What’s the Chart Scoop? NF debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200, while Post Malone & 21 Savage ascend to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  

It was expected to be a quiet week on the Billboard 200.  The releases impacting the current edition of the Billboard 200 (arriving October 6), weren’t among the most notable of the year – no offense.  Still, one release, courtesy of rapper NF, tops the charts. Perception debuts at no. 1 with 55,000 units (69% album sales). The numbers are blasé, but no. 1 is no. 1, right?

The competition for NF was Tom Petty and Lil Pump.  Petty remains at no. 2, while Lil Pump starts at no. 3 with Lil Pump.  Lil Pump moves 46,000 units, though a tepid ~13% of that total accounts for album sales.  Yuck. Kane Brown comes up as the deluxe version of his self-titled debut ascends to no. 5 with 43,000 units (60%+ album sales).  Marilyn Manson doesn’t turn the Billboard 200 upside down, unfortunately, as Heaven Upside Down launches at no. 8 with 35,000 units (91%+ album sales).

On the Billboard Hot 100, Cardi B has been dethroned after three weeks at no. 1 (“Bodak Yellow”). Post Malone and 21 Savage ascend to no. 1 with “Rockstar.”

Billboard 200 Grooves

1. NF debuts at no. 1 with his third studio album, Perception.

2. Lil Pump debuts at no. 3 with his self-titled debuted.

3. Kane Brown sees his self-titled debut ascends 51 spots from no. 56 to no. 5 with the release of the deluxe edition.

4. Following his debut at no. 4, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie sees The Bigger Artist slips just two spots to no. 6.

5. Marilyn Manson starts at no. 8 with Heaven Upside Down.

6. After debuting at no. 3, Demi Lovato sees Tell Me You Love Me slide 10 spots to no. 13.

7. August Burns Red sees Phantom Anthem debut at no. 19.

8. After debuting at no. 1, Shania Twain sees Now slide 28 spots to no. 29.

9. Liam Gallagher debuts at no. 30 with As You Were.

10. A trio of albums debut in the top-35. That trio would be Jeremy Camp (The Answer, no. 33), Trippie Redd (A Love Letter to You 2, no. 34), and The Black Dahlia Murder (Nightbringers, no. 35).

11. Miley Cyrus (Younger Now) nosedives 31 spots from no. 5 to no. 36.

12. Gwen Stefani debuts quietly at no. 51 with You Make It Feel Like Christmas.

13. The Killers continue their descent down the chart. Wonderful Wonderful slips from no. 59 to no. 74 in only its third week.

14. Tank sees Savage slide from no. 24 to no. 105 in its second week.

15. Kelela debuts at no. 128 with Take Me Apart.

16. Tamar Braxton sees Bluebird of Happiness plummet from no. 14 to no. 135.

Billboard Hot 100 Jewels

1. Post Malone, assisted by 21 Savage, earns his first no. 1 single on the Hot 100 with “Rockstar.”

2. Cardi B slips to no. 2 with “Bodak Yellow” following three weeks at no. 1.

3. Portugal. The Man sees “Feel It Still” ascend into the top five (rises from no. 6 to no. 5).

4. After debuting at no. 5, Sam Smith sees “Too Good at Goodbyes” return to the top 10 (ascends from no. 13 to no. 7).

5. Lin-Manuel Miranda, assisted by Artist for Puerto Rico, sees “Almost Like Praying” launch at no. 20.

6. Lil Pump continues to see “Gucci Gang” rise up the charts. This week, it umps 16 spots from no. 46 to no. 32.

7. Sam Smith sees his second single from The Thrill of It All, “Pray,” debut at no. 55.

8. Chris Brown sees “Pills and Automobiles” ascend 10 spots from no. 69 to no. 59.

9. Charlie Puth debuts at no. 60 with his second single from Voicenotes, “How Long.”

10. Maren Morris debuts at no. 91 with “Dear Hate,” featuring Vince Gill.

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