The Chart Scoop | Foo Fighters and Cardi B Take No. 1 Honors

What’s the chart scoop this week? Foo Fighters take ‘Concrete and Gold’ to no. 1 on the Billboard 200, while Cardi B Dethrones Taylor Swift on the Hot 100. 

Honestly, it wasn’t a very good week on the Billboard 200.  A number of the albums that were released on September 8, 2017, and arrived on the chart the following week, saw steep falls.  This week, the best performing album isn’t a shocker – Concrete and Gold, courtesy of Foo Fighters. Concrete and Gold performed well, moving 127,000 units (more than 94% album sales).  The only other new albums that debuted in the top 10 were courtesy of a K-Pop band (BTS, Love Yourself: Here, no. 7) and a veteran country duo (Big & Rich, Did it for the Party, no. 10).

On the Billboard Hot 100, Taylor Swift has been dethroned.  Cardi B makes history (as predicted weeks ago by yours truly) to claim the no. 1 spot with “Bodak Yellow.” Post Malone, another candidate for the no. 1 spot this week, sees “Rockstar” bow at no. 2.

Billboard 200 Grooves

1. Foo Fighters debut at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Concrete and Gold.

2. Thomas Rhett, who relinquishes the no. 1 spot to Foo Fighters, sees Life Changes slip to no. 3.

3. K-pop band BTS makes chart history, debuting at no. 7 with Love Yourself: Her.

4. Big & Rich debuts at no. 10 with Did it for the Party.

5. Nothing More sees The Stories We Tell Ourselves launch at no. 15.

6. Prophets of Rage sees its self-titled debut launch at no. 16.

7. Superfruit debuts at no. 29 with Future Friends.

8. Greg Allman’s posthumous album, Southern Blood, slips from no. 11 to no. 31 in its second week.

9. Dustin Lynch sees Current Mood slide 25 spots from no. 7 to no. 32.

10. The National experiences a horrid second week. Sleep Well Beast slides from no. 2 to no. 44!

11. After a respectable debut week, ODESZA sees their latest album, A Moment Apart, slide 48 spots down the chart from no. 3 to no. 51.

12. Katy Perry experiences a boost as Witness ascends 101 spots from no. 158 to no. 57.

13. Kevin Gates’ album, By Any Means 2, arrives a week early on the charts at no. 100.

14. Galantis debuts on the Billboard 200 at no. 102.

15. Jack Johnson undoubtedly experiences a crappy second week on the Billboard 200. All the Light Above It Too slides 101 spots from no. 5 to no. 106.

16. Kip Moore may have a Slowheart, but he also has slow sales. Slowheart nosedives fom no. 10 to no. 108.

17. Musiq Soulchild debuts tepidly. Feel the Real lands at no. 126.

18. Neil Young sees Hitchhiker free fall from no. 20 to no. 127.

19. Ricky Dillard & New G sees 10 launch at no. 143.

20. Ariel Pink launches at no. 193 with Dedicated to Bobby Jameson.

Billboard Hot 100

1. Cardi B ascends from no. 2 to no. 1 with “Bodak Yellow.” It was inevitable.

2. Post Malone debuts at no. 2 with “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage.

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3. Taylor Swift sees “Look What You Made Me Do” slip from no. 1 to no. 3 after three weeks at no. 1.

4. Yo Gotti, assisted by Nicki Minaj, sees “Rake It Up” reenter the top 10, reaching a new peak at no. 8.

5. Portugal. The Man earns a top-10 single with “Feel It Still,” which ascends from no. 14 to no. 10.

6. Sam Smith takes a tumble this week, as “Too Good at Goodbyes” slips from no. 5 to no. 16. Even so, it experiences gains in performance, specifically earning biggest gain in airplay.

7. Imagine Dragons sees “Thunder” ascend 10 spots from no. 40 to no. 30.

8. ZAYN sees “Dusk Till Dawn” slide from no. 44 to no. 63.

9. Niall Horan debuts at no. 66 with “Too Much to Ask.”

10. Gucci Mane debuts at no. 67 with “Curve,” featuring The Weeknd.

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