J. Cole acknowledges fans for making “The Off-Season” debut at #1.
The new J. Cole album “The Off-Season” continues to trend as it moved over 288k units in the first week to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. This milestone also makes him the first-ever rapper to have his first 6 studio albums to go at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The Dreamville boss who’s currently in Africa, after joining the basketball team Rwanda Patriots, sends his acknowledgment for all the love.
J. Cole’s “The Off-Season” has sold $288k first week & sold #1 ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/e4igXscxxx
— Team DREAMVILLE (@TeamDreamville) May 21, 2021
J. Cole is the first rapper EVER to have his first 6 albums go #1 on the Billboard 200
as per @HipHopNumbers pic.twitter.com/17o1L05iNf
— Debating Hip-Hop (@DebatingHipHop_) May 22, 2021
“Sending a thank you from Rwanda! #1 album, I appreciate the love, I heard the noise from out here. the off-season means keep pushing yourself, I will do the same,” wrote Cole.
Sending a thank you from Rwanda! #1 album, I appreciate the love, i heard the noise from out here. the off-season means keep pushing yourself, I will do the same. ❤️❤️
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) May 21, 2021
J. Cole’s new album also broke Spotify one day record of 2021 as “The Off-Season” was streamed 62M times in a day. He recently dropped the music video for the song called “Amari“.
With “My Life” (at 2), “Amari” (at 5), “Pride Is the Devil” (at 7) and “95 South,” four singles from The Off-Season made their US Billboard Hot 100 debuts in the top ten (at 8). Only four other artists—Drake, Juice WRLD, Lil Wayne, and Lil Uzi Vert—have four songs that debut in the top ten.
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards recognized the record with a nomination for Best Rap Album. Additionally, “Pride Is The Devil” and “My Life” were also nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance and Best Rap Performance, respectively.
