JELLY ROLL SCORES HIS MOST FIRST-WEEK ADDS AT U.S. COUNTRY RADIO WITH LATEST SINGLE ‘HANDS UP’
‘Hands Up’ Impacted as Most-Added with 163 Adds At U.S. Country Radio Today, The Leading Impact Date for BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville
Nashville, TN – (30 June, 2026) – Yesterday, GRAMMY, CMA & ACM Award winner Jelly Roll earned his most first-week adds at U.S. country radio with his latest single ‘Hands Up’ impacting with 163 adds, securing the title of most-added this week. ‘Hands Up’, released on Stoney Creek Records on July 24, was world-premiered across North America at country radio and resulted in the largest country radio single adds at impact to date for BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. Written by Jelly Roll, Rocky Block, Joe Fox, HARDY and Chase McGill and produced by Charlie Handsome and Ben Johnson, the song has held a lasting impact across live audiences this summer, both on Jelly Roll’s headlining Arena Little ASS Shed Tour and in stadiums nationwide on the BIG ASS STADIUM TOUR with Post Malone. Listen HERE. Fans can find tour information and purchase tickets HERE.
In addition, Jelly Roll performed ‘Hands Up’ in his surprise set at Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest and fans can stream that performance on CMA Fest Presented by Sofi currently available on HULU, and also available to view via YouTube here.
(First verse/Chorus)
Let me take you back in time, just climb in my DeLorean
Nashville ’99, we stood in line and started pourin’ in
That concert in the dark off Rosa Parks, that auditorium
Was church for me, yeah I believe
The first time I was born again
Was Killing In The Name, Bulls On Parade
GA packed in the pit
Me and all those people people called nothing but troubled kids
If there was ever a fire in me, yeah that’s the night I got it lit
I knew who I was born to be when he said
Everybody get your hands up
Everybody put your hands up
If you ain’t perfect but you try
Put ‘em way up to the sky
Touchin’ heaven kinda high
Ain’t that where we wanna go when we die
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Just put your hands up
Everybody put your hands up
Jelly Roll’s unyielding, authentic audience connection continues to capture the attention of critics and fans, with praise for his ability to “immediately established a tone that was equal parts concert, confessional and motivational speech,” and recognition that “few artists have traveled a longer road to a stadium stage than Jelly.” – Charlotte Observer
ABOUT JELLY ROLL:
3x GRAMMY® award-winning Nashville native Jelly Roll (Jason DeFord) continues to redefine the word entertainer. With the release of his 2026 GRAMMY Award winning Best Contemporary Country Album, Beautifully Broken, he topped the Billboard 200 all-genre chart and earned his second #1 Billboard Country Album chart debut. Acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, and more, Beautifully Broken features #1 songs “I Am Not Okay,” “Liar,” and “Heart of Stone.” 2024/2025 has only continued the singer/songwriter’s momentum, with numerous nominations and award wins, including his first three GRAMMYs at the 2026 ceremony, his nine consecutive #1 at Country radio and chart-topping hits across numerous genre charts, as well as a landmark appearance as the musical guest on SNL’s 50th Anniversary Season Premiere episode. Solidifying his place as one of music’s most authentic and powerful voices, he’s performed at stages across the world-from his record-breaking Beautifully Broken Tour to the first concert at St. Peter’s Square, Grace for the World: The Live Event in Rome. The year also produced his GRAMMY Award winning collaboration with Brandon Lake, “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” which debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and went on to hold a record-breaking number of weeks at #1 on Christian radio and took home Song of the Year at the DOVE awards. His latest release “Hands Up,” can be heard live this summer on his current headlining Arena Little ASS Shed Tour and in stadiums nationwide on the BIG ASS STADIUM TOUR with Post Malone. For a full list of tour dates, visit here.
Beautifully Broken followed his debut country album, Whitsitt Chapel, which made history as the biggest Country debut on the Billboard Consumption Chart and debuted #1 on the Billboard Country Albums and Top 3 on the Billboard 200. Whitsitt Chapel also garnered his wins for Billboard Breakthrough Award, CMA’s New Artist of the Year Award, and the People’s Choice Award for Male Country Artist of the Year as well as additional ACM, CMA, Billboard, AMA and DOVE nominations and wins.
Beyond music, Jelly continues his mission—visiting correctional and rehab centers across the US and internationally to help bring music to some of the darkest corners and donating a recording studio to the juvenile center where he was once incarcerated. Praised for both his music and his uniquely authentic power to inspire, Variety notes “for everyone who’s facing the same struggles, Jelly Roll is their Springsteen” while American Songwriter hails him as “a force to be reckoned with.”
