J. Cole’s ‘Born Sinner’ deluxe edition album cover

J. Cole has proven that a little humility goes a long away. After just three weeks, the rapper’s sophomore set, Born Sinner, has quickly outsold the egotistical Kanye West’s Yeezus and joined an exclusive list of albums that hold a special place in the history of the US charts.

Born Sinner topped the Billboard 200 this week by selling 58K copies. The record initially debut at #2 on the lineup behind Yeezus with only 297K copies sold in comparison to the latter’s 327K. However, Born Sinner has not only outsold Yeezus – 439K units vs 431K – but it has also assumed control of the chart’s peak position.

Since the launch of the SoundScan era in May 1991, only 76 albums that did not initially debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 eventually climbed to the summit of the lineup. Here is an interesting fact: Including Born Sinner, 583 records have topped the Billboard 200, so that means only 13% of those titles first debuted lower on the chart.

See the other leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Billboard Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. J. Cole - Born Sinner – 58K (total: 439K)

2. Wale – The Gifted – 50K (total: 208K)

3. Kanye West – Yeezus – 39K (total: 431K)

4. Imagine Dragons – Night Visions – 36K (total: 1.15M)

5. Floria Georgia Line – Here’s to the Good Times – 32K (total: 823K)

6. Joe - Doubleback: Evolution of R&B – 31K (debut)

7. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories – 28K (total: 642K)

8. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist – 24K (total: 890K)

9. Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox – 22K (total: 1.49 M)

10. Blake Shelton - Based on a True Story … –  22K (total: 725K)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Robin Thicke – “Blurred Lines (Ft. T.I. & Pharrell)”

2. Daft Punk – “Get Lucky (Ft. Pharrell Williams)”

3. Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”

4. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”

5. Florida Georgia Line – “Cruise (Ft. Nelly)”

6. Macklemore & Lewis – “Can’t Hold Us (Ft. Ray Dalton)”

7. Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”

8. Bruno Mars – “Treasure”

9. Selena Gomez – “Come & Get It”

10. Anna Kendrick – “Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone)”

Watch J. Cole’s “Power Trip (Ft. Miguel)” video below:

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