If you thought Jhene Aiko‘s domination of the charts this week stopped at the Billboard 200 #1 debut of her latest album ‘Westside Whimsy,’ you thought wrong.
The album’s Kendrick Lamar-assisted cut ‘So Good’ entered this week’s Hot 100 at #26, making it the week’s highest placement among previously uncharted songs.
Here are the numbers that powered its placement:
- Streaming ≈ 7.5 million U.S.-based streams
- Sales ≈ 2,000 copies sold
- Radio Airplay ≈ 2.1 million audience impressions
The premiere of ‘Good’ in the Hot 100’s second quadrant marks the second-highest of her career following the #24 opening of 2020’s ‘B.S.‘ featuring HER.
Bolstered by handsome sales of 2,000 copies sold, ‘Good’ opened at #6 on the week’s Digital Song Sales tally – the highest of any new song and her best placement on the hitlist to date.
Faring even better on the R&B chart, the Jahaan Sweet-produced cut arrived at #5 on the week’s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – coming as the first top 10 hit of her career as a lead artist on that ranking.
As if that’s not enough to celebrate, nine other ‘Whimsy’ tracks landed on the updated Hot 100 including the #41 premiere of the feature-less bop ‘He Belongs.’ That handsome opening marks the highest debut Aiko’s ever had unaccompanied on the all-genre chart.
A fitting week of wins for the R&B diva who also just scored the first Billboard 200 #1 hit of her nearly 25-year career, look below to see who joins her on this week’s updated TGJ Chart Check.
