J. Cole has secured his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with the release of The Fall-Off, which debuted atop the chart dated February 21, 2026.

The album earned an impressive 280,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. during the week ending February 12, marking the largest opening week for any R&B or hip-hop album in nearly a year.

This achievement adds to J. Cole’s previous chart-topping albums, including The Off-Season (2021) and 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), further cementing his status as one of the genre’s most consistent and successful artists.

Breaking down the numbers, The Fall-Off garnered 166,500 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units, equating to 169.5 million on-demand official streams, and debuted at No. 2 on the Top Streaming Albums chart.

Physical and digital album sales contributed 113,000 units, with track equivalent album (TEA) units adding 500.

Notably, the vinyl release accounted for approximately 80,000 units, or 71% of first-week sales, marking J. Cole’s largest vinyl sales week ever and the biggest for an R&B/hip-hop vinyl release in a year.

Other artists also saw strong performances. Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS surged to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 following his Super Bowl halftime show, posting a 194% increase to 250,000 equivalent units, aided by a new vinyl pressing.

Meanwhile, K-Pop group ATEEZ debuted at No. 3 with GOLDEN HOUR: Part.4, their eighth top-10 album, earning 200,000 units and topping the Top Album Sales chart thanks to over 25 physical variants.

Joji’s Piss In the Wind reached No. 5 with 86,000 units, bolstered by deluxe edition box sets and multiple vinyl variants.

Other top-10 entries included Don Toliver’s OCTANE (No. 4), Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem (No. 7), Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving (No. 8), Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl (No. 9), and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack (No. 10).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks U.S. albums based on multi-metric consumption, including album sales, TEA, and SEA, compiled by Luminate, which verifies and authenticates data before publishing the official chart.

This edition of the chart, reflecting the week ending February 12, 2026, was delayed by one day due to the President’s Day holiday.