Taylor Swift Dominant For the 2nd Time in 2020 | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (12/26/20): Taylor Swift earns her second no. 1 album of 2020 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 (Shawn Mendes Takes ‘Wonder’ To 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 🎙 Taylor Swift earning her second no. 1 album of 2020 with 💿 Evermore, as well as scoring another no. 1 debut on the Hot 100 with 🎵 “Willow.”

Billboard 200 📉

💭 Continuing her dominance in 2020, 🎙 Taylor Swift earns her second no. 1 album of 2020 with 💿 Evermore, moving a robust 329,000 units per Keith Caulfield of Billboard.

💭 Keeping it a 🏷 Republic Records affair at the top of the charts, 🎙 Kid Cudi launches at no. 2 with 💿 Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.  While he’s a distant second from Queen Swift, he still managed to put up nice numbers.

💭 🎙 Jack Harlow gets into the Billboard 200 top-five debut action with 💿 Thats What They All Say, which starts at no. 5.  His numbers are quite a bit off from both Swift and Cudi, but hey, top-five is top-five!

💭 After earning his fourth no. 1 album with 💿 Wonder, 🎙 Shawn Mendes slides out of the top 10! Wonder freefalls from no. 1 to no. 25 in his second week.  Day-um Shawn!

💭 Following Jack Harlow’s debut at no. 5, you have to search long and hard to find the next brand-new entry on the Billboard 200.  It arrives courtesy of 🎙 Sturgill Simpson and 💿 Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions at no. 127.  Beyond that, 🎙 The Avalanches arrive at no. 148 with 💿 We Will Always Love You.

Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 More dominance from 🎙 Taylor Swift as 🎵 “willow” debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  According to Billboard, she becomes the “First artist to debut atop Billboard 200 & Hot 100 simultaneously twice”. Additionally, many other songs from 💿 Evermore debut on the Hot 100, including 🎵 “Champagne Problems” (no. 21), 🎵 “No Body, No Crime” (no. 34), and 🎵 “‘Tis the Damn Season” (no. 39).

💭 🎙 Kid Cudi experiences some Hot 100 success from his album, 💿 Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, as 🎵 “She Knows This” launches at no. 49, followed by 🎵 “Show Out” (no. 54) and “Another Day” (no. 64) among others.

💭 🎙 The Kid LAROI and his late mentor, 🎙 Juice WRLD, see 🎵 “Reminds Me of You” debut at no. 89.

Taylor Swift Dominant For the 2nd Time in 2020: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 27 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Republic, Taylor Swift]