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J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only was released Friday, December 9th, and the numbers are ridiculous. The album already has 550,000 units in its first week, and it hasn’t even been a full week yet; 360,000 to 380,000 will be in traditional sales. These numbers have been beaten by only 2 other albums: Drake’s Views with 1.04 million units and Beyoncé’s Lemonade with 653,000 units. 2014 Forest Hills Drive received only 371,000 units in December 2 years ago.
Not only did 4 Your Eyez Only surpass 2014 Forest Hills Drive’s numbers from 2014, the album got these numbers with no press and no features on the album.