7th No. 1 Album For J. Cole On Billboard 200 With ‘The Fall-Off’
Written by Tariq on February 17, 2026
J. Cole claims his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as his new studio album, The Fall-Off, opens atop the list dated Feb. 21. The set launches with 280,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Feb. 12, according to Luminate. That marks the largest week for any R&B or hip-hop album in nearly a year, since Playboi Carti’s MUSIC opened at No. 1 with 298,000 (March 29, 2025-dated chart). (R&B/hip-hop and R&B albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts, respectively.)
J. Cole previously hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with The Off-Season (2021), KOD (2018), 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), Born Sinner (2013) and Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011). Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, two albums by Bad Bunny bound up the list following his Super Bowl LX halftime show (Feb. 8) — with 2025’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS posting its biggest week to date — while ATEEZ and Joji see their latest albums debut in the top five.
Source: Billboard
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