Coco Jones is off to an incredible begin in 2025. Her single “Right here We Go (Uh Oh)” leads Billboard’s Grownup R&B Airplay for a fifth consecutive week on the chart dated Jan. 11.
The soulful monitor, which samples Lenny Williams‘ “‘Trigger I Love You,” is Jones’ first No. 1 on the airplay chart. It first reached the highest of the summit on the chart dated Dec. 14, 2024, unseating Muni Lengthy‘s “Ruined Me” after a two-week lead.
Earlier than “Right here We Go (Uh Oh),” Jones’ platinum-selling, Grammy-winning hit “ICU” was her highest-charting single on the Grownup R&B Airplay with a No. 2 peak. It’s value noting “ICU” spent 4 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Due to this fact, “Right here We Go” is now her longest-running No. 1 on any Billboard chart.
“Right here We Go” is nominated for Finest R&B Tune and Finest R&B Efficiency on the 67th Grammy Awards, which takes place Sunday, Feb. 2.
Moreover, the Cardiak and Wu10-produced monitor is up for Excellent Soul/R&B Tune on the 56th NAACP Picture Awards, which airs Saturday, Feb. 22. The singer and actress can be nominated for Excellent Feminine Artist and Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence for her function as Hilary Banks in Peacock’s Bel Air.
Circling again to “Right here We Go (Uh Oh),” it was launched Might 3, 2024, through Excessive Standardz/Def Jam Recordings, because the lead single from Jones’ hotly anticipated debut album. It debuted and peaked at No. 8 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Tune Gross sales chart.
In an interview with Rated R&B, Jones shared how “Right here We Go” set the tone of her first full-length album. “I really feel just like the tone is a cohesiveness that I realized from my viewers what was subsequent. The EP [What I Didn’t Tell You] was actually, ‘What do y’all need from me? What do you want from me?’” Jones stated.
She added, “The themes I’ve realized from my followers of what they love from me is the tone that I’m attempting to maintain all through the entire album. These are songs the place you continue to received to place that vocal work in. These are ideas that you simply really feel are tremendous susceptible.”
Since releasing “Right here We Go,” Jones has shared the Leon Thomas-penned “Sweep It Up” and “Most Stunning Design” that includes London on da Observe and Future.
Final fall, Jones was honored on the sixteenth annual ASCAP Girls Behind The Music ceremony.
She wrapped up 2024 along with her first vacation EP, Coco By the Hearth, which featured 5 authentic songs.