J.cole Total Album Sales

Box.org [New post] J. Cole’s Platinum With No Features Album Sales Streak Continues With. Apr 29, 2018 - J. Cole's 'KOD' First Week Album Sales Revealed. Equivalent units, with a total 322 million on-demand audio streams across services.

J. Cole’s third studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart after selling over 371,000 copies in its first week of release. The disc also accumulated an astonishing 15.7 million streams on Spotify, a one-week record on the streaming service, according to J. Cole’s management.

According to ChartNews, the Roc Nation artist’s third straight number 1 album sold 371,228 copies. The album’s 15.7 million streams in its first week on Spotify surpassed the previous record of 11.6 million streams by One Direction for their album Four, released in November.

Hukum perbankan syariah. The first single released off 2014 Forest Hills Drive, “Apparently,” debuted at number 40 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Airplay charts on Monday, two spots ahead of the debut of Nicki Minaj and Beyonce’s collaboration track, “Feelin’ Myself.”

Cole’s album became the latest to enjoy a sales increase due to Billboard’s change in tracking album sales for its Top 200 album chart. Under Billboard’s new method, 1,500 streams are equivalent to one album sale. Cole’s record-seting 15.7 million Spotify streams accounted for roughly 10,466 albums sold. The new method also takes into account “track equivalent” album sales which, count every ten song downloads from an album as an album sale.

Streaming and track equivalent album sales accounted for 17,690 of the total album sales for the first week, and those 15.7 million Spotify streams accounted for roughly 59 percent of those sales.

As streaming takes an increasingly larger chunk of total album sale revenue, streaming services continue to gain influence on the success of artists. The biggest benefactor of the new change in Billboard’s chart methodology so far has been Ariana Grande’s album, “My Everything.” The album shot up to number 9 on the charts earlier this month after being charted at number 39 the week prior. One third of Grande’s sales for that week came from streams.

After J. Cole made some noticeable changes to social media accounts this week, fans began speculating that the North Carolina rapper was gearing up to release new material. Hours later, Cole confirmed his latest project, KOD, would arrive on 4/20.

New album. KOD 4/20

— J. Cole (@JColeNC) April 17, 2018

On Thursday night, Cole unleashed KOD on all major streaming services. Stream it on Apple Music/iTunes or below via Spotify.

Because it was a relatively abrupt release, there was initially a lot of mystery surrounding Jermaine’s fifth studio album; however, it was eventually confirmed that the project would tackle the ongoing issue of drug abuse. For one, KOD was an abbreviation for “Kids on Drugs,” “King Overdosed,” and “Kill Our Demons,” as confirmed in the album’s newly released trailer. The 1-minute and 43-second video explained the relevance of each title, thus confirming the album’s exploration of substance abuse on both societal and personal levels. The use of an alter ego named kiLL edward also suggests the project will be at least partly told from a perspective that isn’t Cole's; the rapper reportedly took this approach for 2016’s 4 Your Eyez Only.

The album’s cover art, which was created by Detroit’s Sixmau, includes the following disclaimer: “This album is in no way intended to glorify addiction”; however, it’s initially unclear what kind of message Cole is trying to convey. If it’s not glorify drug abuse, is it condemning it? Well, it seem the rapper is letting the listeners decide: “The rest of the album I leave to your interpretation,” Cole tweeted just hours before KOD’s release.

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KOD. 3 meanings.
Kids on Drugs
King Overdosed
Kill Our Demons
The rest of the album I leave to your interpretation.

— J. Cole (@JColeNC) April 19, 2018