"The Time of My Life" debuts at #3 on the Hot 100

Billboard today announced that David Cook's debut single, "The Time of My Life," will debut at #3 on tomorrow's issue of their coveted Hot 100 chart. In addition to "Life," 10 other songs by Cook will debut on the chart, which is the most ever for an artist since Nielsen Soundscan began tracking the data in December 1991. Below is a snippet from the release:

Cook's takeover of the Hot 100 shatters the mark for debuts set by Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) in the Nov. 11, 2006, issue, when she placed six new titles on the list. The 11 songs on the chart are the most in a week by any artist in the Nielsen Music era, which began in December 1991 when the chart converted to Nielsen BDS and Nielsen SoundScan data.

His haul also marks the most placements on the list since the Beatles charted 14 songs on the Hot 100 in the week of April 11, 1964.

Cook also has 14 songs that will debut on the Hot Digital Songs chart, which is a new record.

David Archuleta, on the other hand, will see his highest of three entries on the chart debut at #36, which is his cover of John Lennon's "Imagine."