Gunna Beats The Weeknd | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (1/20/22): Gunna shocks the world, beating out The Weeknd for no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  

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usic 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 5 observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and 5 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Gunna beating The Weeknd for the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.

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Billboard 200 📉 

💭 🎙 Gunna debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 💿 DS4EVER, his second no. 1 album.  It would be less surprising he debuted at no. 1 considering who his competition was…

💭 Shockingly, 🎙 The Weeknd debuts at no. 2 with 💿 Dawn FM.  I was certainly shocked to see Abel Tesfaye fall sort of the glory of that 🎵 “Number One Spot” #Ludacris. Worth noting, Gunna only edged him slightly – 150,000 units vs. 148,000.

💭 Both Gunna and The Weeknd knock last week’s no. 1 album, the 💿 Encanto soundtrack, to no. 3.

💭 Last week’s no. 2 album, 💿 30, courtesy of 🎙 Adele, drops two spots to no. 4.

💭 Overall, the Billboard 200 is uneventful AF.  Following debuts at the first two spots, the next debut lands at no. 183. There, 🎙 Yeat debuts quietly with 💿 Up 2 Me.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 🎙 Adele sees 🎵 “Easy on Me” top the Hot 100 for a ninth nonconsecutive week.  Worth noting, “Easy on Me” has charted a total of 14 weeks.  So, more than 64% of the single’s chart stay has been spent at no. 1!

💭 🎵 “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from 💿 Encanto continues to be the talk of the Hot 100.  Three weeks in, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” rebounds back to no. 4 after slipping to no. 5 last week.

💭 Who earns the highest new single on the Hot 100? It should come as no surprise that it’s 🎙 Gunna after 💿 DS4EVER topped the Billboard 200.  🎵 “Pushin P” with 🎙 Future and featuring 🎙 Young Thug, debuts at no. 7.

💭 It should also come as no surprise that 🎙 The Weeknd earns a lofty debut on the Hot 100 following the no. 2 start of 💿 Dawn FM.  The brilliant single, 🎵 “Sacrifice,” launches at no. 11. Also, worth noting, 🎵 “Take my Breath” re-enters the Hot 100 at no. 22 (it peaked at no. 6).

💭 The first (and only) new non- Gunna or The Weeknd entry on the Hot 100 arrives courtesy of country musician 🎙 Maren Morris, who’s been driving 🎵 “Circles Around This Town”. “Circles” debuts at no. 63.

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Gunna Beats The Weeknd: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 3 (2022) [📷: 300 Entertainment, Brent Faulkner, Columbia,  Danny Santamaria Osorio, Gunna Music, Mediamodifier, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype, pinkzebra, Pixabay, Republic, Young Stoner Life]

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