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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