Pop Smoke & John Mayer Top | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (7/28/21): Pop Smoke & John Mayer debut in the top two spots on the Billboard 200. BTS’ “Butter” back to one on Hot 100.

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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 🎙 Pop Smoke and 🎙 John Mayer Top debuting in the top two spots on the Billboard 200.

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Billboard 200 📉

💭 The late 🎙 Pop Smoke finds himself in a familiar spot – no. 1.  That’s right, his second posthumous album, 💿 Faith, debuts atop the Billboard 200.  Worth noting, Smoke’s double platinum, posthumous debut album, 💿 Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, ascends from no. 11 to no. 9 in its 55^th week on the charts.

💭 Smoke bounces 🎙 Olivia Rodrigo from the top spot, where her platinum certified debut 💿 SOUR spent four nonconsecutive weeks at no. 1.  This week, it slips to no. 3.

💭 Just behind Pop Smoke, 🎙 John Mayer debuts at no. 2 with his first album in four years, 💿 Sob Rock. Sob Rock bumped 🎙 Doja Cat and 💿 Planet Her out of the runner-up spot.  Planet Her spent its first three weeks at no. 2.  This week, it dips to no. 4.   

💭 🎙 Clairo sees her critically acclaimed sophomore album, 💿 Sling, debut at no. 17.  Sling outperforms her debut album, 💿 Immunity, which debuted more modestly at no. 51 in 2019.

💭 🎙 Dee Gees / 🎙 Foo Fighters earn a top 30 debut with 💿 Hail Satin (no. 27).  Cracking the top 50 are 🎙 WILLOW (💿 Lately I Feel Everything, no. 46), 🎙 Tedeschi Trucks Band featuring 🎙 Trey Anastasio (💿 Layla Revisited – Live at Lockin’, no. 47), and 🎙 ILLENIUM (💿 Fallen Embers, no. 49). 

💭 Worth noting, 🎙 KSI (of YouTube fame) debuts at no. 94 with 💿 All Over the Place. Also, 🎙 Tones And I bows at no. 144 with 💿 Welcome to the Madhouse.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 🎙 BTS have a lock on the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. After 🎵 “Permission to Dance” debuted at no. 1 last week, it dips to no. 7. 🎵 “Butter”, which dropped from no. 1 to no. 7 last week, returns to no. 1 this week!

💭 🎙 Normani brings her 🎵 “Wild Side” to the top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100.  The sexy, risqué single featuring 🎙 Cardi B bows at no. 14. 

💭 In addition to his earning a second no. 1 album on the Billboard 200 (💿 Faith), 🎙 Pop Smoke also earns some debuts on the Hot 100.  These debuts include 🎵 “Tell The Vision” (no. 49) and 🎵 “Bout a Million” (no. 54). 

💭 🎙 Trippie Redd, assisted by 🎙 Lil Uzi Vert, debuts at no. 50 with 🎵 “Holy Smokes.”

💭 🎙 Dua Lipa debuts at no. 89 with 🎵 “Love Again,” a highlight from her platinum certified, Grammy winning pop album, 💿 Future Nostalgia. 

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 Pop Smoke & John Mayer Top: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 30 [📷: BIGHIT MUSIC, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Republic] 

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