Taylor Swift is ‘Fearless’ at No. 1 | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (4/24/21): Taylor Swift returns to a familiar spot on the Billboard 200 with Fearless (Taylor’s Version) – no. 1. 

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 FOUR notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and FIVE observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Taylor Swift returning to a familiar spot – no. 1.

Billboard 200 📉

💭 It should come as no surprise that 🎙 Taylor Swift finds herself back atop the Billboard 200. Her re-recorded version of her 2008 smash 💿 Fearless – 💿 Fearless (Taylor’s Version) – debuts at no. 1 with a solid 291,000 units.

💭 Rest in peace 🎙 DMX.  The late rapper unsurprisingly sees 💿 The Best of DMX ascend on the chart following his death at the age of 50.  The Best jumps from no. 73 to no. 2.

💭 🎙 BROCKHAMPTON just miss the top 10 – ugh!  💿 Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine debuts at no. 11.  Guess you can’t win ‘em all.

💭 Following new albums by Swift and BROCKHAMPTON, the only other new album to grace the top 100 of the Billboard 200 is 💿 Shottaz 4Eva courtesy of 🎙 MO3.  It launches at no. 36.

Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 🎙 Polo G has reason to celebrate.  He earns the first no. 1 single of his career with 🎵 “Rapstar”.

💭 🎙 Doja Cat and 🎙 SZA land another Hot 100 hit as 🎵 “Kiss Me More” debuts at no. 7.

💭 🎙 DMX affects the Hot 100 posthumously, including two of his most famous hits, 🎵 “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and 🎵 “Party Up” reentering the chart at nos. 16 and 40 respectively.

💭 🎙 Taylor Swift also impacts with Hot 100 with her fearlessness.  🎵 “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” reenters the chart at no. 52 after originally debuting at no. 11.

💭 🎙 twenty one pilots don’t 🎵 “Shy Away” from some Hot 100 chart love with their no. 87 debut.  

Taylor Swift is ‘Fearless’ at No. 1: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 16 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Taylor Swift]