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#1 single, 2000s, Due Date, Hip Hop, Music, Music is My Savior, One Hit Wonder, Platinum, The Mims, third greatest rise to the top, This Is Why I'm Hot
This Is Why I’m Hot (American King Music/Capitol, 2007)
This Is Why I’m Hot is a song by American rapper Mims. The song was co-written by Mims and produced by Blackout Movement for his debut album Music Is My Savior. Released in 2007 as the first single from the album, the song reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as #2 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart, eventually being certified Platinum by the RIAA. The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 140,874 downloads. It remained the top-selling digital single for one additional week. Eventually, the success of the song in the United States saw a release in the United Kingdom in May 2007, where the single peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart on the week dated June 3, 2007. The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the film Due Date. If we can go back to the success digitally of This Is Why I’m Hot, in March 2007, the online release of the song had propelled it from number 32 to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week; this was then the third-greatest rise to number one in the history of the Billboard Hot 100.