J. Cole has his own slice of history on the Billboard 200 chart. According to Billboard, the Dreamville Records boss notched his sixth No. 1 effort as The Off-Season topped the Billboard 200 with roughly 282,000 total album-equivalent units earned in its opening week.
The album, which arrived on May 14, earned the highest first week sales for a Hip Hop album in 2021 thus far and holds the title for the most-streamed Hip Hop release of 2021 with an estimated 325 million on-demand streams.
On Twitter Friday (May 21), Cole thanked the fans for their support.
“Sending a thank you from Rwanda!” he wrote. “#1 album, I appreciate the love, i heard the noise from out here. the off-season means keep pushing yourself, I will do the same.”
The Off-Season serves as J. Cole’s fourth consecutive No. 1 album following 2014’s Forest Hills Drive, 2016’s 4 Your Eyez Only and 2018’s KOD.
Of Cole’s six efforts, only his 2013 Born Sinner album didn’t debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was bested by Kanye West’s Yeezus effort but rose to No. 1 in its third week on the chart.
However, in terms of rappers with the most No. 1 albums, Cole joins a list which features only JAY-Z (14), Eminem (10) and ‘Ye (8) as rappers with six or more No. 1s.
J. Cole Lands One ‘Off-Season’ Song On Billboard Hot 100
Elsewhere on the newly released chart, Nicki Minaj’s Beam Me Up Scotty debuted at No. 2 with over 79,000 total album-equivalent units earned, Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain slips from No. 1 to No. 3 with an estimated 55,000 total album-equivalent units earned and Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon sits at No. 10 with an estimated 30,000.
Album sucked. I had high expectations too, should’ve known better.
The only thing that sucks is your mother.
Don’t worry bruv! King Tekashi up next! He’ll give you what you need!
Classic
Stop it
Bet you’ll forget about this album by next week.
Props to cole, solid album
Album was legit dog poop. Fr fr.