and also you’re similar to, ‘Yo, that’s simply slimy.’”
“Now Luminate, who’s answerable for counting file gross sales, rejected these gross sales, which is how I ended up with the No. 1 album, in order that’s the reality,” he added.
Charli in the end landed at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 behind Jelly Roll at No. 1 and Rod Wave at No. 2. That being stated, each Jelly Roll and Charli XCX are doing simply nice, No. 1 album or not.
Jelly Roll is presently within the midst of the continued “Fantastically Damaged” tour (seize tickets right here). Elsewhere, Charli scored seven Grammy nominations this previous week, together with a nod for the coveted Album of the 12 months slot.
Watch the complete interview under, and navigate to the 8-minute mark for Jelly Roll’s feedback in regards to the chart battle.