Ariana Grande Lands Fifth No. 1 Album | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Billboard Hot 100 (11/14/20): Ariana Grande lands her fifth no. 1 with Positions. 

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.  To reiterate what I said last week (Ariana Grande “Positions” Herself at No. 1), this column won’t be extensive, but rather short and sweet, keeping that moving.  This week, I picked out SIX notable observations from the Billboard 200, and FOUR observations from the Billboard Hot 100, with Ariana Grande ‘positioning’ herself with her fifth no. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Positions.

Billboard 200 

The biggest headline of the Billboard 200 is clearly Ariana Grande ‘positioning’ herself with her fifth no. 1 album, Positions. Per Keith Caulfield of Billboard, Grande moved 174,000 units of Positions, which is definitely respectable in this day and age. ‘

A ways behind Ari (regarding units moved) is Pegasus by prolific rapper Trippie Redd. The album launches at no. 2 on the BB200.

Sam Smith didn’t quite get the same reaction as either Ariana or Trippie Redd if we’re being totally honest.  Sure, Love Goes launches at no. 5, but the numbers of units and album sales themselves don’t suggest much chart longevity for the Academy Award/Grammy-winning standout.  Seems like delays hurt Love Goes.

A face that has been absent from the Billboard 200 ‘for a minute’ (11 years) returns to the top 10.  Busta Rhymes sees his comeback album, ELE 2: The Wrath of God, launch at no. 7 with.

Queen Naija gets into the debut action as well. Missunderstood starts at no. 9.

Rapper King Von was shot and killed on Friday, November 6 at the age of 26.  He impacts the BB200 posthumously as Welcome to O’Block debuts at no. 13, the final debut in the top 20 of the chart.  Also, worth noting, Bring Me the Horizon scored a top 50 debut with Post Human: Survival Horror at no. 46. 

Billboard Hot 100

After slipping to no. 3 last week, 24kGoldn and Iann Dior are in a much better ‘mood’ as “Mood” returns to no. 1.

After debuting at no. 1 on the Hot 100 last week, Ariana sees “Positions” slip to no. 2. Meanwhile, a number of her songs debut on throughout the Hot 100 including “34+35” (no. 8), “Motive” (no. 32), and “Off the Table” (no. 35).

Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez debut at no. 9 with their latest single, “Dakiti.” 

Luke Combs didn’t slip down the charts like Ariana Grande did, regarding his Hot 100 Songs hit. “Forever After All,” from the deluxe edition of What You See is What You Get, slides from no. 2 to no 18 in its second week on the charts.

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