Encanto Soundtrack Overtakes Adele | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (1/12/22):  After six consecutive weeks of dominance, Adele slips to no. 2 thanks to Disney’s Encanto soundtrack.  

Music chart analysis, here we come! Scanning the Charts is exactly what it says it is.  We peruse – scan – through the Billboard Charts and pick out eye-catching happenings. Scanning the Charts isn’t extensive, but rather short and sweet.  This week, we list only 3 observations from a quiet Billboard 200 ,  and 7 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with the Encanto soundtrack ascending to no. 1 on the Billboard 200 overtaking Adele.

Billboard 200  

After six consecutive weeks in the top spot, Adele slips to no. 2.  Who ousted the queen’s 30 from numero uno?  That would be Disney’s Encanto – well the soundtrack at least! It ascends from no. 7 to the penthouse, baby!

The highest-charting new entry arrives courtesy of Bad Bunny. Anniversary Trilogy, a vinyl-only box, bows at no. 39. 

Following a bow at no. 27, Nas sees all the Magic disappear. Magic plummets from to no. 121 in its second charting week.

Billboard Hot 100  

She may have been knocked off her perch on the Billboard 200, but on the Hot 100, Adele returns to no. 1 with “Easy on Me” for an eighth non-consecutive week.

Encanto also lights the Hot 100 on fire! “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” ascends from no 50 to no. 5 in its second charting week!  Worth noting, Encanto also features the highest charting new entry on the Hot 100.  “The Family Madrigal” – Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz & Encanto Cast – launches at no. 62..

Rapper Kodak Black hits the top 10 with “Super Gremlin,” which ascends from no. 16 to no. 10 in its ninth charting week.

Regardless of whether you want it to or not, “abcdefu” by Gayle is on the rise . The top ten seem to be in its future.  It ascends from 17^th to 11^th in week number seven.

ERNEST and Morgan Wallen expectedly impact the Hot 100 with “Flower Shops,” which bows at no. 68.  

Ari Lennox is on the rise with “Pressure”! After finally debuting on the Hot 100 last week at no. 94, it ascends to no. 79 in its second week.  Get it girl!

I guess the Hot 100 is all about delayed debuts.  First Ari Lennox and now Walker Hayes.  The “Fancy Like” country musician sees another single, “AA”, debut at no. 87.

Encanto Soundtrack Overtakes Adele: Scanning the Charts No. 2 (2022) [: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Danny Santamaria Osorio, Disney,  Mediamodifier, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype, pinkzebra, Pixabay]