Bad Bunny Earns First No. 1 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Billboard Hot 100 (12/12/20): Bad Bunny earns his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. 

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 (BTS Tops Album & Song Charts), this column won’t be extensive, but rather short and sweet, keeping that moving.  This week, I picked out FIVE notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and FOUR observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Bad Bunny earning his first no. 1 album with El Ultimo Tour del Mundo. 

Billboard 200  

Bad Bunny has finally done it! He’s earned his first no. 1 album with El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, moving 116,000 units according to Keith Caulfield of Billboard.  El Ultimo Tour del Mundo becomes the ‘first all-Spanish no. 1 album.’

Miley Cyrus earns the runner up spot on the Billboard 200 with Plastic Hearts.  Plastic Hearts performs better than Cyrus’ previous album, Younger Now, which settled for a no. 5 start with fewer units.

BTS sees BE slip from no. 1 to no. 3 in its second week on Billboard 200. Hey, one week at no. 1 is better than none at all, right? Right!

Following Miley Cyrus’ Plastic Hearts, the next highest debut on the chart hails from Rylo Rodriguez.  Rodriguez’s G.I.H.F. (Goat in Human Form) launches at no. 37.  It’s the final debut in the top quarter of the Billboard 200.

Juicy J didn’t have the best week as far as chart success is concerned.  The Hustle Continues but does so only to the tune of a tepid no. 68 start.

Billboard Hot 100  

24kGoldn and Iann Dior reclaim the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Mood.”

Mariah Carey ascends from no. 14 to no. 2 with her former no. 1 Christmas gem, “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Also, worth noting, Bobby Helms reenters the top 10 with his beloved holiday classic, “Jingle Bell Rock” (ascends from no. 31 to no. 9).

Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez ascend from no. 15 to no. 5 with their hit, “Dakiti,” which appears on Bunny’s aforementioned no. 1 album, El Ultimo Tour del Mundo.

My favorite new country song (and sure to be your new favorite too), “Dicked Down in Dallas” by Trey Lewis, debuts at no. 65 on the Hot 100.  That’s ‘big.’

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