J. Cole Collects Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘The Off-Season’

Plus: Nicki Minaj, The Black Keys and Alan Jackson debut in top 10.

J. Cole’s The Off-Season barges in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2021’s biggest week for a hip-hop release, as the set launches with 282,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 20, according to MRC Data. The Off-Season was released via Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope on May 14 and also scores the year’s largest streaming week for any album.

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