Pop Smoke Returns to No. 1 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Billboard Hot 100 (10/24/20): Pop Smokes returns to no. 1 with Aim for the Stars Shoot for the Moon. 

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.  To reiterate what I said last week (21 Savage & Metro Boomin Debut at No. 1), this column won’t be extensive, but rather short and sweet, keeping that moving.  This week, I picked out FIVE notable observations from the Billboard 200, and FOUR observations from the Billboard Hot 100, with Pop Smoke returning to no. 1 with his posthumous debut album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon. 

Billboard 200 

Weeks after last crowning the Billboard 200, Pop Smoke returns to ‘the penthouse’ with his posthumous debut album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon.

21 Savage and Metro Boomin sees Savage Mode II slips from no. 1 to no. 2 in its second week on the charts.

Fleetwood Mac sees Rumours return to the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time in 42 years.

There were no top-10 debuts this week.  However, there was one top-15 debut as Trey Songz debuts at no. 15 with Back Home.  That’s an underwhelming start to say the least.

Worth noting, Black Pumas earn a spot on the Billboard 200 for the very first times.  Their self-titled debut, Black Pumas, launches at no. 200 (it came out in 2019).

Billboard Hot 100

24kGoldn and Iann Dior ascend to the top spot of the Hot 100 with “Mood.” Honestly, it was only a matter of time before the popular single reached the penthouse.  “Mood” knocks off Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”, which falls to no. 6.

Internet Money & Gunna (featuring Don Toliver and NAV) have a hit on their hands as “Lemonade” rises from no. 12 to no. 10).

Fleetwood Mac sees their iconic gem, “Dreams,” ascend from no. 21 to no. 12.  Again, the song appears on the band’s 1977 masterpiece, Rumours.

Bebe Rexha and Doja Cat earn a spot on the back half of the Hot 100 as “Baby, I’m Jealous” launches at no. 58.

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