Justin Bieber Tops Both Charts | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (4/3/21): Justin Bieber tops both charts, ending the reign of Morgan Wallen.

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.  To reiterate what I said last week ( Cardi B Moves Up to No. 1: Scanning the Charts No. 12), this column won’t be extensive, but rather short and sweet, keeping that moving.  This week, I picked out FIVE notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and FIVE observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Justin Bieber topping both charts.

Billboard 200  

As to be expected, Justin Bieber launches at a familiar spot on the Billboard 200 – no. 1.  Justice didn’t deliver extraordinary numbers, but they were respectable and more than enough to make the top spot change hands for the first time in nearly three months.

Lana Del Rey was unable to beat Bieber for the top spot, but she did secure no. 2 with Chemtrails Over the Country Club.  She also managed to beat out the subject of the third takeaway…

After 10 consecutive weeks at no. 1, the reign of Morgan Wallen has finally ended. Mr. East Tennessee slips to no. 3 with Dangerous: The Double Album.  Don’t cry too much for Wallen – his pockets are loaded with paper.

Fleet Foxes reenters the Billboard 200 with their 2020 album Shore, which was reissued in an expanded edition.

Jon Batiste, known for being the bandleader on Late Night with Stephen Colbert and scoring the soundtrack to Disney/Pixar’s Soul, debuts quietly at no. 86 with We Are.

Billboard Hot 100  

Justin Bieber also tops the Billboard Hot 100.  Assisted by Daniel Caesar and GIVĒON, Bieber debuts at no. 1 with “Peaches” (“I got my peaches out in Georgia (Oh, yeah, shit) / I get my weed from California (That’s that shit)”).  Of course, that’s not the only song to debut from Justice.   “As I Am” featuring Khalid launches at no. 43 and “Unstable” featuring The Kid LAROI bows at no. 62 among many others on the bottom half of the Hot 100.

Cardi B was “Up” to no. 1 for one week but slips to no. 2 following the ascent of ‘The Biebz.’  Likewise, Silk Sonic and “Leave the Door Open” dip from no. 2 to no. 3.

Lil Tjay, Polo G, and Fivio Foreign debut at no. 42 with “Headshot”.

Rod Wave sees “Tombstone” bow at no. 82.  Worth noting, the single appears on his new album, SoulFly, which was released Friday, March 26, 2021.

County singers Chris Young and Kane Brown score some chart love with “Famous Friends,” which launches at no. 94.

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