After debuting on the US Billboard 200 at #1 with his ‘Cole World: The Sideline Story’ album, J. Cole has infiltrated the top 5 of the United World Album Chart. Although the record was unable to topple Adele’s omnipresent ’21′ LP, it was still crowned as the week’s 2nd-highest debut.

‘Cole World’ sold an impressive 233K copies worldwide this week, compared to the 218K units sold in the US, and debuted at #3. Notably, Blink-182′s ‘Neighborhoods’, which entered the Billboard 200 below ‘Cole World’, managed to outpace the Hip-Hop release on the global scale after selling 235K copies .

However, despite those impressive figures, Adele’s ’21′ remained at #1 on the United World Album Chart with sales exceeding 261K copies – less than a 1K unit drop from last week. Remarkably, the record, which has been certified 4x platinum in the US, has now sold over 10.67 million copies globally after booking the #1 spot for 24 weeks.

The United World Track Chart also exhibited major shifts this week. Following its record-breaking climb on the US Billboard Hot 100, Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ has vaulted to #4 in its 2nd week on the world tally with 186K copies sold. Conversely, the Barbados native’s previous single, ‘Cheers (Drink To That)’, depicted an expected sales dip by falling from #9 to #14 with 145K units sold.

Check out the the lineup of the leading Urban/Pop albums and tracks in the world below:

United World Album Chart

1. Adele – ’21′ – 261K (total: 10.67 M)

3. J. Cole – ‘Cole World: The Sideline Story’ – 233K (debut)

5. Tony Bennett – ‘Duets II’ – 139K (total: 369K)

10. David Guetta – ‘Nothing bu the Beat’ – 90K (total: 745K)

Bonus

12. Lil Wayne – ‘Tha Carter IV’ – 80K (total: 1.61 M)

19. Lady GaGa – ‘Born This Way’ – 55K (total: 4.69 M)

23. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’ – 44K (total: 12.95 M)

24. The Throne – ‘Watch The Throne’ – 44K (total: 1.27 M)

25. Adele – ’19′ – 42K

27. Bruno Mars – ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ – 41K

United World Track Chart

1. Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera – ‘Moves Like Jagger’ – 460K

2. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’ – 262K

3. LMFAO – ‘Party Rock Anthem (Ft. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock)’ – 212K

4. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’ – 186K

6. David Guetta – ‘Without You (Usher)’ – 181K

8. LMFAO – ‘Sexy & I Know It’ – 165K

9. Pitbull – ‘Give Me Everything (Ft. Ne-You, Afrojack & Nayer)’ – 159K

10. Bat Meets Evil – ‘Lighters (Ft. Bruno Mars)’ – 158K

Bonus

11. Lady Gaga – ‘You & I’ – 154K

12. Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)’ – 150K

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