J. Cole

J. Cole hits No. 1 again—vinyl hoarders apparently still love a drop

J. Cole scores his seventh Billboard 200 No. 1 with The Fall-Off, pulling in 280,000 equivalent album units. Vinyl leads the charge, accounting for 71% of album sales—his biggest vinyl week yet.

Bad Bunny vaults back with two albums in the top 10 outpacing their previous runs post-Super Bowl, while ATEEZ debuts at No. 3 with 200,000 units, nearly all from collectibles-laden physical editions. Joji secures No. 5 through deluxe bundles and multi-variant vinyls.

J. Cole washes dishes, contemplates fame, and teases The Fall-Off for Feb. 6

J. Cole’s seventh studio album, The Fall-Off, is scheduled for release on February 6, marking his first full-length project since 2021’s The Off-Season. Its teaser trailer juxtaposes an unreleased track with scenes of the rapper performing mundane tasks, while a narrator reflects on the ephemeral nature of fame.

Fans speculate about a burner Instagram account and analyze “Disc 2 Track 2,” where Cole recounts his life in reverse before ceding the beat to Mobb Deep’s “Drop a Gem on Em.”