Olivia Rodrigo Dominates | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (6/5/21): Olivia Rodrigo Dominates the Billboard 200 with her highly anticipated debut album, SOUR.  

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 FIVE observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Olivia Rodrigo dominating the Billboard 200 ( SOUR) and BTS earning another no. 1 hit on the Hot 100 ( “Butter”).

Billboard 200  

Didn’t we all see it coming, at least those of us who keep up with the pulse of the music industry? Olivia Rodrigo dominates the Billboard 200 with her debut album, SOUR.  Honestly, there’s nothing sour about the robust numbers Rodrigo put up to secure the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.  She’ a force to be reckoned with, period.

Worth noting, Rodrigo knocks Grammy-winning rapper J. Cole out of the top spot.  Don’t cry too much for Cole – The Off-Season only slips to no. 2.

Grammy winning alternative duo Twenty One Pilots are always good for a top-five debut – at least since Blurryface.  Scaled and Icy launches at no. 3.

The final top-10 debut on the Billboard 200 comes from 42 Dugg, who bows at no. 8 with Free Dem Boyz.  

Two more albums debut in the top-20: pop musician P!nk ( All I Know So Far: Setlist at no. 13) and country musician, Blake Shelton ( Body Language, no. 18) 

Lord Huron starts at no. 23 with their latest LP, Long Lost.  The band lays claim to the final debut in the top 40 with Waterparks’ Greatest Hits just missing the cut (no. 42).

Billboard Hot 100

Things don’t seem to be slowing down any for BTS, who score another no. 1 hit on the Hot 100 with “Butter”. “Butter” marks the Grammy-nominated K-Pop boy band’s fourth no. 1 single.

BTS knocked Olivia Rodrigo out of the penthouse on the Hot 100.  Don’t cry too much for Rodrigo, as she’s making chart history with her level of success.  This week, she has three songs in the top 10, and none of those three are named “drivers license”, her former no. 1 single which sits at no. 11 this week!   “Good 4 u” slips from no. 1 to no. 2; “Déjà vu” rises from no. 21 to no. 3; “Traitor” debuts at no. 9.

Up until no. 33, all of the debuts on the Hot 100 belonged to either BTS or Olivia Rodrigo.  Polo G and Lil Wayne get in on the debut action with “GANG GANG”.

City Girls twerk their way to the 51^st spot on the Hot 100 with their sexed-up single, “Twerkulator”.  

Making much less of a splash than “MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)” (debuted at no. 1), Lil Nas X sees “Sun Goes Down” launch at no. 66.

Olivia Rodrigo Dominates: Scanning the Charts No. 22 [: BIGHIT MUSIC, Brent Faulkner, Geffen, HYBE, The Musical Hype, Olivia Rodrigo]