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As Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight<\/em> landed at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, despite only being released in physical formats<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\tLast month, Sturgill Simpson<\/a> revealed that his new album Mutiny After Midnight<\/a> <\/em>\u2014 his second as his alter ego, Johnny Blue Skies<\/a> \u2014 would only be released on physical formats<\/a>. And for anyone who doubted that decision, the joke is on you: The album just debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard<\/a> 200. <\/p>\n \n\tAccording to Billboard<\/a><\/em>, Mutiny <\/em>landed on the Top 10 with 59,000 equivalent album units earned. It\u2019s the first physical-only release to achieve this since 2023, when Taylor Swift released Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on Record Store Day, released only via independent record shops. Prior to that, Garth Brooks\u2019 five-CD compilation The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years<\/em>, which was more widely available than Folklore<\/em> \u2014 debuted at No. 4 in 2017.<\/p>\n \n\tBut as Simpson noted on Instagram<\/a>, Mutiny <\/em>is not a compilation. \u201cSo this is the ONLY new album of original music to do it since \u2026.we don\u2019t know?\u201d he wrote. \u201cPerhaps Billboard<\/em> can provide that information\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMutiny<\/em> was pressed on six vinyl variants, a cassette, and CD. Though the album briefly leaked<\/a> on YouTube, it stopped sharing data<\/a> with Billboard<\/em> late last year. But at the very least, the YouTube release caused excitement and word-of-mouth anticipation for the official March 13 release.<\/p>\n