J. Cole / discography

	J. Cole - discography
	J. Cole (2017)
Publications
Studio albums	5
Live albums	1
Compilations	3
Mix tapes	3
EPs	2
Singles	71

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rapper J. Cole . According to the sources, he sold more than 74.4 million records during his career as a musician, over 69.5 million of them in his home country alone. J. Cole's most successful release is the single No Role Modelz with over 6.6 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2011	Cole World: The Sideline Story Roc Nation / Columbia	-	-	CH62 (2 weeks) CH	UK25th silver (2 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (70 weeks)US	First published: September 27, 2011 Sales: + 1,060,000
2013	Born Sinner Dreamville / Roc Nation / Columbia	DE74 (1 week) DE	-	CH27 (2 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (7 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (105 weeks)US	First published: June 18, 2013 Sales: + 1,140,000
2014	2014 Forest Hills Drive Dreamville / Roc Nation / Columbia	-	-	CH49 (2 weeks) CH	UK27 gold (16 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)US	First published: December 9, 2014 Sales: + 3,135,000
2016	4 Your Eyez Only Dreamville / Roc Nation / Interscope	DE79 (1 week) DE	-	CH16 (1 week) CH	UK21st gold (11 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (69 weeks)US	First published: December 9, 2016 Sales: + 1,100,000
2018	KOD Dreamville / Roc Nation / Interscope	DE16 (3 weeks) DE	AT4 (2 weeks) AT	CH6 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (11 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (72 weeks)US	First published: April 20, 2018 Sales: + 1,100,000

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2016	Forest Hills Drive: Live Dreamville / Roc Nation / Columbia	-	-	-	-	US71 (2 weeks) US	First published: January 28, 2016

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2015	Revenge of the Dreamers II Dreamville / Interscope	-	-	-	-	US29 (2 weeks) US	Initial release: December 8th, 2015 with Dreamville Records
2019	Revenge of the Dreamers III Dreamville / Interscope	-	AT73 (1 week) AT	CH28 (2 weeks) CH	-	US1 (... week) US	Initial release: July 5th, 2019 with Dreamville Records

More compilations
year	Title music label	Remarks
2014	Revenge of the Dreamers Dreamville	First released: January 28, 2014 with Dreamville Records

EPs

year	Title music label	Remarks
2013	Truly Yours Dreamville	First published: February 12, 2013
2013	Truly Yours 2 Dreamville	First published: April 30, 2013

Mix tapes

year	Title music label	Remarks
2007	The Come Up By Any Means	First published: May 4, 2007
2009	The Warm Up Roc Nation	First published: June 15, 2009
2010	Friday Night Lights Roc Nation	First published: November 12, 2010

Singles

Chart placements as a lead singer

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2010	Who Dat Cole World: The Sideline Story	-	-	-	-	US93 (1 week) US	First published: May 31, 2010
2011	Work Out Cole World: The Sideline Story	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US13 × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)US	First published: June 15, 2011 Sales: + 2,240,000
2011	Can't Get Enough Cole World: The Sideline Story	-	-	-	-	US52 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: September 1, 2011 Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. Trey Songz
2012	Nobody's Perfect Cole World: The Sideline Story	-	-	-	-	US61 (19 weeks) US	First published: February 7th, 2012 feat. Missy Elliott
2013	Power Trip Born Sinner	-	-	-	UK46 silver (7 weeks)UK	US19th platinum (29 weeks)US	First published: February 14, 2013 Sales: + 1,200,000; feat. Miguel
	Crooked Smile Born Sinner	-	-	-	-	US27 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: June 4th, 2013 Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. TLC
	She Knows Born Sinner	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	US90 (5 weeks) US	First release: October 29, 2013 feat. Amber Coffman & The Cults
2014	Apparently 2014 Forest Hills Drive	-	-	-	-	US58 × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: December 9, 2014 Sales: +2,000,000
2015	Wet Dreamz 2014 Forest Hills Drive	-	-	-	UK- platinum UK	US61 × 4 Quadruple platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: April 14, 2015 Sales: + 4,645,000
2015	No Role Modelz 2014 Forest Hills Drive	-	-	-	UK- platinum UK	US36 × 6 Six-fold platinum (25 weeks)US	First published: August 4th, 2015 Sales: + 6,645,000
2016	Everybody Dies Single Track	-	-	-	-	US57 (1 week) US	First published: December 5, 2016
2016	False Prophets single track	-	-	-	-	US54 (2 weeks) US	First published: December 5, 2016
2017	Deja Vu 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	CH46 (2 weeks) CH	UK30th silver (6 weeks)UK	US7th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: Jan 10, 2017 Sales: + 2,200,000
2017	Neighbors 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	CH96 (1 week) CH	UK54 silver (1 week)UK	US13 × 2 Double platinum (6 weeks)US	First published: April 25, 2017 Sales: + 2,200,000
2018	KOD KOD	-	AT70 (1 week) AT	CH42 (2 weeks) CH	UK17 (4 weeks) UK	US10 platinum (12 weeks)US	First published: May 8, 2018 Sales: + 1,080,000
	ATM COD	-	-	CH67 (1 week) CH	UK28 (2 weeks) UK	US6th platinum (5 weeks)US	First published: July 31, 2018 Sales: + 1,040,000
	Album of the Year (Freestyle) single track	-	-	-	-	US87 (1 week) US	First published: August 7, 2018
2019	Middle Child Revenge of the Dreamers III	DE70 (2 weeks) DE	AT40 (3 weeks) AT	CH28 (8 weeks) CH	UK9 gold (11 weeks)UK	US4th × 5 Quintuple platinum (27 weeks)US	First published: Jan 23, 2019 Sales: + 5,280,000
2020	Snow on tha Bluff single track	-	-	-	-	US54 (2 weeks) US	First published: June 16, 2020
	The Climb Back Lewis Street	-	-	-	UK77 (... weeks) UK	US52 (2 weeks) US	First published: July 22, 2020
	Lion King on Ice Lewis Street	-	-	-	UK65 (... weeks) UK	US51 (... weeks) US	First published: July 22, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2016	Immortal 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	CH75 (1 week) CH	UK49 (1 week) UK	US11 platinum (5 weeks)US	Chart entry: December 18, 2016 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Change 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	US21st gold (2 weeks)US	Chart entry: December 22nd, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
	Ville Mentality 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	UK78 (1 week) UK	US24 gold (24 weeks)US	Chart entry: December 22nd, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
	She's Mine, Pt. 1 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK	US22nd gold (2 weeks)US	Chart entry: December 22nd, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
	For Whom the Bell Tolls 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	UK82 (1 week) UK	US23 gold (2 weeks)US	Chart entry: December 22nd, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
	Foldin Clothes 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	UK89 (1 week) UK	US30th gold (2 weeks)US	Chart entry: December 22nd, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
	4 Your Eyez Only 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	US29 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: December 22nd, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
	She's Mine, Pt. 2 4 Your Eyez Only	-	-	-	-	US34 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: December 31, 2016 Sales: + 500,000
2018	Photographer KOD	-	-	CH87 (1 week) CH	UK30 (1 week) UK	US14th platinum (2 weeks)US	Chart entry: April 29, 2018 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Kevin's Heart KOD	-	-	-	UK56 (1 week) UK	US8th platinum (5 weeks)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Motif8 COD	-	-	-	-	US15 (2 weeks) US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018
	1985 (Intro to the Fall Off) KOD	-	-	-	-	US20th platinum (2 weeks)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 1,000,000
	The Cut Off KOD	-	-	-	-	US28 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 500,000
	Brackets KOD	-	-	-	-	US30th gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 500,000
	Window Pain (Outro) COD	-	-	-	-	US41 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 500,000
	Friends KOD	-	-	-	-	US46 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 500,000; feat. kiLL edward
	Once an Addict KOD	-	-	-	-	US47 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 500,000
	Intro KOD	-	-	-	-	US53 gold (1 week)US	Chart entry: May 5, 2018 Sales: + 500,000

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2010	All I Want Is You All I Want Is You	-	-	-	-	US58 platinum (14 weeks)US	First published: May 25, 2010 Sales: + 1,000,000; Miguel feat. J. Cole
2015	Planez Late Nights	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US44 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: Jan 22, 2015 Sales: + 2,200,000; Jeremih feat. J. Cole
	No Sleeep Unbreakable	-	-	-	-	US63 (2 weeks) US	First published: June 22, 2015 Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole
	Night Job Too High to Riot	-	-	-	-	US86 (15 weeks) US	First release: December 4th, 2015 Bas feat. J. Cole
2019	A Lot I Am> I Was	-	-	CH79 (2 weeks) CH	UK29 silver (11 weeks)UK	US12 × 3 Triple platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: Jan 8, 2019 Sales: + 3,315,000; 21 Savage feat. J. Cole
	The London So Much Fun	DE71 (3 weeks) DE	AT37 (3 weeks) AT	CH20 (21 weeks) CH	UK18th gold (10 weeks)UK	US12 × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: May 23, 2019 Sales: + 3,635,000; Young Thug feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott
	Down Bad Revenge of the Dreamers III	-	-	-	-	US64 gold (2 weeks)US	First published: June 12, 2019 Sales: + 500,000; Dreamville feat. JID, Bas, J. Cole, EarthGang & Young Nudy
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2018	Pretty Little Fears East Atlanta Love Letter	-	-	-	UK86 (1 week) UK	US76 platinum (1 week)US	Chart entry: September 27, 2018 Sales: + 1,080,000; 6lack feat. J. Cole
2019	Under the Sun Revenge of the Dreamers III	-	-	-	-	US44 platinum (3 weeks)US	Chart entry: July 20, 2019 Sales: + 1,000,000; Dreamville feat. J. Cole, Lute & DaBaby

More singles

year	Title album	Remarks
2009	Lights Please The Warm Up	First published: November 24, 2009
2010	Just Begun Revolutions per minute	First published: February 2nd, 2010 Reflection Eternal feat. J. Cole, Mos Def & Jay Electronica
2010	A Star Is Born The Blueprint 3	First published: June 25, 2010 Jay-Z feat. J. Cole
2011	Feel Love single track	First published: February 4th, 2011 Sean Garrett feat. J. Cole
	Bad Girls Club single track	First published: July 15, 2011 Wale feat. J. Cole
	Trouble single track	First published: August 12, 2011 at Maejor feat. J. Cole
	Only Wanna Give It to You Perfectly Imperfect	First published: August 16, 2011 Elle Varner feat. J. Cole
	Mr. Nice Watch Cole World: The Sideline Story	First release: October 4th, 2011 feat. Jay-Z
	Party (Remix) 4	First published: October 24, 2011 Beyoncé feat. J. Cole
2012	This Time The MF Life	First published: February 20, 2012 Melanie Fiona feat. J. Cole
2012	Miss America Born Sinner	First published: November 13, 2012
2013	Acid Rain (Remix) single track	First published: January 14, 2013 Alexis Jordan feat. J. Cole
2013	Forbidden Fruit Born Sinner	First release: August 1st, 2013 feat. Kendrick Lamar
2014	Cold Blood I Am	First published: February 4th, 2014 Yo Gotti feat. J. Cole & Canei Finch
2016	Love Yourz 2014 Forest Hills Drive	First published: February 27, 2016 Sales: + 1,000,000, US:platinum
2016	Can't Call It Bears Like This Too Much	First published: November 8, 2016 Spillage Village feat. EarthGang, JID, J. Cole & Bas
2017	High for hours single track	First published: January 18, 2017
2018	Boblo Boat Book of Ryan	First published: March 23, 2018 Royce da 5'9 " feat. J. Cole
	Come Through and Chill War & Leisure	Initial release: April 10, 2018 Sales: + 1,000,000, US:platinum Miguel feat. J. Cole
	Tribe Milky Way	First published: August 22, 2018 Bas feat. J. Cole
	Sojourner 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad II	First published: October 26, 2018 Rapsody feat. J. Cole
	Off Deez DiCaprio 2	Initial release: November 6, 2018 Sales: + 500,000, US:gold JID feat. J. Cole
2019	Purple Emoji single track	Initial release: May 20, 2019 Sales: + 500,000, US:gold Ty Dolla Sign feat. J. Cole

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of J. Cole's chart successes in the album and single charts.

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US6thUS
Top 10 albums	DE-DE	AT1AT	CH1CH	UK2UK	US6thUS
Albums in the charts	DE3DE	AT2AT	CH6thCH	UK5UK	US8thUS

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
Top 10 singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK1UK	US5US
Singles in the charts	DE2DE	AT3AT	CH9CH	UK20thUK	US48US

Awards for music sales

Silver record

United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 2018: for the song GOMD

Golden record

Australia Australia
- 2018: for the 2014 album Forest Hills Drive

Denmark Denmark

2019: for the single Wet Dreamz
2020: for the single The London
2020: for the single middle child

Canada Canada

2012: for the single work out

2015: for the 2014 album Forest Hills Drive

2015: for the album Born Sinner

2018: for the album KOD

2018: for the single ATM

2019: for the single Come Through and Chill

2019: for the single Pretty Little Fears

United States United States

2019: for the single Shea Butter Baby
2020: for the song St. Tropez
2020: for the song 03 'Adolescence
2020: for the song January 28th
2020: for the song Hello

Platinum record

Denmark Denmark
- 2018: for the 2014 album Forest Hills Drive

Canada Canada

2018: for the single KOD
2019: for the single A Lot
2020: for the single Pretty Little Fears

United States United States

2020: for the song Fire Squad

2 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single The London
United States United States
- 2020: for the song A Tale Oe 2 Citiez

3 × platinum record

United States United States
- 2020: for the song GOMD

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	0! P-	140,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	245,000	ifpi.dk
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	6 × gold6th	6 × platinum6th	720,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	21 × gold21st	59 × platinum59	69,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × silver9	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	3,620,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	9 × silver9	40 × gold40	68 × platinum68

Web links

Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US