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.
Scanning the Charts, a subcategory of the Columns on The Musical Hype, is the place where albums sales, albums sales trends, and various Billboard chart trends are analyzed in a variety of lists and articles. This column has included numerous Billboard-fueled articles throughout the life span of the site. Former articles include BB Grooves, centered around the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Hot 100 Jewels, centered around the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, and simply, Billboard 200. Throughout much of 2017, The Chart Scoop article covered sales and happenings on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. Moving forward, the column will be more specific to a variety of chart trends.
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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