Summer Walker Earns First No. 1 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (11/17/21):  Summer Walker earns her first no. 1 album while Adele holds down no. 1 on the Hot 100.

Well, 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 7 notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and 5 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Summer Walker earning her first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200, and Adele holding down the no. 1 spot on the Hot 100 with “Easy on Me”.

Billboard 200  

Summer Walker makes a robust debut at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 (166,000 units) with her sophomore album, Still Over It.  Worth noting, Still Over It marks the first no. 1 R&B album by a woman in over five years.

After releasing their first album in 40 years ( The Visitors, 1981), ABBA debuts at no. 2 with Voyage. The iconic Swedish collective couldn’t beat Summer Walker, but performed respectably.

After debuting last week at no. 1, Grammy-winning pop singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran slips to no. 4 on the Billboard 200 with =.

Though overshadowed by new projects from Walker and ABBA, Key Glock also earns a top-10 debut as Yellow Tape 2 bows at no. 7. 

Way down the Billboard 200, Amine debuts at no. 98 with TwoPointFive.

Welsh rock/metal band Bullet For My Valentine debuts modestly at no. 153 with their self-titled album.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats launches at no. 165 with The Future.  Unfortunately, the immediate ‘future’ of The Future doesn’t look too bright given the tepid start.

Billboard Hot 100  

Adele spends a fourth consecutive week at no. 1 spot on the Hot 100 with “Easy on Me”.

Post Malone and The Weeknd launch at no. 6 with “One Right Now”.

The final single from Silk Sonic ( Bruno Mars and Anderson  .Paak) in advance of An Evening with Silk Sonic, “Smokin Out the Window”, launches at no. 8 on the Hot 100.

Nobody is talking about the music of Travis Scott.  That is because of the disaster that was his ASTROWORLD Tour.  Regardless, “Escape Plan”, one of two new singles from the embattled rapper, debuts at no. 11 on the Hot 100.  Further down the chart, “Mafia” launches at no. 26.

After putting up fine numbers for her sophomore album Still Over It, it’s not surprising that Summer Walker scores numerous entries on the Hot 100.  Her highest debut arrives courtesy of “No Love” alongside SZA at no. 13.  Other spots occupied by Walker: No. 25, No. 33 (Notably a re-entry of “Ex For a Reason” with JT), No. 41, Nos. 44-45, Nos. 48-50… It doesn’t stop there either!

Summer Walker Earns First No. 1: Scanning the Charts No. 46 [: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Interscope, LVRN, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype]