J. Cole has exceeded all expectations with this one. A few days ago, it was predicted that Cole's first week numbers for 4 Your Eyez Only would be pretty massive - ending up somewhere between 400-500k.
As it turns out, he's going to do even better than that. According to Billboard, J. Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only" will be around 550,000 units, making it the third best first week sales of the year after Drake (Views) and Beyonce (Lemonade). Of that 550k, it is predicted that 360,000 to 380,000 will come from traditional album sales, rather than streaming.
Jermaine will handily snag the number one spot on the Billboard 200, making 4 Your Eyez Only the North Carolina rapper's fourth straight number one album. This man can't be stopped. Why would you try?