J. Cole Debuts at No. 1 With Best First Week for an R&B/Hip-Hop Album in Nearly a Year; Bad Bunny Hits a New Sales Peak After Super Bowl

In the week after the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny had a super week as far as consumption of his recorded music. On the new Billboard 200 album chart, he has two albums in the top 10 for the first time, as his recent hit “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is joined in those ranks by a […] Home Music News Feb 15, 2026 12:47pm PT J. Cole Debuts at No. 1 With Best First Week for an R&B/Hip-Hop Album in Nearly a Year; Bad Bunny Hits a New Sales Peak After Super Bowl K-pop act Ateez also had a bountiful first week that would have easily landed them on top in most other weeks. By Chris Willman Plus Icon Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic ChrisWillman Latest Poll Surprise: Bad Bunny Comes Out Ahead of Trump When U.S. Adults Are Asked, ‘Who Better Represents America?’ 16 hours ago Foo Fighters Use Website to Release 10 New… Riffs 2 days ago As Johnny Blue Skies, Sturgill Simpson Returns to Atlantic With a Physical-Release-Only, Non-Streaming ‘Dance Record,’ ‘Mutiny After Midnight,’ Led by New Song ‘Make America F— Again’ 2 days ago See All David Peters (J. Cole); Getty (Bad Bunny) In the week after the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny had a super week as far as consumption of his recorded music. On the new Billboard 200 album chart, he has two albums in the top 10 for the first time, as his recent hit “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is joined in those ranks by a four-year-old release that’s back on the rise, “Un Verano Sin Ti.” And the newer album enjoyed its best sales week to date. But the chart action was at least that super for J. Cole, as well. Even with “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” doing as smashingly as it did, it was held at No. 2 because J. Cole’s “The Fall-Off” did even better, debuting at No. 1 with the best weekly number for any R&B or hip-hop album in 11 months. Related Stories Brandi Carlile on What It Means to Sing 'America the Beautiful' at the Super Bowl in a Time of Turmoil: It's a Song of 'Fragile Hope, for Where America Could Be'