J. Cole’s latest album The Off-Season debuts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart which mark 2021’s biggest week for a hip-hop release so far, as the 12 track album registers 282,000 album units in U.S.

In overall genres “Fearless” Taylor Swift Version is the only album ahead of Cole’s with 291,000 units sold in first week.

The Off-Season garnered 325.05 million on-demand streams which is so far biggest streaming week for an album released this year so far, reports Billboard

Below are J. Cole’s studio album’s first week sales in album units

4 Your Eyez Only -492K

KOD – 397K

2014 Forest Hills Drive – 371K

Born Sinner – 297K

The Off-Season – 282K

Cole World : Sideline Story – 218K