![Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) 🎧 [📷: Atlantic, Big Loud, Brent Faulkner, Capitol Nashville, Dead Oceans, Def Jam, Dreamville, Easy Eye Sound, EMI Nashville, EMPIRE, Epic, Fueled by Ramen, Geffen, Interscope, Keep Cool, Loma Vista, The Musical Hype, Nonesuch, Olivia Rodrigo, Paul Brennan from Pixabay, PMR, RCA, Republic, Roc Nation, Secretly Canadian, Sony Latin, Universal Music Operations Limited, Verve]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/25-best-albums-of-2021-so-far-2.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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25 Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) | Playlist 🎧
Jazmine Sullivan, Manchester Orchestra, Olivia Rodrigo, Shelley FKA DRAM and St. Vincent appear on 🎧 25 Best Albums of 2021 (So Far).
![Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 with Evermore: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 23 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Taylor Swift]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/taylor-swift-returns-to-no-1-with-evermore-scanning-the-charts-23-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 with Evermore | Scanning the Charts 📉
Scanning the Charts (6/12/21): Taylor Swift returns to no. 1 with Evermore, while BTS spend a second week at no. 1 with “Butter.”
![Olivia Rodrigo Dominates: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 22 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Geffen, The Musical Hype, Olivia Rodrigo]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/olivia-rodrigo-dominates-scanning-the-charts-no-22-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Olivia Rodrigo Dominates | Scanning the Charts 📉
Scanning the Charts (6/5/21): Olivia Rodrigo Dominates the Billboard 200 with her highly anticipated debut album, SOUR.
![Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: May 2021🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Darkroom, Dreamville, Glen Carrie, The Musical Hype, pasja1000, Pixabay, Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/awesome-songs-that-tickled-my-fancy-may-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: May 2021 | Playlist 🎧
Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: May 2021 🎧 features Anthony Hamilton, Bella Poarch, Burna Boy, Olivia Rodrigo, P!nk, & Twenty One Pilots.
![J. Cole Has a Big ‘Off-Season’: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 21 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Dreamville, The Musical Hype, Roc Nation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/j-cole-has-big-off-season-scanning-the-charts-no-21-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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J. Cole Has a Big ‘Off-Season’ | Scanning the Charts 📉
Scanning the Charts (5/29/21): J. Cole has one of the biggest launches on the Billboard 200 in 2021 with The Off-Season.
![Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR [📷: Olivia Rodrigo / Geffen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/olivia-rodrigo-sour-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR | Album Review 💿
Singer, songwriter, and actress Olivia Rodrigo shines on her awesome, consistent, electrifying, and unapologetically Gen-Z debut album, SOUR.
![Olivia Rodrigo, "good 4 u" [📷: Olivia Rodrigo / Geffen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/olivia-rodrigo-good-4-u.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Olivia Rodrigo, good 4 u | Track Review 🎵
Olivia Rodrigo brings the heat on “good 4 u,” the energetic, angst-laden pop-punk single from her debut album, SOUR.
![Demi Lovato Debuts at No. 2: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 15 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Island, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/demi-lovato-debuts-at-no-2-scanning-the-charts-no-15-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Demi Lovato Debuts at No. 2 | Scanning the Charts 📉
Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (4/17/21): Demi Lovato Debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, while Silk Sonic tops the Hot 100.
![Olivia Rodrigo, "deja vu" [📷: Geffen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/olivia-rodrigo-deja-vu.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Olivia Rodrigo, deja vu | Track Review 🎵
“Déjà vu” may have big shoes to fill following “drivers license,” but Olivia Rodrigo serves up another legitimate hit all said and done.
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Joshua Bassett, Joshua Bassett (EP) | Album Review 💿
Rising young actor and pop musician Joshua Bassett shows immense potential on his six-track, self-titled debut EP.
![Drive: 5ive Songs No. 23 (2021) [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Wendy Wei on Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/drive-5ive-songs-no-23-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Drive | 5ive Songs
On the 23rd edition of 5ive Songs, 2021, we select five songs that are associated with the word DRIVE or DRIVING in some form or fashion.
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Drake Makes Hot 100 ‘Scary’ | Scanning the Charts 📉
Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (3/20/21): Drake launches at nos. 1-3 on the Hot 100 with Scary Hours. Billboard 200 📉 💭 Make it nine straight weeks at no. 1 for 🎙 Morgan Wallen. 💿 Dangerous: The Double Album continues to dominate. 💭 🎙 Read more