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J. Cole's Masterpiece Reaches A Momentous Milestone
J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive hits 550 weeks on the Billboard 200, outpacing all his other ... More charting albums combined. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 02: J. Cole performs during the 2023 Dreamville Music festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 02, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by)
J. Cole has never failed to send any of his proper solo albums to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The rapper has collected a half-dozen champions on that tally under his own name, but one stands out from the rest as not only one of his most beloved projects, but also easily his longest-running success. It is that full-length, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, that helps the hip-hop powerhouse reach a landmark number he has never seen before.
2014 Forest Hills Drive Hits 550 Weeks on the Billboard 200
2014 Forest Hills Drive reaches 550 weeks on the Billboard 200 as it holds on and charts once again. This frame, the bestseller rises from No. 156 to No. 150 as it celebrates hitting that momentous milestone.
Luminate reports that in the past tracking period in the United States, the decade-plus-old collection shifted 10,000 equivalent units. That's fairly consistent with how it performed just a few days ago.
J. Cole Joins Eminem and Kendrick Lamar
It is rare for any musical act to keep an album on the Billboard 200 for a decade, let alone push past that milestone. Cole is one of only a handful of hip-hop musicians to reach 550 frames on the ranking of the most consumed albums in the U.S. With this one title's success, he joins stars like Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and 2Pac, who have all managed the feat before him.
2014 Forest Hills Drive Outpaces All J. Cole's Other Albums Combined
2014 Forest Hills Drive is far and away Cole's longest-charting album on the Billboard 200. Only one other collection, Born Sinner, his sophomore full-length, has pushed past triple-digit stays.
2014 Forest Hills Drive has lived on the Billboard 200 for so long that it has racked up more weeks on the tally than all of his nine other charting wins combined. That roundup includes five other projects that have held on for at least a year, including Born Sinner, The Off-Season, KOD, Cole World: The Sideline Story, and 4 Your Eyez Only.
J Cole Only Appears on Two Billboard Charts
Cole's former No. 1 only manages to appear on one other Billboard ranking at the moment. 2014 Forest Hills Drive dips to No. 44 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it has also performed exceptionally well for years and has managed 421 stays.
