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Drake Tops Album and Song Charts, as ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ and Single ‘Jimmy Cooks’ Both Bow at No. 1

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIt may be a polarizing album, but the public is voting with its streams on Drake’s dance-oriented new music, and he seems to be winning listeners over with his change of direction, or at least drawing huge numbers of fans to give it a first listen.

His “Honestly, Nevermind” has bowed at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with an impressive 204,000 album-equivalent units.

A single from the album that has 21 Savage as his featured guest, “Jimmy Cooks,” debuted at No 1 on the Hot 100.The 204,000 first-week number for “Honestly, Nevermind” is huge by the standard of nearly all other debuting albums in 2022.

By Drake’s own standard, it’s a comedown; last September, his previous release, “Certified Lover Boy,” premiered with about four times that many units — a whopping 613,000.

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