When Charli XCX released her album Brat earlier this year, she landed at a new career peak. She’s getting critical raves and filling arenas and racking up Grammy nominations, but she’s not necessarily one of the most popular pop stars on the scene right now. Brat debuted at #1 in the UK, but it didn’t get past #3 in the US. Last month, Charli released her remix album Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat. Once again, that record was in the conversation to reach #1, but it didn’t happen. Instead, the Brat remix album, like Brat before it, debuted at #3. Now, the artist who did reach #1 has called "rigga morris" on the powers that be pulling the strings behind Charli’s chart numbers.
During a recent appearance on *The Pat McAfee Show*, the Nashville artist discussed how his latest album, *Beautifully Broken*, reached No. 1. He revealed that another artist, who he chose not to name, was releasing an album around the same time but was not even expected to be close to the sales needed to claim the top spot on the charts.
However, just one day before the sales tally ended, that artist’s sales suddenly spiked, bringing them close to the required numbers for No. 1. Jelly Roll shared that he spoke with his manager about the situation and was advised not to get caught up in the “dirty” side of the industry.
“There was an artist who, according to HITS Daily Double, wasn’t even expected to be within 50-60,000 albums of me and Rod Wave,” Jelly Roll explained. “Then, on Thursday night, just before the Friday count ended, they suddenly sold 40,000 albums through a third-party aggregation site. I was like, ‘Yo, that’s just slimy.’ I used a different word for it. But Luminate, the company responsible for tracking record sales, ended up rejecting those numbers, which is why I ended up with the No. 1 album.”
Although he didn’t mention the artist’s name, people online believe Jelly Roll is referring to Charli XCX, whose albums Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 when Roll took the top spot. Rod Wave came in at No. 2 with his album Last Lap which Jelly Roll said should’ve taken the top spot as Wave racked up more streams than him.
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