02/19/2026
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J. Cole scores his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with The Fall-Off.
On Sunday (Feb. 15), Billboard reported the North Carolina native's double-disc effort landed atop the chart, selling 280,000 equivalent albums. 113,000 of that number are pure album sales. J. Cole's accomplishment marks the largest sales week for a hip-hop album since Playboi Carti’s MUSIC earned a No. 1 with 298,000 last March.
Five of Cole's previously released albums hit No. 1 during a debut week: Cole World: The Sideline Story, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, 4 Your Eyez Only, KOD and The Off-Season. Born Sinner debuted at No. 2 in 2013, behind Ye's Yeezus, but climbed to No. 1 in its third week.
After being teased for several years, the long-awaited Fall-Off dropped on Feb. 6. "Two Six," "Bunce Road Blues" featuring Future and Tems, and "Run A Train" with Future are some of the project's standouts.
Check out Cole's career first-week sales.
Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011): 218,000 first-week units
Born Sinner (2013): 297,000 first-week units
2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014): 371,000 first-week units
4 Your Eyez Only (2016): 492,000 first-week units
KOD (2018): 397,000 first-week units
The Off-Season (2021): 282,000 first-week units
The Fall-Off (2026): 280,000 first-week units
