BTS Tops Album & Song Charts | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Billboard Hot 100 (12/05/20): BTS tops the album and song charts respectively. 

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 (AC/DC Takes ‘Power Up’ to 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 BTS topping both the album ( BE) and song charts ( “Life Goes On”) respectively. 

Billboard 200

BTS continues their chart dominance. BE debuts robustly at no. 1, to the tune of 242,000 units according to Keith Caulfield of Billboard. 

Despite her own dominant year, Megan Thee Stallion settled for the runner up spot with Good News. That said, with her no. 2 bow (105,500), she earns her best start on the Billboard 200 yet, following her mixtapes and her 2020 EP, Suga. 

After Power Up debuted at no. 1 last week, AC/DC descends down the chart to no. 12

BTS and Megan Thee Stallion earned the sole top-10 debuts on the Billboard 200.  There were, however, two big names in the top-20.  Josh Groban debuts at no. 17 with Harmony, while Jeezy launches at no. 19 with The Recession 2.  Both musicians have had better days, of course, earning no. 1 albums back in the day.  

A couple of top-40 debuts go down as well. SAINt JHN launches at no. 34 with While the World Was Burning, while DaBaby starts at no. 40 with the EP dedicated to his late brother, My Brother’s Keeper (Long Live G).

You know, the no. 1 to no. 12 tumble for AC/DC (Power Up) doesn’t look so bad when you peruse the second week descent for a number of albums. YoungBoy Never Broke Again sees Until I Return nosedive from no. 10 to no. 41 (down 30 spots). 2 Chainz sees So Help Me God! free fall from no. 15 to no. 77 (down 62 spots). Andrea Bocelli takes the worst tumble of the three as Believe slides from no. 26 to no. 100 (down 74 spots).

Billboard Hot 100

On both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Hot 100, BTS is dominant. According to Billboard, “Life Goes On” is the first no. 1 single to top the Hot 100 sung predominately in Korean. Also, worth noting, Former no. 1 hit “Dynamite” remains ‘kind of a big deal’ as well, ascending from no. 14 to no. 3 14 weeks in.

The ‘mood’ has changed slightly for 24kGoldn or Iann Dior. “Mood” slips from no. 1 to no. 2 in its 16^th week on the Hot 100.

Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber come through with “Monster” which debuts at no. 8.

Unsurprisingly, the top new song from Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album, Good News, was none other than the infectious (if ridiculous, ultra-sexed up) “Body,” which launches at no. 12.   

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