Drake adds his 11th Hot 100 No. 1, as his new album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ likewise debuts atop the Billboard 200.
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Drake‘s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The collaboration marks Drake’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1 and 21 Savage’s second.
Drake also debuts two other songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 from his new album, Honestly, Nevermind – which likewise launches as his 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart – as “Sticky” starts at No. 6 and “Falling Back” begins at No. 7.
Notably, Drake becomes the first solo male to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 twice, as Honestly, Nevermind, and “Jimmy Cooks” join his Certified Lover Boy and “Way 2 Sexy,” which roared in atop the respective tallies dated Sept. 18, 2021.
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The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay, and sales data. All charts (dated July 2, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 28). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
“Jimmy Cooks,” released on OVO/Republic Records, tallied 42.2 million streams, 3 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 6,000 downloads sold in its first week (June 17-23), according to Luminate, following the June 17 arrival of parent album Honestly, Nevermind, announced only hours before its release.
The track (seemingly an ode to the character of Jimmy Brooks that Drake portrayed on the CTV drama Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001-08) arrives as the 1,138th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, and the 62nd to enter on top.
