Dan + Shay Launch at No. 6 | Scanning the Charts 📉

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Scanning the Charts (8/25/21): Grammy-winning country music duo Dan + Shay debut at no. 6 with their fourth studio album, Good Things.

Well, 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. This column isn’t extensive, but rather short and sweet. This week, I picked out 10 notable observations from the Billboard 200 , and four observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Billie Eilish retaining the number one spot on the Billboard 200, Dan + Shay bowing at no. 6, and The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber retaining the top spot on the Hot 100.

Billboard 200

Billie Eilish spends a third consecutive week at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Happier Than Ever.

Grammy-winning country music duo Dan + Shay debut at no. 6 with their fourth studio album, Good Things.

Rap duo $uicideBoy$ debut at no. 7 with Long Term Effects of Suffering.

The Killers debut at no. 9 on the Billboard 200 with Pressure Machine.

Just outside the top 10, YNM Melly debuts at no. 11 with Just a Matter of Slime.

Ben Platt debuts at no. 84 with his sophomore album, Reverie. Reverie deserved better!

Pop singer/songwriter and producer blackbear debuts at no. 102 with Misery Lake (EP).

Going solo isn’t always what it cracked up to be, apparent. Luke Hemmings (of 5 Seconds of Summer) sees his debut solo album, When Facing the Things We Turn Away From bow tepidly at no. 124.

Still Woozy (Sven Gamsky), sees his debut album, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is, debut modestly at no. 150.

Disappointingly, Academy award and Grammy-winning singer/actress Jennifer Hudson sees Respect (Soundtrack) barely dent the chart at no. 151. Ouch!