Playboi Carti Debuts at No. 1 | Scanning the Charts 📉

Scanning the Charts – Billboard 200 & Hot 100 (1/9/21): Playboi Carti debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Whole Lotta Red.  

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.  To reiterate what I said last week (Taylor Swift Easily Holds Off Paul McCartney), this column won’t be extensive, but rather short and sweet, keeping that 💩 moving.  This week, I picked out FOUR notable observations 🔎 from the Billboard 200 📉,  and THREE observations 🔎 from the Billboard Hot 100 📉, with 🎙 Playboi Carti debuting at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his highly anticipated sophomore album, 💿 Whole Lotta Red.

Billboard 200 📉

💭 If the intro didn’t make it crystal clear, rapper 🎙 Playboi Carti earns his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with his highly anticipated sophomore album, 💿 Whole Lotta Red.  Per Keith Caulfield of Billboard, Carti moved 100,000 units.  Respectable numbers, not game changing. He knocks 🎙 Taylor Swift out of the top spot with 💿 Evermore slipping to no. 2.

💭 🎙 Lil Durk saw 💿 The Voice debut last week at a tepid no. 46 (following an off-cycle release). Expectedly, this week, it ascends to no. 3 after a full week of sales, streaming, etc. 

💭 Sometimes, the second charting week can be very meh. A prime example is the new 🎙 Paul McCartney album, 💿 McCartney III, which free falls from no. 2 to no. 37 in its second week.

💭 Worth noting, in a very quiet week on the charts, there are numerous reentries. Among them are 🎙 Frank Ocean (💿 Blonde, no. 134), 🎙 Maluma (💿 Papi Juancho, no. 163) and 🎙 Justin Bieber (💿 Changes, no. 176).

Billboard Hot 100 📉 

💭 The 🎵 “Mood” never seems to end for 🎙 24kGoldn and 🎙 iann dior. Once more, the dominant hit retakes the no. 1 spot on the Hot 100.

💭 🎙 SZA debuts at no. 38 on the Hot 100 with her latest single, 🎵 “Good Days,” which arrived on Christmas Day.

💭 Given their performance on the Billboard 200, it’s not surprising to see 🎙 Playboi Carti and 🎙 Lil Durk chart several new songs on the Hot 100.  Carti’s highest charting newbie is 🎵 “Slay3r” (no. 72), while Durk’s highest charter is 🎵 “Still Trappin’” with the late 🎙 King Von at no. 53.

Playboi Carti Debuts at No. 1: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 1 [📷: AWGE, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Interscope, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Records Label]