US charts: J Cole keeping seat warm for Jay-Z

Paul Williams

J Cole temporarily takes charge of the Billboard 200 chart this week as Jay-Z prepares for his 13th US albums chart-topper.

Cole's Born Sinner climbs a place to the top, despite its weekly sales falling 32% to 58,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, but this tally will be dwarfed next week by Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail with an expected opening tally of between 450,000 to 500,000 copies.

Jay-Z's arrival will be much needed for an albums market in which sales ...

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