J. Cole’s “2014 Forest Hills Drive” First-Week Projections Increase Again

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Roc Nation star J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive is destined to topple the music sales charts next week with new estimates up to 355,000.

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Based on the latest projections, Cole’s latest solo offering should sell at least 335,000 units in its first seven days.

YOUR TOP 15: J. Cole will top next week’s album chart as everything starts to ramp up for the final holiday rush. Here’s how it looks headed into the weekend: *J. Cole (Roc Nation/Dreamville/Columbia) 335-355k sales Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 260-275k sales Pentatonix (RCA) 190-200k sales / 205-215k SPS (HITS Daily Double)

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Reports earlier this week projected Cole’s newest release would sell up to 350,000 copiess.

J. Cole is “Apparently” (to borrow his single title) headed for a boffo bow; he’s due to unseat Taylor Swift for #1 on next week’s chart. Here are this week’s key releases, with album reads first, followed by Sales Plus Streaming (SPS): J. Cole (Roc Nation/Columbia) 320-350k sales / 335-360k SPS (HITS Daily Double)

Cole gave his take on the initial sales projections on social media Wednesday (December 10).

Early estimates had the album possibly selling up to 270,000 copies.

COLE IN YOUR STOCKING: Early, early reads suggest that Roc Nation/Dreamville/Columbia’s J. Cole is on track to move a whopping 240-270k in his opening week with album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. The set is currently #1 at iTunes on its first day of release; single “Apparently” is just impacting radio now. Again, these are very early assessments; stand by for updates. (HITS Daily Double)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

12 Comments

  1. Was it really necessary to end the album with over 14 minutes of shoutouts…zzzzzzzzzzzz.

  2. Your comment is trash meatduck learn to enjoy good music and get your cock out your mouth u meat lover

  3. The album started off strong, but ended up being about average, maybe a little above considering what passes for good these days. Sometimes, I feel like Cole says alot and says nothing at the same time if that makes sense, which is a shame because he’s capable of much more. Sometimes he’s stiff behind the mic and I think he still needs to find his voice ultimately to reach his potential.

    • Couldn’t say it better, I really think his sophomore album is better than this. I dont know how he pulled these number it got a be the holiday shopping. I give this album a 7. Its more of a EP or mixtape to me

      • Cole’s best work is his mixtapes lol…Sideline Story was corny except for a few tracks and Born Sinner was really inconsistent…Personally I feel like Forest Hills Drive was the follow up i’ve been waiting for since Friday Night Lights, but to each his own

        • He definitely took it in the same direction production wise as Friday Night Lights I felt, which is a good thing, but I didn’t hear the growth in the lyricism that should be there 2 or 3 years later or whatever it’s been since then.

  4. J Cole ain’t hip hop, he is just an R&B singer who can’t sing. As a hip hop album this is wack, as an R&B album he should have gotten a person who can sing to sing his lyrics.

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