Nas’ Magic Debuts Modestly | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (1/8/22):  Adele remains a force, Nas debuts modestly, while Mariah Carey sees her popular Christmas hit top the Hot 100 once again. 

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usic chart analysis, here we come! Scanning the Charts 📉 is exactly what it says it is.  We peruse – scan – through the Billboard Charts and pick out eye-catching happenings. Scanning the Charts 📉 isn’t extensive, but rather short and sweet.  This week, we list 5 observations from the Billboard 200 📉, and 5 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉. The biggest takeaways? 🎙 Adele remains a force to be reckoned with on the Billboard 200, while 🎙 Mariah Carey celebrated the most popular Christmas song of all time by spending another week at no. 1 on the Hot 100.  As for 🎙 Nas? His second album of 2021, 💿 Magic, debuts modestly.

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Billboard 200 📉 

💭 🎙 Adele spends a sixth consecutive week ↔ atop the Billboard 200. 💿 30 continues to be a force to be reckoned with.

💭 The soundtrack for Disney’s 💿 Encanto ascends from no. 110 to no. 7 ⬆ in its fifth week on the Billboard 200.

💭 The highest debut on the Billboard 200 arrives courtesy of 🎙 Nas.  💿 Magic, his second album of 2021, debuts at no. 27.

💭 The second highest debut on the Billboard 200 is more surprising. 🎙 Bobby Helms launches at no. 28 with 💿 The Classic Years: 1956-1962 at no. 28.

 

💭 Another soundtrack, 💿 Sing 2, dints the Billboard 200 at no. 103.  Could it ascend in the future?

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Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 🎙 Mariah Carey celebrates the most popular Christmas song of all time – 🎵 “All I Want for Christmas is You” – by spending another week (an 8^th nonconsecutive week) at no. 1 on the Hot 100.

💭 The 🎙 Encanto cast – 🎙 Carolina Gaitan, 🎙 Mauro Castillo, 🎙 Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, 🎙 Diane Guerrero, 🎙 Stephanie Beatriz – sees 🎵 “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” launch at no. 50 on the Hot 100.

💭 🎙 Jessica Darrow debuts at no. 54 with 🎵 “Surface Pressure,” another song charting from the 💿 Encanto soundtrack.

💭 Finally, the 🎙 Ari Lennox masterpiece, 🎵 “Pressure”, debuts at no. 94 on the Hot 100.

💭 Country standout 🎙 Sam Hunt debuts at no. 99 with his single, 🎵 “23.”

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Nas’ Magic Debuts Modestly: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 1 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Danny Santamaria Osorio, Mass Appeal, Mediamodifier, The Musical Hype, pinkzebra, Pixabay]

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