Lil Nas X Settles for No. 2 | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (9/29/21): Drake maintains the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a third straight week while Lil Nas X bows at no. 2.   

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ell, 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 SEVEN notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and X observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Drake maintaining the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a third straight week while 🎙 Lil Nas X bows at no. 2.   

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Billboard 200 📉 

💭 🎙 Drake spends a third consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 with 💿 Certified Lover.  Notably, Drake keeps 🎙 Lil Nas X from debuting at no. 2.  The pop artist settles for a no. 2 start with his debut album, 💿 Montero.

💭 K-pop collective 🎙 NCT 127 arrives at no. 3 with 💿 Sticker: The 3^rd Album.

💭 Following two straight weeks at no. 2, after debuting robustly at no. 1, 🎙 Kanye West sees 💿 Donda slip to no. 4 in its fourth week on the charts. 

💭 How about some updates from last week’s highly touted newbies? 🎙 Kacey Musgraves keeps it top-10 with 💿 Star-Crossed, which descends from no. 3 to no. 10.  As for 🎙 Baby Keem, he falls just outside of the top 10 with 💿 The Melodic Blue, which dips from no. 5 to no. 12.  As for 🎙 J Balvin, 💿 Jose didn’t fare as well, sliding from no. 12 to no. 34. 

💭 🎙 Spiritbox earns the third highest debuting album on the Billboard 200, though it bows outside the top 10.  💿 Eternal Blue starts at a respectable no. 13. 

💭 The final debut in the top-20 of the Billboard 200 comes from 🎙 Mozzy.  💿 Untreated Trauma launches at no. 19.

💭 🎙 Daughtry, once a great selling rock band, comes down to earth with 💿 Dearly Beloved.  The American Idol alum’s latest album debuts modestly at no. 50.  Another Idol alum, winner 🎙 Scotty McCreery, also debuts modestly.  💿 Same Truck starts unimpressively at no. 86.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 🎙 The Kid LAROI and 🎙 Justin Bieber spend a sixth, nonconsecutive week no. 1 with 🎵 “Stay”.

💭 The 🎙 Lil Nas X and 🎙 Jack Harlow collaboration, 🎵 “Industry Baby” returns to its peak position at no. 2 on the Hot 100.  Meanwhile, a new Nas X joint debuts at no. 10, 🎵 “That’s What I Want.”

💭 🎙 Taylor Swift earns a top-40 debut with 🎵 “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)” (no. 37).

💭 🎙 Elton John and 🎙 Dua Lipa see 🎵 “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” ascend to a new peak position – no. 74.  It rises from no. 98!

💭 🎙 Zac Brown Band sneaks onto the Hot 100 with 🎵 “Same Boat,” which bows at no. 98. 

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Lil Nas X Settles for No. 2: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 39 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype]

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