Jelly Roll landed his first No. 1 album earlier this year with Beautifully Broken. As Stereogum notes, it was apparently a close race between Jelly Roll and Charli XCX’s Brat. Ultimately, Brat ended up at No. 3 that week, behind Rod Wave’s Last Lap.

This weekend, Jelly Roll appeared on the Pat McAfee Show and shared some surprising details about his behind-the-scenes battle on the charts for No. 1 album.

When Charli XCX released her excellent 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.

A few weeks ago, Jelly Roll said he would “put the music industry on blast” in October, promising to expose slimy behind-the-scenes behavior. This week, the country singer took to ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show to discuss what he calls slimy business practices.

Jelly Roll's new album Beautifully Broken opens at No. 1 on three Billboard charts this week, bringing the multi-genre star to the summit on all of them for the first time.