Drake and 21 Savage’s “Jimmy Cooks” hits #1 on Billboard Hot 100.
Drake continues his Billboard domination with the #1 hit on the charts. Drake and 21 Savage’s latest collaboration “Jimmy Cooks” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. Drizzy now extends his record as the rapper with the most #1 singles [11] in Hot 100 history, and it is 21 Savage’s second number one hit.
.@Drake‘s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring @21savage, officially debuts at No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100.
It earns Drake his 11th career No. 1 hit, tying Whitney Houston for the 8th-most of all time, and 21 Savage his second.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) June 27, 2022
The Toronto rapper now ties The Beatles for the most top 5 hits among all artists in Hot 100 history, with 29 each. He also extends his record for the most top 10 hits [58] of all time. This week, Drake also topped the Billboard 200 with his latest album “Honestly, Nevermind“, which is his 11th top spot on the US album charts. The new project moved 204,000 equivalent album units, in the week ending June 23.
.@Drake ties @thebeatles for the most top 5 hits among all artists in Hot 100 history (29 each).
— chart data (@chartdata) June 27, 2022
.@Drake now has 58 career top 10 hits on the #Hot100, extending his record for the most of all time.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) June 27, 2022
Drake becomes the first soloist in history to earn eleven #1 singles on the Hot 100 and eleven #1 albums on the Billboard 200. He also becomes the first male artist in history to debut a song and album at #1 on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously on two occasions.
.@Drake is the first soloist in history to earn 11 No. 1 hits on the #Hot100 and 11 No. 1 albums on the #Billboard200.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) June 27, 2022
.@Drake is the first male artist in history to debut a song and album at #1 on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously on two occasions.
— chart data (@chartdata) June 27, 2022
.@Drake debuts 13 songs on this week’s #Hot100:
#1, Jimmy Cooks ft. @21savage
#6, Sticky
#7, Falling Back
#13, Texts Go Green
#14, Massive
#20, Calling My Name
#21, A Keeper
#23, Currents
#28, Flight’s Booked
#42, Overdrive
#47, Liability
#62, Down Hill
#66, Tie That Binds— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) June 27, 2022
The project was streamed 213.9m times in its opening week on the music streaming platform Spotify. It becomes the biggest ever opening week for a dance album, and the Toronto rap star’s 4th biggest opening week and the 31st biggest opening ever.
“Jimmy Cooks” had 42.2 million streams, 3 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 6,000 downloads in its first week (June 17-23), after the June 17 arrival of parent album Honestly, Nevermind, which was publicized mere hours before its release.
The song (which appears to be a homage to Drake’s character Jimmy Brooks on the CTV show Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001 to 2008) becomes the 1,138th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, and the 62nd to enter at the top.
