Morgan Wallen Continues Dominance | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (3/6/21): Morgan Wallen and Olivia Rodrigo continue their chart dominance.

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.  To reiterate what I said last week ( The Weeknd Settles for No. 2: Scanning the Charts No. 7), this column won’t be extensive, but rather short and sweet, keeping that moving.  This week, I picked out SIX  notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and THREE observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Morgan Wallen spending a sixth week atop the Billboard 200 with Dangerous: The Double Album, while Olivia Rodrigo spends her sixth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “Drivers License”.

Billboard 200  

Morgan Wallen was cancelled, but that hasn’t slowed Dangerous: The Double Album, which spends its sixth consecutive week atop the Billboard 200.

Though The Weeknd sees The Highlights slide from no. 2 to no. 8, his ‘ace in the hole’, After Hours, ascends from no. 37 to no. 2 in its 48^th week on the chart.  

With no new albums bowing in the top 10, Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (soundtrack) debuts at no. 12 as the highest debut.

It seems that the Florida Georgia Line train has slowed quite a bit.  The ‘bro country’ duo debuts tepidly by their standards.  Life Rolls On launches at no. 21 – yikes!

The Pretty Reckless impact the Billboard 200 as well, with Death By Rock and Roll launching at no. 28.

The big takeaway should be that there are a number of underperforming new albums by big-named artists.  Pentatonix is among them as The Lucky Ones bombs with its no. 123 start.  Awful start for the Grammy-winning a cappella darlings.

Billboard Hot 100  

Olivia Rodrigo spends a sixth consecutive week at no. 1 on the Hot 100 with “Drivers License”. 

Lil Tjay and 6LACK earn the highest debut on the Hot 100 with “Calling My Phone” which launches at no. 3.

Taylor Swift continues to do her thing. “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” debuts at no. 11.

Morgan Wallen & Olivia Rodrigo Continue Dominance: Scanning the Charts No. 8 [: Brent Faulkner, Geffen, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Republic]