Rod Wave, Lil Nas X Top | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (4/10/21): Rod Wave tops the Billboard 200, while Lil Nas X tops the Hot 100.

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 (📉 Justin Bieber Tops Both Charts: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 13), 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 THREE observations 🔎 from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Rod Wave earning his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and 🎙 Lil Nas X debuting at no. 1 on the Hot 100.  

Billboard 200 📉 

💭 🎙 Rod Wave earns his first no. 1 album with 💿 SoulFly.  He knocks 🎙 Justin Bieber out of the top spot. Don’t cry for Bieber too much as 💿 Justice slips just one spot to no. 2.

💭 There are four more debuts in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. 🎙 NF and 🎙 Carrie Underwood launch at nos. 3 and 4 respectively (💿 Clouds (The Mixtape) and 💿 My Savior). 🎙 Young Dolph and 🎙 Key Glock unleash 💿 Dum and Dummer 2 while 🎙 AJR scores another top 10, 💿 OK Orchestra.  

💭 Two more debuts grace the top 20: 🎙 Evanescence serves up 💿 The Bitter Truth (no. 11), while 🎙 Karol G drops 💿 KG0516 (no. 20).  

💭 🎙 24kGoldn debuts modestly at no. 22 with his debut album, 💿 El Dorado.  

💭 After securing the runner up spot on last week’s chart, 🎙 Lana Del Rey sees 💿 Chemtrails Over the Country Club slide to no. 40 in its second week. Ouch!

Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 Despite all of the controversy surrounding it, 🎙 Lil Nas X debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 🎵 “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”.  He ends up bumping 🎙 Justin Bieber’s 🎵 “Peaches” to the no. 2 slot.

💭 With his album debuting at no. 1 on the Billboard 200, it’s not surprising that 🎙 Rod Wave nabs a high debut on the Hot 100 too.  🎵 “Richer” (featuring 🎙 Polo G) starts at no. 22.  It is just one of many debuts from 💿 SoulFly.

💭 🎙 Taylor Swift unsurprisingly earns another debut on the Hot 100, though 🎵 “You All Over Me (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” featuring 🎙 Maren Morris doesn’t make a huge wave (no. 51).

Rod Wave, Lil Nas X Top: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 14 [📷: Alamo, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype]