King Von Delivers Posthumous Runner-up | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (3/16/22): Encanto remains no. 1 while rapper King Von delivers a posthumous runner-up.

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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 9 observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and 8 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 King Von delivering a posthumous runner-up with 💿 What it Means to be King.

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Billboard 200 📉

💭 At this point, doesn’t everybody realize that the 💿 Encanto soundtrack is firmly planted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  This marks the ninth week for the soundtrack in the penthouse.

💭 Some posthumous albums put up respectable numbers. That’s the case for the late 🎙 King Von who sees 💿 What it Means to be King launch at no. 2.

💭 🎙 DaBaby and 🎙 YoungBoy Never Broke Again debut at no. 10 with their joint effort, 💿 Better Than You.  

💭 Earning a top-15 debut is 🎙 Tom MacDonald and 🎙 Adam Calhoun.  💿 The Brave launches at no. 14.

💭 🎙 Dolly Parton secures a top-40 debut with 💿 Run, Rose, Run.  It bows at no. 34.  Not bad for a veteran with nothing to prove at this point.

💭 🎙 Elevation Worship bows at n. 80 with 💿 Lion.

💭 🎙 Sabaton gets into the Billboard 200 action with 💿 The War to End All Wars at no. 87.

💭 🎙 Sueco debuts at no. 122 with 💿 It Was Fun While it Lasted.

💭 For 🎙 Bands of Horses, 💿 Things are Great at no. 138… I guess…

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Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 In its 60^th charting week on the Billboard Hot 100, 🎙 Glass Animals spends its second week at no. 1 with 🎵 “Heat Waves”.

💭 🎙 Camila Cabello and 🎙 Ed Sheeran earn the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100.  🎵 “Bam Bam” bows at no. 23.

💭 the second highest debut on a quiet Billboard Hot 100 arrives courtesy of 🎙 Russ featuring 🎙 Ktlyn.  🎵 “Handsomer” launches at no. 60.

💭 🎙 Gucci Mane debuts at no. 72 on the Hot 100 with 🎵 “Publicity Stunt.”

💭 🎙 King Von, who saw 💿 What it Means to be King debut at no. 2 on the Billboard 200, also impacts the Hot 100.  🎵 “War” bows at no. 73; 🎵 “Facetime” at no. 92; 🎵 “Straight to It” at no. 93…

💭 🎙 Lil Shordie Scott ascends from no. 100 to no. 77 with 🎵 “Rocking a Cardigan in Atlanta” in its second week.

💭 🎙 Machine Gun Kelly, assisted by 🎙 Lil Wayne, takes 🎵 “Ay!” to no. 82.

💭 🎵 “Neighborhood Superstar” courtesy of 🎙 DaBaby and 🎙 YoungBoy Never Broke Again, debuts at no. 89💭

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King Von Delivers Posthumous Runner-up: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 11 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Danny Santamaria Osorio, EMPIRE, Mediamodifier, The Musical Hype, Only the Family Entertainment, pinkzebra, Pixabay, Wolf Tone]

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