Young Thug Tops with Punk | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts (10/27/21): Young Thug Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200; Adele sees “Easy on Me” ascend to no. 1 on the Hot 100.  

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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, I picked out 11 notable observations from the Billboard 200 📉,  and 8 observations from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Young Thug debuting at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 (💿 Punk) while 🎙 Adele ascends to no. 1 on the Hot 100 (🎵 “Easy on Me”).

 

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Billboard 200 📉 

💭 🎙 Young Thug debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his sophomore album (following multiple projects, mind you), 💿 Punk.  Per Keith Caulfield of Billboard, Thug moved 90,000 units, good enough for the no. 1 spot knocking 🎙 Drake off the perch (💿 Certified Lover Boy slips to no. 2).

💭 🎙 Mac Miller debuts posthumously at no. 3 with the release of his 2014 mixtape, 💿 Faces (it’s available for purchase for the first time).

💭 🎙 Coldplay debuts at no. 4 with 💿 Music of the Spheres, reaching a better peak position than they received for 💿 Everyday Life in 2019.  The 57,000 units isn’t that sexy for a band that once did huge numbers, but hey, they earn another top-5 album!

💭 🎙 The Beatles never seem to get old, hence why an expanded version of 💿 Let it Be re-enters the Billboard 200 impressively at no. 5.

💭 Just missing the top 10, 🎙 ENHYPEN debuts at no. 11 with 💿 Dimension: Dilemma.

💭 🎙 Ice Nine Kills does respectably with a no. 18 bow of 💿 Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2.  This marks the metal collective’s highest charting album of their career.

💭 Once upon a time, 🎙 Zac Brown Band had better days on the Billboard 200.  They settle for an average no. 27 bow for 💿 The Comeback.  

💭 🎙 Kelly Clarkson doesn’t exactly ignite the charts up with her latest holiday effort, 💿 When Christmas Comes Around…  It debuts modestly at no. 63.  That said, holiday albums are sometimes long-term investments that pay dividends later or can ascend depending if they catch on.  This is a ‘wait and see’ type of situation for Clarkson.

💭 Country musician 🎙 Ryan Hurd debuts at no. 71 with 💿 Pelago.  Ok… 

💭 Viral TikTok star 🎙 PinkPantheress impacts the Billboard 200 with her debut EP, 💿 To Hell With It, which launches at no. 73.  Nothing game changing as far as chart position, but let’s see if the artist expands her audience.

💭 Hopefully, Grammy winning artist/producer 🎙 FINNEAS remains optimistic after his debut album, 💿 Optimist debuts modestly at no. 104.

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Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 Unsurprisingly, after cracking the Hot 100 at no. 68 last week, 🎙 Adele sees 🎵 “Easy on Me” ascend to no. 1.  She knocks 🎙 Lil Nas X and 🎙 Jack Harlow out of the top spot as 🎵 “Industry Baby” slips to no. 3 after one week in the penthouse.

💭 After rising as high as no. 3, 🎙 Walker Hayes sees 🎵 “Fancy Like” take a step back at no. 4 with no gains.

💭 Expectedly, 🎙 Young Thug impacts the Hot 100 after 💿 Punk debuts at no. 1on the Billboard 200.  His highest debuting track is 🎵 “Bubbly” featuring 🎙 Drake and 🎙 Travis Scott at no. 20.

💭 🎙 Lil Durk debuts at no. 39 with his short but potent single, 🎵 “Pissed Me Off.” Those are some strong words there Durk!

💭 🎙 Loza Alexander debuts at no. 45 with 🎵 “Lets Go Brandon.” Let’s f**king go!

💭 🎙 Summer Walker and 🎙 JT launch at no. 56 with 🎵 “Ex for a Reason,” which is set to appear on Walker’s forthcoming sophomore album.

💭 🎙 NEIKED, 🎙 Mae Muller, and 🎙 Polo G debut at no. 57 with 🎵 “Better Days.”

💭 🎙 Coldplay and 🎙 Selena Gomez debut at no. 91 with 🎵 “Let Somebody Go,” which appears on the band’s 💿 Music of the Spheres album.

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Young Thug Tops with Punk: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 43 [📷: 300 Entertainment, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype]

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