Shawn Mendes Takes ‘Wonder’ To No. 1 | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (12/19/20): Shawn Mendes earns his fourth no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. 

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 (Bad Bunny Earns First 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 THREE observations 🔎 from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Shawn Mendes earning his fourth no. 1 album with 💿 Wonder. 

Billboard 200 📉 

💭 🎙 Shawn Mendes earns his fourth no. 1 album with 💿 Wonder. While Wonder didn’t have much competition this week – the no. 2 album was a distant second –  the numbers weren’t exactly earth shattering, at 89,000 units.

💭 After earning a historic no. 1 album last week, 🎙 Bad Bunny sees 💿 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo slip just one spot to no. 2.

💭 Aside from Mendes’ Wonder, the top 40 lacks brand-new album.  The only other debut arrives courtesy of 🎙 The White Stripes with 💿 The White Stripes Greatest Hits at no. 33.

💭 Beyond the top 40, the debuts are scant as well.  Rapper 🎙 YFN Lucci lands at no. 49 with 💿 Wish Me Well 3.  🎙 TWICE bows at no. 72 with 💿 Eyes Wide Open: The 2^nd Full Album. YUNGBLUD launches at a tepid no. 75 with 💿 Weird!. 

💭 🎙 Mariah Carey charts another Christmas album with 💿 Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, which debuts at no. 100.

Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 After ascending from no. 14 to no. 2 last week, 🎙 Mariah Carey returns to no. 1 with her iconic Christmas gem, 🎵 “All I Want for Christmas is You.”  Also, worth noting, the new version of “Oh Santa!” (featuring 🎙 Ariana Grande and 🎙 Jennifer Hudson) launches at no. 76.

💭 With much of the Hot 100 dominated by holiday singles, 🎙 Lil Baby secures two spots in the top half of the chart with 🎵 “On Me” (no. 30) and 🎵 “Errbody” (no. 41).

💭 🎙 The Kid LAROI debuts at no. 63 with “Without You,” which appears as the seventh track on the expanded version of 💿 F*CK LOVE.  

Bad Bunny Earns First No. 1: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 25 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Records LLC, Rimas Entertainment]