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J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 280,000 Units

A same-week vinyl pressing accounted for about 80,000 copies, the biggest vinyl week of his career—also the top R&B/hip-hop tally in a year.

Overview

  • Luminate reports 166,500 streaming equivalent units (169.5 million on-demand streams), 113,000 in album sales, and 500 track-equivalent units for the opening week.
  • The Fall-Off becomes J. Cole’s seventh Billboard 200 leader, extending a run of No. 1 albums that dates back to 2011.
  • Bad Bunny places two titles in the top 10 as DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS hits No. 2 with 250,000 units and Un Verano Sin Ti jumps to No. 6 with 81,000 after his Super Bowl halftime show and a fresh vinyl pressing.
  • K-pop group ATEEZ opens at No. 3 with 200,000 units, powered by about 195,000 in traditional sales across more than 25 collectible physical variants.
  • Joji’s Piss In the Wind starts at No. 5 with 86,000 units, including 45,000 in sales and 41,000 SEA units, aided by deluxe boxed sets and multiple vinyl editions.