‘Here We Go’: Coco Jones Scores First No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
After breakthrough single "ICU" reached No. 2, the Grammy winner scores her first leader at the format.
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Coco Jones achieves her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart as “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” crowns the list dated Dec. 14. The single advances from No. 2 after a 9% surge in plays that made it the most-played song on U.S. monitored adult R&B radio stations in the week ending Dec. 5, according to Luminate.
“Here We Go (Uh Oh),” released and promoted through High Standardz/Def Jam/Republic, captures the top slot with the weekly Greatest Gainer honor, given to the song with the largest play increase among the chart’s 30 titles. With the rise, Jones topples fellow Def Jam labelmate Muni Long, whose “Ruined Me,” last week’s leader, slips to No. 2 after two weeks in charge.
Prior to “Here We Go,” Jones’ best showing on Adult R&B Airplay was the No. 2 finish for her breakthrough single, “ICU.” The track peaked in the runner-up spot for two weeks in September 2023, trailing October London’s “Back to Your Place.” In addition to the pair of hits, Jones also has placed a third track on the radio ranking: “Spend the Night,” a collaboration with BJ the Chicago Kid, reached No. 21 in January.
The coronation also returns an R&B classic to the conversation, thanks to “Here We Go” sampling Lenny Williams’ “’Cause I Love You.” The scorching ballad, released in 1978, has been the backbone of several other hits, perhaps most known in Twista’s “Overnight Celebrity,” which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004.
Elsewhere, “Here We Go” rises 12-11 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop stations. There, the single returns within two spots of its No. 9 peak after reaching 8.6 million in audience impressions for the week, a 2% gain. Before triumphing at the adult R&B format, “Here We Go” was a hit with mainstream audiences in recent months and climbing to No. 7 on the plays-based Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
Airplay gains, in turn, help “Here We Go” breaks into the top five (6-5) on the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart, which blends radio audience with streaming and sales data for its standings. With its climb, it becomes Jones’ highest-charting hit there, surpassing the No. 6 result of “ICU.”
