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.”  

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 FIVE notable observations from the Billboard 200 ,  and FIVE observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Taylor Swift returning to no. 1 with Evermore, while BTS spend a second week at no. 1 with the buttery smooth, “Butter”.

Billboard 200

  Move over   Olivia Rodrigo (  SOUR )! Taylor Swift returns to the top of the Billboard 200 (ascending all the way from no. 74 to no. 1) with her critically acclaimed second surprise LP of 2020,  Evermore.  Worth noting, the return to no. 1 comes in Evermore’s 25^th week on the charts.  Also, it didn’t do puny numbers – it moved 202,000 units according to Keith Caulfield! As for Rodrigo, she still has a sizable second week with SOUR in the runner-up spot.

  DMX sees his posthumous album,  Exodus launch at no. 8.  Exodus is the sole debut in the top-50 of the Billboard 200.  Yikes!  The next debut comes from Blackberry Smoke courtesy of You Hear Georgia at no. 55. 

While   Evermore may be ‘getting it’s shine on’ on the Billboard 200, Swift’s 2021 album,   Fearless (Taylor’s Version), isn’t experiencing the same degree of love. The rerecorded version of her 2008 Grammy-winning album slides from no. 45 to no. 57 in only its 8^th week on the charts.  Of course, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) debuted at no. 1. 

Continuing on a lackadaisical Billboard 200,   Sleepy Hallow secures a top-150 debut with   Still Sleep? at no. 144.  Ugh – totally NOT sexy, I know.  Furthermore, it’s the final debut on the entirety of the 200-spot chart. 

  The Black Keys released a solid, enjoyable blues album with  Delta Kream.  Unfortunately, it hasn’t been a commercial success.  Delta Kream, which has spent a mere three weeks on the charts, started at no. 6, slipped to no. 102, and this week, slides to no. 187.  Ouch!

Billboard Hot 100

BTS lockdown the no. 1 spot on the Hot 100 for the second consecutive week.  Safe to say “Butter” is a hit baby! Interestingly, like on the Billboard 200, Olivia Rodrigo finds herself in the runner-up spot as “good 4 u” spends its second consecutive week stuck behind the K-Pop band after debuting at no. 1.

Like the Billboard 200, the Hot 100 is a bore for the most part this week.  The highest charting debut (no. 62 mind you) comes from Eminem featuring Jack Harlow and Cordae on “Killer.”  Not exactly igniting the charts…

Following Eminem’s debut, there are two more debuts in the 60s on the Hot 100.  Cochise and $NOT launch at no. 64 with “Tell Em” while Rauw Alejandro starts at no. 66 with “Todo de Ti.”

Country musician Chase Rice gets some love at no. 75 with “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen” which features Florida Georgia Line.

At no. 81, Lil Baby and Lil Durk see the title track of their collaborative album, Voice of the Heroes bow.

Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 with Evermore: Scanning the Charts No. 23 [ : BigHit Music, Brent Faulkner, HYBE, The Musical Hype, Taylor Swift]