{"id":54623,"date":"2026-02-16T16:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/j-coles-the-fall-off-album-lands-at-no-1-on-billboard-200\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:12:18","slug":"j-coles-the-fall-off-album-lands-at-no-1-on-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/j-coles-the-fall-off-album-lands-at-no-1-on-billboard-200\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole&#8217;s The Fall-Off Album Lands at No. 1 on Billboard 200"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/https:\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/j-cole\">J. Cole<\/a>\u00a0brings home another\u00a0No. 1 album with <em>The Fall-Off<\/em>\u00a0topping the\u00a0Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday (Feb. 15), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/j-cole-the-fall-off-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1236180124\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard reported<\/a> the North Carolina native&#8217;s double-disc effort landed\u00a0atop the chart, selling 280,000 equivalent albums. 113,000 of that number are pure album sales. J. Cole&#8217;s accomplishment marks the largest sales week for a hip-hop album since Playboi Carti\u2019s\u00a0<em>MUSIC<\/em>\u00a0earned a No. 1 with\u00a0298,000 last March.<\/p>\n<p>Five\u00a0of Cole&#8217;s previously released albums hit No. 1 during a debut week:\u00a0<em>Cole World: The Sideline Story<\/em>, <em>2014 Forest Hills Drive<\/em>, <em>4 Your Eyez Only<\/em>, <em>KOD<\/em> and <em>The Off-Season<\/em>. <em>Born Sinner<\/em> debuted at No. 2 in 2013 behind Ye&#8217;s <em>Yeezus<\/em>, but climbed to No. 1 on its third week.<\/p>\n<p>After being teased for several years, the\u00a0long-awaited <em>The Fall-Off<\/em> dropped on Feb. 6. &#8220;Two Six,&#8221; &#8220;Bunce Road Blues&#8221; featuring Future and Tems and &#8220;Run A Train&#8221; with Future are some of the project&#8217;s standouts.<\/p>\n<p>A day following the album&#8217;s release, Cole\u00a0headed out on the Trunk Sale Tour \u201926,\u00a0selling CDs out of the trunk of his old Honda Civic, the same car he once used to do the same thing in Fayetteville, N.C. when he was coming up. So far, the rapper hit up several cities in North Carolina, Virginia, Atlanta, Silver Spring, Md. and New York City. He&#8217;ll continue his trek this week.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Cole&#8217;s career first-week sales.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cole World: The Sideline Story<\/em> (2011): 218,000 first-week units.<\/p>\n<p><em>Born Sinner<\/em> (2013): 297,000 first-week units.<\/p>\n<p><em>2014 Forest Hills Drive<\/em> (2014): 371,000 first-week units.<\/p>\n<p><em>4 Your Eyez Only<\/em> (2016): 492,000 first-week units.<\/p>\n<p><em>KOD<\/em> (2018): 397,000 first-week units.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Off-Season<\/em> (2021): 282,000 first-week units.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Fall-Off<\/em> (2026): 280,000\u00a0first-week units.<\/p>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/www.xxlmag.png?w=100\" alt=\"XXL logo\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Best-Selling Hip-Hop Projects in 2026 So Far<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=624&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=812&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DLT1Yn2pW9B5QzH6n4H2YlkQyVEfXVOOu82lt&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fpub.doubleverify.com%2Fdvtag%2F29287203%2FDV1106009%2Fpub.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. 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