Adele Makes it 5 Weeks at No. 1 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (12/30/21): Adele spends her fifth week at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her fourth studio album, 30.   

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ell, SCANNING THE CHARTS is just what it says it is.  I, the quirky founder, and do-it-all at The Musical Hype scans through the Billboard Charts and picks out things that catch my eye. This column isn’t extensive, but rather short and sweet.  This week, I picked out 8 notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and 6 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Adele remaining no. 1 on the Billboard 200 while Juice WRLD debuts posthumously in the runner-up slot.

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Billboard 200

Adele spends her fifth consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 with the unstoppable 30. According to Keith Caulfield of Billboard, she’s moved another 212,000 units this week!

Rapper Roddy Ricch earns the highest debut on the Billboard 200. His sophomore album, Live Life Fast, debuts at no. 4.  His numbers – 62,000 units – are down from his 2019 debut, Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, are down (no. 1, 101,000 units).

After debuting in the runner-up slot last week, Juice WRLD sees Fighting Demons spend a second week in the top-10, albeit it down 7 spots to no. 9.

Comedian/singer Bo Burnham re-enters the Billboard 200 at no. 10 with Inside (The Songs).  The album has spent 22 weeks on the charts and peaked at no. 7.

It hasn’t happened much in 2021, but country singer Morgan Wallen sees his double-platinum album, Dangerous: The Double Album, slide outside of the top 10 ( no. 6 to no. 12).

K-pop collective NCT debut at no. 20 with Universe: The 3^rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021). 

After a so-so debut at no. 22, Rick Ross sees Richer Than I Ever Been free fall to no. 124 in its second week. Like, day-ummm! Things were worst for Alicia Keys, whose final major label album prior to becoming independent, Keys, fell off the Billboard 200 completely following its modest no. 41 debut.

That new Chief Keef album – well – it didn’t perform well! 4NEM launches tepidly at no. 141.

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Billboard Hot 100

Mariah Carey spends a second consecutive week at no. 1 with her beloved Christmas classic, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” 

Only two singles in the top-10 of the Hot 100 this week are NOT holiday songs: Adele, “Easy on Me” (no. 5) and The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (no. 9).

Lil Durk earns the highest debut on the Hot 100 (no. 14) with “Broadway Girls” featuring Morgan Wallen.

Worth noting, “Linus & Lucy,” the iconic, instrumental jazz cut from Charlie Brown by Vince Guaraldi Trio, debuts on the Hot 100 for the first time ever at no. 37.

Rapper Roddy Ricch earns some new entries from his Live Life Fast album beginning with “25 Million” bowing at no. 77.

The final new entry on the Hot 100, “Do It To It,” arrives from Acraze featuring the original artist, Cherish at no. 97.

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Adele Makes it 5 Weeks at No. 1: Scanning the Charts No. 52 (2021) [: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Danny Santamaria Osorio, Mediamodifier, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype, pinkzebra, Pixabay, Sony]

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