Tyler, The Creator, Doja Cat Top | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (7/7/21): Tyler, The Creator & Doja Cat top the Billboard 200 while BTS remain atop on the Hot 100. 

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 EIGHT notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and FOUR observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Tyler, The Creator and 🎙 Doja Cat topping the Billboard 200 at nos. 1 and 2 respectively with their impressive efforts 💿  CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST and 💿  Planet Her.

Billboard 200 📉

💭 🎙 Tyler, The Creator has done it once more! He earns his second no. 1 album with 💿  CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.  Moving 169,000 units, he easily crowns the Billboard 200.

💭 🎙 Doja Cat was always a contender to top the Billboard 200 as well.  💿  Planet Her  performs well, debuting in the runner up spot – a career high.

💭  Latin standout 🎙  Rauw Alejandro earns the final debut in the top 20 of the Billboard 200.  💿  Vice Versa launches at no. 17.

💭  🏆  Academy award and Grammy-winning R&B artist 🎙  H.E.R. sees her debut album, 💿  Back of My Mind, slide from no. 6 to no 18 in its second charting week.  

💭 Earning a top-40 berth, 🎙  Beartooth debuts at no. 30 with 💿  Below, while 🎙 Ski Mask The Slump God bows at no. 39 with 💿  Sin City: The Mixtape.

💭 🏆  Grammy-nominated rapper 🎙  Logic reappears on the charts thanks to the debut of 💿  YS Collection, Vol. 1 at no. 56.

💭 A couple of formerly successful musicians see unimpressive debuts.  Country artist 🎙  Gary Allan launches at no. 86 with 💿  Ruthless while alternative darlings 🎙  Modest Mouse start at no. 87 with 💿  The Golden Casket.

💭 Three more debuts worth noting: 🎙  Hiatus Kaiyote arrives at no. 103 (💿  Mood Valiant), 🎙  Lucy Dacus at no. 104 (💿  Home Video), and 🎙  Surfaces – the 🎵 “Sunday Best” dudes – at no. 141 (💿  Pacifico)

Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭  🎙  BTS spends a sixth consecutive week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with 🎵 “Butter”.

💭 🎙  Ed Sheeran launches at no. 5 with 🎵  “Bad Habits”.  That’s a strong start, but I’m a bit surprised it didn’t perform even stronger to be honest.

💭 🎙 Doja Cat already had a top-five hit with 🎵  “Kiss Me More” featuring 🎙 SZA.  She adds a no. 11 hit with “You Right,” her 💿  Planet Her duet with 🎙 The Weeknd.  Doja has other chart debuts as well.

💭 With the no. 1 album on his hands, it’s not surprising to see 🎙 Tyler, The Creator to chart highly on the Hot 100 as well. 🎵 “WUSYANAME”, featuring 🎙 YoungBoy Never Broke Again and 🎙 Ty Dolla $ign, bows at no. 14.  Tyler has other chart debuts as well.

Tyler, The Creator, Doja Cat Top: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 27 [📷 : BIGHIT MUSIC, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, HYBE, Kemosabe, The Musical Hype, R&B]