Moneybagg Yo Tops for the First Time | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (5/8/21): Moneybagg Yo Tops the Billboard 200 while The Weeknd & Ariana Grande top the Hot 100.  

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 6 notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and 6 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Moneybagg Yo topping the Billboard 200 and 🎙 The Weeknd and 🎙 Ariana Grande topping the Hot 100.

Billboard 200 📉

💭 🎙 Moneybagg Yo earns his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with 💿 A Gangsta’s Pain.  He knocks 🎙 Young Thug (and company) out of the top spot as 💿 Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2 slips to no. 2 in its second week.

💭 🎙 Eric Church earns another top-5 album as 💿 Soul debut at no. 4, one spot better than 💿 Heart, which debuted last week at no. 5.  Worth nothing, 💿 & EP launches at no. 83.

💭 🎙 The Weeknd sees 💿 After Hours reenter the chart in its 54^th week at no. 7.  Notably, it’s been certified double platinum as of yet.

💭 Only two more debuts grace the top 40 of the Billboard 200 – 🎙 Myke Towers’ 💿 Lyke Mike (no. 36) and 🎙 Lil Yachty’s 💿 Michigan Boat Boy (no. 39).

💭 🎙 Porter Robinson debuts at no. 52 with his long-awaited sophomore album, 💿 Nurture.

💭 🎙 KALEO barely dents the charts with their new LP, 💿 Surface Sounds, which bows at no. 102 – OUCH!

Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 🎙 The Weeknd and 🎙 Ariana Grande top the Billboard Hot 100 once more with 🎵 “Save Your Tears (Remix)”.

💭 🎙 Polo G sees 🎵 “RAPSTAR” slip from no. 1 to no. 4 after spending two weeks on top.

💭 🎙 Lil Baby sees 🎵 “On Me” ascend from no. 32 to no. 15 as 🎙 Megan Thee Stallion joins him for the remix.

💭 🎙 Moneybagg Yo also earns the highest ranking debut on the Hot 100 with 🎵 “Shottas (Lala)” at no. 35.  Other songs from 💿 A Gangsta’s Pain also chart on the Hot 100.

💭 🎙 H.E.R. debuts at no. 64 with her latest single, 🎵 “Come Through” featuring 🎙 Chris Brown.

💭 🎙 AJR debuts at no. 99 on the Hot 100 with 🎵 “Way Less Sad”, from their latest studio album, 💿 OK ORCHESTRA.

Moneybagg Yo Tops for the First Time: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 18 [📷: Brent Faulkner, CMG, Interscope, The Musical Hype, N-Less, Republic]