Taylor Swift Tops w/ Red (Taylor’s Version) | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (11/24/21): Taylor Swift dominates both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 with Red (Taylor’s Version).  

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ell, 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 – the week of Thanksgiving –  I picked out 8 notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and 8 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Taylor Swift dominating both charts with the release of 💿 Red (Taylor’s Version).

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Billboard 200 📉 

💭 It shouldn’t come as a shock, but 🎙 Taylor Swift debuts at no. 1 with 💿 Red (Taylor’s Version).  The numbers for her 10^th no. 1 album are robust – understatement.  Swift knocks Summer Walker (💿 Still Over It) out of the top spot; she slips to no. 4.

💭 🎙 Silk Sonic – 🎙 Bruno Mars and 🎙 Anderson .Paak – are the bridesmaids on the Billlboard 200 this week.  💿 An Evening with Silk Sonic launches at no. 2.

💭 At no. 3, K-pop collective 🎙 TWICE launches with 💿 Formula of Love: O+T=<3.

💭 Country music standout 🎙 Jason Aldean earns the final debut in the top 10 this week.  💿 Macon launches respectably at no. 8.

💭 The final top-20 debut on the Billboard 200 arrives courtesy of 🎙 Money Man.  💿 Blockchain bows at no. 13.

💭 🎙 DaBaby cracks the top-50 with his EP, 💿 Back on My Baby Jesus Sh!t Again, which launches modestly at no. 44.

💭 Country musician 🎙 Cody Jinks debuts at no. 79 with his latest album, 💿 Mercy.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉

💭 🎙 Taylor Swift makes history on the Hot 100 as 🎵 “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” becomes the longest song to hit no. 1 EVER (north of 10 minutes).  Expectedly, numerous songs chart from 💿 Red (Taylor’s Version). Swift knocks 🎙 Adele (🎵 “Easy on Me”) out of the top spot.

💭 🎙 Silk Sonic – 🎙 Bruno Mars and 🎙 Anderson .Paak – sees their  💿 An Evening with Silk Sonic standout, 🎵 “Smokin Out the Window” rise from no. 8 to no. 5 two weeks in.  “Smokin” isn’t the only action on the Hot 100! 🎵 “Skate” re-enters the fray at no. 75, while the other newbies from the brief album debut such as 🎵 “Blast Off” (no. 73) and 🎵 “Put on a Smile” (no. 78).

💭 🎙 Glass Animals sees 🎵 “Heat Waves” ascend from no. 10 to no. 8 in its 44^th charting week.

💭 🎙 Elton John and 🎙 Dua Lipa are on the rise! 🎵 “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” ascends from no. 14 to no. 11 in its 11^th charting week.

💭 🎙 Juice WRLD earns another posthumous Hot 100 entry with 🎵 “Already Dead” which launches at no. 20. 

💭 🎙 Mariah Carey has re-entered the Hot 100 with her beloved Christmas classic (and former no. 1), 🎵 “All I Want for Christmas is You.” 

💭 🎙 Polo G debuts at no. 49 with 🎵 “Bad Man (Smooth Criminal).”

💭 🎙 ROSALIA cracks the Billboard Hot 100! Assisted by 🎙 The Weeknd, 🎵 “La Fama” bows at no. 94.

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Taylor Swift Tops with Red (Taylor’s Version): Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 47 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Taylor Swift]

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