Meek Mill Takes ‘Expensive Pain’ Top 3 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (10/13/21): Taylor Swift returns to no. 1 on the Billboard 200 while Meek Mill takes Expensive Pain to no. 3.  

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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 six notable observations from the Billboard 200 , and six observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Taylor Swift returning to no. 1, Meek Mill debuting in the top 3, while The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber return to no. 1 once more on the Hot 100.

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Billboard 200  

Surprisingly, Taylor Swift returns to no. 1 with Fearless (Taylor’s Version), in the set’s 25^th week on the Billboard 200.  Last week’s no. 1 album, Sincerely, Kentrell, courtesy of YoungBoy Never Broke Again, slips to no. 4.

The highest debut on the Billboard 200 arrives courtesy of Meek Mill.  Expensive Pain bows at no. 3.

The only other album to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 is Love for Sale, the second collaborative album by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.  It launches at no. 8.

Brandi Carlile debuts just outside the top 10.  In These Silent Days bows at no. 11.

Mustering up a modest top-40 debut, Lil Wayne (featuring Rich The Kid) bow at no. 35 with Trust Fund Babies.

Andy Mineo arrives modestly to say the least.  Never Land II bows at no. 152.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber return, once again, to the top of the Hot 100 with “Stay”.  Coldplay x BTS see “My Universe” plummet from no. 1 to no. 12 in its second week.

Walker Hayes is “kicking ass and taking names” with “Fancy Like,” which ascends from no. 5 to a new peak of no. 3.

As to be expected, Meek Mill sees some entries on the Hot 100 given the bow of Expensive Pain on the Billboard 200.  The highest entry from the Grammy-nominated rapper is “Intro (Hate on Me)” which launches at no. 36.

After several Meek Mill entries, the next debut on the Hot 100 from a different artist comes courtesy of Eslabon Armado featuring DannyLux.  “Jugaste y Sufri” launches at no. 75.

Skylar Grey, Polo G, Mozzy, and Eminem debut at no. 78 with “Last One Standing.”  

TWICE earns some chart love with “The Feels” which debuts at no. 83.

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Meek Mill Takes ‘Expensive Pain’ Top 3: Scanning the Charts No. 41 [: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Maybach Music, The Musical Hype] 

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