Dominic Fike was spotted smiling as he left Sushi Park in West Hollywood following dinner with a friend, just as his 2018 song “Babydoll” delivered his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart.
The milestone landed as he released How to Quit Smoking, his third studio album. The album arrived October 30, and the radio milestone came on the chart dated November 7.
The song’s revival had already given him his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached No. 10. Through October 29, “Babydoll” had accumulated 800 million U.S. streams, 697 million all-format radio audience impressions and 11,000 U.S. sales since its release.
It also reached the top 3 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts in April.
He built much of the new album during 8 weeks on his North American Comedy Tragedy Parody tour, writing and recording wherever he could work. Sessions stretched from a Virginia Beach hotel room to a bus traveling between Albuquerque and Las Vegas and a seaplane over Vancouver.
He delayed the release by 3 weeks, then worked at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, before completing the record at Electric Lady Studios in New York.
The 15-track album includes “Casting Call” and “White Keys,” which reached No. 32 on the Hot 100 in April. Guests include Grace Ives, Danny Brown and Tay-K, whose contribution to the closing track, “Spotlight / Inner Child,” came through a prison phone call.
Fike’s European and UK tour dates are scheduled for February and March 2027.