Cyrus Langhorne
Roc Nation’s J. Cole is going to have no problem destroying his competition atop the sales chart. New estimates now have Jermaine’s 4 Your Eyez Only album selling over 500,000 copies.
Based on the latest numbers, Cole’s new solo offering could not end up with 550,000 sold units.
J. Cole’s new album 4 Your Eyez Only is heading for a huge debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters. Sources suggest the rapper will earn his fourth chart-topper with the release, and it will blast in with perhaps around 550,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 15 — the third-largest debut of 2016. Of J. Cole’s forecasted launch, traditional album sales could equal around 360,000 to 380,000 — Cole’s best sales week ever. (Billboard)
Initial estimates had the album selling up to 500,000 copies in week 1.
Heading into the weekend, Dreamville unleashed the album’s credits across social media.
A recent album review on the must-hear effort suggested Cole may have a daughter.
A new review on iTunes of the highly-anticipated LP, which drops on Friday (Dec. 9), appears to confirm a long-gestating rumor about the Fayetteville-raised MC — that he is the proud father of a daughter. Reads the review, “the two-part suite ‘She’s Mine’ may be the most important songs he’s written, as Cole hovers over his daughter and finds himself overcome by a strange feeling: hope.” (BET)
