![Nas Debuts at No. 3: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 33 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Mass Appeal, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/nas-debuts-at-no-3-scanning-the-charts-33-2021.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 "Nas Debuts at No. 3: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 33 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Mass Appeal, The Musical Hype]")
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.
![Nas Debuts at No. 3: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 33 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Mass Appeal, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/nas-debuts-at-no-3-scanning-the-charts-33-2021.jpg?ssl=1 "Nas Debuts at No. 3: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 33 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Mass Appeal, The Musical Hype]")
W
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.
Billboard 200
![Nas, King's Disease II [📷: Mass Appeal]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/nas-kings-disease-ii.jpg?ssl=1 "Nas, King's Disease II [📷: Mass Appeal]")
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 50th 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.
Billboard Hot 100
![The Kid LAROI, F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-kid-laroi-fuck-love-3.jpg?ssl=1 "The Kid LAROI, F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU [📷: Columbia]")
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”.
Nas Debuts at No. 3: Scanning the Charts No. 33 [
: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Mass Appeal, The Musical Hype]
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