{"id":991,"date":"2018-04-29T12:39:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T19:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:51","slug":"j-cole-claims-fifth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-biggest-week-of-2018-with-kod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole Claims Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart &#038; Biggest Week of 2018 With &#8216;KOD&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article__deck\">Set logs biggest week of the year in overall units and third-largest streaming week ever.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/j-cole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J. Cole<\/a>\u2019s fifth studio album,\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>, roars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2018\u2019s biggest week for an album, as the set earned 397,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music. It also notches the largest streaming week of the year, and the third-largest streaming week ever.<\/p>\n<p><em>KOD<\/em>\u00a0is J. Cole\u2019s fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following his four previous studio sets:\u00a0<em>4 Your Eyez Only\u00a0<\/em>(2016),\u00a0<em>2014 Forest Hills Drive<\/em>\u00a0(2014),\u00a0<em>Born Sinner<\/em>\u00a0(2013), and\u00a0<em>Cole World: The Sideline Story<\/em>\u00a0(2011). Four of his five No. 1s opened in the top slot. Only\u00a0<em>Born Sinner<\/em>\u00a0missed a No. 1 debut, as it bowed at No. 2 and then moved to No. 1 in its third week on the list.<\/p>\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6320099\/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multi-metric consumption<\/a>, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new\u00a0May 5-dated chart (where J. Cole bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on\u00a0Tuesday, May 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some fast facts about J. Cole\u2019s debut at No. 1 with\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; Biggest week of 2018 for an album:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u00a0launches with 397,000 equivalent album units earned. That surpasses 2018\u2019s previous largest week, registered when Justin Timberlake\u2019s\u00a0<em>Man of the Woods<\/em>\u00a0bowed at No. 1 with 293,000 units on the chart dated Feb. 17.\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u00a0logs the biggest week for any album since Taylor Swift\u2019s\u00a0<em>reputation<\/em>\u00a0started atop the tally dated Dec. 2, 2017 with 1.238 million units.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; Biggest week for a hip-hop album in nearly a year:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u2019s debut of 397,000 units is the biggest week for a hip-hop album since Kendrick Lamar\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>opened at No. 1 with 603,000 units on the chart dated May 6, 2017 (reflecting the tracking week ending April 20).<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; Largest streaming week of 2018 for an album<\/strong>: Of\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u2019s overall starting unit sum, 215,000 were in SEA units. That figure translates into 322.7 million on-demand audio streams of the album\u2019s tracks in its opening week (each SEA units equals 1,500 on-demand audio streams). That\u2019s by far the largest streaming week of 2018 for an album, surpassing the debut of Migos\u2019\u00a0<em>Culture II<\/em>\u00a0(149,000 SEA units; 224.6 million on-demand audio streams on the chart dated Feb. 10, reflecting the tracking week ending Feb. 1.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; Third-largest streaming week ever for an album:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u2019s tally of 322.7 million first-week on-demand audio streams for its tracks is the third-biggest streaming week for an album. The only larger weeks were posted by the debut frames of Lamar\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0(340.6 million on-demand audio streams of its tracks\u00a0in the week ending April 20, 2017) and Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>More Life<\/em>\u00a0(384.8 million, week ending March 30, 2017). (Also impressive:\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u00a0achieved its streaming sum with only a 12-song track list.\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>More Life<\/em>\u00a0have 14 and 22 tracks, respectively.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; Second-largest sales week of 2018:<\/strong>\u00a0With 174,000 in traditional album sales,\u00a0<em>KOD<\/em>\u00a0has the second-largest sales week of the year, trailing only the debut frame of\u00a0<em>Man of the Woods<\/em>\u00a0(242,000).<\/p>\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/cardi-b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardi B<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1,\u00a0<em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em>, moves up one spot in its third week on the list with 91,000 units (down 30 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/a-perfect-circle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Perfect Circle<\/a>\u00a0returns with its first studio album since 2004, and fourth top 10 set, as\u00a0<em>Eat the Elephant<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 3 with 68,000 units (of which 63,000 were in traditional album sales). The act was last on the list in 2013 with the hits compilation\u00a0<em>Three Sixty<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 38. Before that, the remix album\u00a0<em>Amotion<\/em>\u00a0hit No. 57 in late 2004.<\/p>\n<p>A Perfect Circle\u2019s last studio release,\u00a0<em>Emotive<\/em>, opened and peaked at No. 2 in 2004 with 142,000 copies sold in its first week (the chart was purely sales-based in 2004). The rock act also hit the top 10 with its two earlier studio sets:\u00a0<em>Thirteenth Step<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2 in 2003) and\u00a0<em>Mer de Noms<\/em>\u00a0(No. 4 in 2000).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack continues to hold on strong in the top 10 for an 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0consecutive week, as the album is a non-mover at No. 4 (68,000 units; down 12 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jason-aldean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Aldean<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rearview Town<\/em>\u00a0falls from No. 1 to No. 5 in its second week, earning 38,000 units (down 79 percent),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/xxxtentacion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XXXTENTACION<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>?<\/em>\u00a0moves up one position to No. 6 with 35,000 units (down 13 percent) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/migos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Migos<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Culture II<\/em>\u00a0climbs 8-7 with 33,000 units (down 8 percent).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>My Dear Melancholy<\/em>\u00a0dips 6-8 with nearly 33,000 units (down 26 percent) and\u00a0<em>Black Panther: The Album<\/em>\u00a0is steady at No. 9 with 32,000 units (down 7 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Closing out the top 10 is rock group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lord-huron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lord Huron<\/a>\u00a0with its first top 10 effort,\u00a0<em>Vide Noir<\/em>. The set, which is the act\u2019s third studio set, bows at No. 10 with 31,000 units earned (of which 28,000 were in traditional album sales). The band previously visited the chart with its first two sets,\u00a0<em>Strange Trails<\/em>\u00a0(No. 23 in 2015) and\u00a0<em>Lonesome Dreams<\/em>\u00a0(No. 179 in 2012).<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-991\" data-postid=\"991\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-991 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set logs biggest week of the year in overall units and third-largest streaming week ever. J. 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