Young Thug Launches at No. 1 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (5/1/21): Rapper Young Thug Launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2.

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 FOUR observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with Young Thug launching at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Billboard 200

Young Thug earns the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2.

Eric Church debuts at no. 5 with Heart, the first of two albums the country musician released a week apart in 2021. 

Greta Van Fleet debuts at no. 7 with their third studio album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate. 

There are three more debuts in the top-50 of the Billboard 200: Big Grim Reaper ( Big Scarr, no. 25), The Offspring ( Let the Bad Times Roll, no. 27), and Cannibal Corpse ( Violence Unimagined, no. 45).

Queen Naija reenters the Billboard 200 at no. 89 with the expanded edition of her 2020 album, missunderstood ( missunderstood…still).

Billboard Hot 100

Polo G spends a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “Rapstar”.

Expectedly, Young Thug impacts the Hot 100 with songs from Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2 beginning with “Solid” (with Gunna and featuring Drake) launching at no. 12.

Married country music stars Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris debut at no. 91 on the Hot 100 with their single, “Chasing After You.”

Moneybagg Yo and BIG30 secure a spot on the Hot 100 with “Go!” which debuts at no. 96.

Young Thug Launches at No. 1: Scanning the Charts No. 17 [: 300 Entertainment, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, Young Stoner Life]