Nas Debuts at No. 3 | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (8/18/21):  Billie Eilish remains no. 1 for a second week while Nas debuts at no. 3 on the Billboard 200.  

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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 X observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Nas earning the highest debut on the Billboard 200 with 💿 King’s Disease II.

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Billboard 200 📉

💭 🎙 Billie Eilish spends her second consecutive week at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 💿 Happier Than Ever.

💭 🎙 Nas earns the highest debut on the Billboard 200 with 💿 King’s Disease II, which launches at no. 3 with 56,000 units. 

💭 🎙 George Harrison reenters the top 10 of the charts with the 50^th anniversary reissue of his album, 💿 All Things Must Pass (no. 7).

💭 Three new releases bow in the top 20.  The first of the three is 💿 Famous Friends by country musician 🎙 Chris Young (no 13).  The second release is 💿 Release Me 2, courtesy of 79-year-old icon, 🎙 Barbra Streisand (no. 15).  The final debut arrives courtesy of 🎙 BTS with 💿 BTS, The Best (no. 19).

💭 After BTS, The Best, the next highest debut on the Billboard 200 arrives at no. 89 courtesy of 🎙 Fredo Bang with 💿 Murder Made Me.

💭 No triumphant numbers for 🎙 Tinashe, who sees 💿 333 debut tepidly at no. 175 on the chart.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 🎙 The Kid LAROI and 🎙 Justin Bieber spend a second consecutive week at no. 1 with their brief, entertaining single, 🎵 “Stay”.

💭 🏆 Grammy-winning Canadian R&B artist 🎙 The Weeknd launches at no. 6 with 🎵 “Take My Breath”.

💭 🎙 Jack Harlow and Pooh 🎙 Shiesty ‘enter the fray’ at no. 67 with 🎵 “SUVs (Black on Black)”.

💭 The highest charting Nas debut from 💿 King’s Disease II is 🎵 “EMPD2” featuring 🎙 Eminem and 🎙 EPMD at no. 79. 🎵 “Rare” also debuts on the Hot 100 at no. 100.

💭 Lil Tecca & Gunna debut at no. 80 with “Repeat It”.

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Nas Debuts at No. 3: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 33 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Mass Appeal, The Musical Hype]

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