Taylor Swift No. 1 for an 8th Week | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Billboard Hot 100 (10/31/20): Taylor Swift returns to no. 1 for an eight week with Folklore. 

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 (Pop Smoke Returns 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 FIVE observations 🔎 from the Billboard Hot 100, with 🎙 Taylor Swift returning to no. 1 with 💿 Folklore for an eighth, nonconsecutive week.

Billboard 200 📉

💭 🎙 Taylor Swift returns to no. 1 with 💿 Folklore for an eighth, nonconsecutive week. According to Keith Caufield of Billboard, it is the first album to SELL a million copies in 2020. Meanwhile, 🎙 Pop Smoke slips from no. 1 to no. 2 with his popular posthumous debut album, 💿 Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon.

💭 🎙 Tom Petty reenters the Billboard 200 at no. 5 with the reissued edition of his 1994 album, 💿 Wildflowers.  The only new album to debut within the top 10 is 💿 Resonance, Pt. 1 courtesy of 🎙 NCT.

💭 Three more new albums bow within the top 20. 🎙 BTS’s 💿 Skool Luv Affair lands at no. 12.  🎙 Eagles 💿 Live from the Forum MMXVIII launches at no. 16.  🎙 T.I., once a top-five machine, settles for a lukewarm, no. 18 start for 💿 The L.I.B.R.A. 

💭 Further down the Billboard 200, there’s more fresh blood. 🎙 Sturgill Simpson bows at no. 24 with 💿 Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1: The Shoppe Sessions, while 🎙 Benny the Butcher starts at no. 29 with 💿 Burden of Proof.

💭 So, 🎙 Matt Berninger (🎙 The National) released an album – 💿 Serpentine Prison.  It didn’t exactly ignite the charts at no. 161 though…

Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 🎙 24kGoldn and 🎙 Iann Dior spend a second week in the top spot of the Hot 100 with 🎵 “Mood.”

💭 🎙 Justin Bieber is definitely impacting the Hot 100.  🎵 “Holy” ascends from no. 14 to no. 9 while 🎵 “Lonely” (with Benny Blanco) launches at no. 14.

💭 🎙 Young Bleu, with the help of 🎙 Drake, launches at no. 52 with 🎵 “You’re Mines Still.”

💭 🎙 G-Eazy, assisted by🎙 blackbear, debuts at no. 71 with 🎵“Hate the Way”.  Worth noting, “Hate the Way” marks a return to rap by Eazy following his questionable alternative LP, 💿 Everything’s Strange Here.

💭 Social media star 🎙 Larray caused quite a stir with “Cancelled,” which transcends YouTube success and launches on the Hot 100 at no. 80.

Taylor Swift No. 1 for an 8^th Week: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 19 [📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Records Label, Taylor Swift]