Lil Baby & Lil Durk Rule | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (6/19/21): Lil Baby & Lil Durk Rule launch at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with The Voice of the Heroes.  

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 FIVE notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and FIVE observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Lil Baby and Lil Durk rule launching at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with their collaborative album, The Voice of the Heroes.

Billboard 200

After Taylor Swift ascended back to no. 1 last week with Evermore, she’s knocked out of the top spot – all the way down to no. 8 – by Lil Baby and Lil Durk.  The two popular rappers see The Voice of the Heroes move a robust 150,000 units – well, robust for times such as these!

As for breakthrough Olivia Rodrigo, she may still be ‘sour’ that her totally-not-sour debut album SOUR remains stuck at no. 2 after its own robust no. 1 start with the biggest numbers of 2021.

K-Pop act TOMORROW X TOGETHER get some top-five love as The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE launches at no. 5.  Amazingly, the next debut in the top-50 of the chart can’t be found until no. 39, where Rise Against debuts with Nowhere Generation.

The rest of the top 100 has a few debuts.  Japanese Breakfast lands at no. 56 with Jubilee.  Country musician Brett Young enters truly modestly at no. 79 with Weekends Look a Little Different These Days (apparently so do album sales ).  Rapper Lloyd Banks – yes, of G-Unit notoriety – gets into the mix, albeit at a tepid no. 84 with The Course of the Inevitable.

I guess not all posthumous albums have much staying power. DMX is nowhere to be found on this week’s Billboard 200 after Exodus launched at no. 8 just last week.  He deserves better y’all!

Billboard Hot 100  

BTS are still the act to beat on the Hot 100, spending their third consecutive week on top with “Butter”.

Olivia Rodrigo remains in the runner-up slot with “good 4 u”. At least she’s consistent, right?

Shout out to Bad Bunny who earns the top debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Yonaguni” at no. 10.

As to be expected, there are some debuts from Lil Baby & Lil Durk sprinkled throughout the Hot 100.  The highest arrives at no. 16 with “Hats Off” featuring Travis Scott.

Two more notable debuts: Roddy Ricch bows at no. 20 with “Late at Night” while Billie Eilish arrives at no. 27 with “Lost Cause”.  

Lil Baby & Lil Durk Rule: Scanning the Charts No. 24 [: BIGHIT Music, Brent Faulkner, HYBE, The Musical Hype, Quality Control Music]