Billboard 200 Chart for September 30th, 2023
Every so often, I find the new releases on the Billboard 200 to be fascinating since there are several stories or circumstances surrounding them; I consider the week of September 30 th , 2023 (looking at the units between September 15 th -21 st ) to be one of those. I previously wrote a blog post about another entry on the Billboard (October 10 th , 2020), which I had considered the most interesting week I had seen in a while, and this gives it a run for its money. This chart contained an attempted (and likely ill-fated) comeback, a change in genre, a remix album, albums that test the changes in the calculations of the charts, some declining artists, surprises in placement, a bigger name establishing themselves, rising artists, and more. There also were some notable releases that didn’t chart, some of which were included in the post. 1: Nostalgia , Rod Wave When Rod Wave hit number 1 with this album, there wasn’t that much fanfare about it,...