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How Did Jelly Roll’s ‘Beautifully Broken’ Become His First Billboard 200 No. 1 Album?


This week's Five Burning Questions looks at Jelly Roll scoring his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 'Beautifully Broken.'

He sang for the In Memoriam segment at the Emmys, kicked off SNL ’s landmark 50th season, appeared on Eminem’s own Billboard 200-topping album, made his television debut on the Sylvester Stallone-starring Tulsa King and even testified before Congress! Even if you aren’t a country music fan, you are aware of Jelly Roll — through his A-list guest features, TV appearances, awards-show speeches that tend to go viral, or all of the above — and might want to check out a full project by the man who you heard on a Post Malone song or watched on Saturday Night Live. Jason Lipshutz: I love the way Kacey Musgraves has both honed her aesthetic as well as figured out how to best complement that of others in recent years; look at how dynamic she is operating alongside Zach Bryan on “I Remember Everything” and Noah Kahan on “She Calls Me Back.” It’d be a blast to hear how her gentle delivery contrasts with Jelly Roll’s gruffer tone on a collaboration.

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