Artist · chart history
J. Cole
Solo artist Frankfurt am Main United States US rapper & producer
J. Cole is an artist from Frankfurt am Main. J. Cole has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2019–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Middle Child”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #56. The station that charted J. Cole most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2019.
J. Cole was born Jermaine Lamarr Cole on January 28, 1985, on a military base in Germany, and grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His first mixtape, The Come Up, got people talking in early 2007; he went to college in New York City to chase the music, and in 2009 Jay-Z signed him to Roc Nation, which put out The Warm Up that year and Friday Night Lights in 2010.
From there every studio album has reached the top of the Billboard 200, starting with Cole World: The Sideline Story in 2011 and Born Sinner in 2013. Then he turned inward. 2014 Forest Hills Drive, 4 Your Eyez Only in 2016 and KOD in 2018 swapped flexing for self-examination and social conscience, and KOD put six songs in the Hot 100's top 20 at once. Cole is a self-taught pianist who produces most of his own records, with credits for Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Young Thug, Wale and Mac Miller.
He runs his own shop too: Dreamville Records, home to JID, Ari Lennox, Bas and EarthGang, whose Revenge of the Dreamers III debuted at number one in 2019. In January 2015 he began letting single mothers live rent-free in his childhood home in Fayetteville.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by J. Cole on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Child | 1 | #56 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | No Role Modelz | 1 | #85 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 85 | No Role Modelz | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) |
| 2019 | 56 | Middle Child | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 |
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