Ed Sheeran Debuts at No. 1 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (11/10/21): Ed Sheeran Debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 while Adele holds down the no. 1 spot on the Hot 100.   

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 11 notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and 7 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Ed Sheeran debuting at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with = and Adele holds down the no. 1 spot on the Hot 100 with “Easy on Me”.

Billboard 200

As to be expected, Grammy-winning pop singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with =.  Sheeran knocks Drake ( Certified Lover Boy) out of the top spot.

Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion debuts at no. 5 with her mixtape, Something for Thee Hotties. 

Mastodon debuts at no. 20 with Hushed and Grim.

The War on Drugs debuts at no. 22 with I Don’t Live Here Anymore.  The Grammy-winning collective previously peaked at no. 10 with A Deeper Understanding, which was released in 2017.

After debuting at no. 10, Elton John sees The Lockdown Sessions slide 31 spots to no 41.

Did you know that A$AP Rocky released a new album? Me neither.  Live.Love.A$AP debuts modestly at no. 43.  Rocky’s previous three albums – Long.Live.A$AP (2013), AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP (2015), and TESTING (2018) – debuted at no. 1, no. 1, and no. 4 respectively.

Big Sean and Hit-Boy launch modestly at no. 76 with What You Expect (EP).

Tori Amos debuts at no. 104 with Ocean to Ocean.

Lana Del Rey had a truly awful second week.  Blue Banisters, after debuting at no. 8 last week, free falls to no. 106! 

Pentatonix debuts at no. 109 with their latest holiday effort, Evergreen.

Limp Bizkit surprised a select few with their comeback album, Still Sucks.  Unfortunately, it debuts mediocrely at no. 155.

Billboard Hot 100  

Adele holds down the no. 1 spot on the Hot 100 for a third consecutive week with “Easy on Me”.  Anybody surprised? Nope, didn’t think so.

Glass Animals sees “Heat Waves” enter the top-10 of the Hot 100 after 42 weeks in.

Ed Sheeran, expectedly, impacts the Hot 100 with = debut at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  The highest debut from his new album is “Overpass Graffiti” at no. 41.

Lil Uzi Vert debuts at no. 61 with “Demon High”.

Yung Miami debuts at no. 81 with “Rap Freaks.”  

Megan Thee Stallion debuts at no. 82 with “Eat It.”

Benson Boone debuts at no. 100 with “Ghost Town.”

Ed Sheeran Debuts at No. 1: Scanning the Charts No. 45 [: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype]