YoungBoy Never Tops with Kentrell | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (10/6/21): YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Coldplay x BTS bow at no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 respectively. 

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 SEVEN observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with YoungBoy Never Broke Again debuts at no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 while Coldplay and BTS debut at no. 1 on the Hot 100.   

Billboard 200

YoungBoy Never Broke Again dethrones Drake! Sincerely, Kentrell debuts respectably at no. 1 on the Billboard 200. 

Drake sees Certified Lover Boy slip to no. 2 following three consecutive weeks crowning the Billboard 200.  Crunching the numbers, YoungBoy only beat him by a few units.

Debuting just outside the top-10, iTZY debuts at no. 11 with Crazy in Love: The 1^st Album.   

How the mighty fall! G-Eazy misses the top-10 with his latest album, These Things Happen Too.  These Things Happen Too debuts at no. 19. 

Angels & Airwaves earn a top 40 start with Lifeforms (no. 36).   

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine launch at no. 115 with A Beginner’s Mind.    

The Dear Evan Hansen soundtrack debuts modestly at no. 183. Tremonti doesn’t exactly light up the charts with Marching in Time (no. 184).  Similarly, Westside Gunn just cracks he BB200 with Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B (no. 196). 

Two musicians failed to chart on the Billboard 200: Anthony Hamilton ( Love is the New Black) and Alessia Cara ( In the Meantime). So disappointing considering both artists deserve better.

Billboard Hot 100  

Coldplay and BTS debut at no. 1 on the Hot 100 with “My Universe”.  Is anyone shocked? Not this guy!

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber sees “Stay” slip from no. 1 to no. 2.  They have Coldplay and BTS to thank for that!

Wizkid is on the rise with “Essence” featuring Justin Bieber and Tems. “Essence” ascends from no. 14 to no. 11, its current peak position.

The first of many YoungBoy Never Broke Again songs debuts at no. 28, “Bad Morning.”  

Joyner Lucas and J. Cole debut at no. 32 with “Your Heart.”

Perhaps things are indeed “Too Easy” for Gunna and Future, who launch at no. 38 on the Hot 100.

GIVĒON debuts at no. 91 with his fantastic single, “For Tonight”.

YoungBoy Never Tops with Kentrell: Scanning the Charts No. 40 [: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Never Broke Again, Parlophone]