RadioOnFire.com - It's official, J. Cole has scored his fifth consecutive No. 1 album. Cole's fifth studio album KOD debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week. The album moved a reported 397,000 equivalent album units, which made it the biggest sales week of 2018. It surpassed Justin Timberlake's Man Of The Woods debut, which sold 293,000 equivalent units.
All five of his albums have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. That includes "4 Your Eyez Only" in 2016, "Forest Hills Drive" in 2014, 2013's "Born Sinner," and his debut album "Cole World: The Sideline Story" in 2011. Of those albums, only Born Sinner did not debut in the top spot.
Cole's latest effort is also the biggest sales week for a rap album since Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN"moved 603,000 units last May. The lead single, "ATM," is expected to become the rapper's second song to enter the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
The No. 2 slot on the Billboard 200 is held by Cardi B's Invasion Of Privacy, which sold 91,000 units in its third week on the charts. There's a lot of talk these days about how lyrical rap doesn't sell, but Cole proves good music will always have a place in hip-hop. Cole spends much of the album giving his perspective on the culture and the younger generation of rappers.
Source: hotnewhiphop.com
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