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As expected, J. Cole's "2014 Forest Hills Drive" tops this week's Billboard 200. The rapper's newest album debuts with 375,000 copies comprising of 354,000 pure album sales and 21,000 in track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Named after the address of Cole's childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, "Forest Hills Drive" gives him his third No. 1 album on the chart. He previously claimed the top spot with 2013's "Born Sinner" and 2011's "Cole World: The Sideline Story".

The new LP additionally posts the fifth-largest sales week for an album this year, behind Taylor Swift's "1989" (1.29 million and 402,000), One Direction's "FOUR" (387,000) and Coldplay's "Ghost Stories" (383,000). It also logs the biggest sales week for a hip-hop record in more than a year, since Eminem's "MMLP2" arrived with 792,000 back in November 2013.

Cole's new album bumps Swift's platinum-selling "1989" from the top slot of Billboard 200 this week. The country-turned-pop superstar's fifth studio installment, which has spent five non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, falls to No. 2 with 324,000. 278,000 of which are pure album sales.

Also falling one rung is Pentatonix's holiday set "That's Christmas to Me" which lands at No. 3 with 218,000. Next, Carrie Underwood collects her fifth consecutive top 5 album as her "Greatest Hits: Decade #1" arrives at No. 4 with 103,000. Rounding out the top 5 is AC/DC's "Rock or Bust" that slips from No. 3 to No. 5 with 94,000.

K. Michelle's "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?" is another new arrival on the top 10 as it sits at No. 6 with 88,000. One Direction's "FOUR" and Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour" descend to No. 7 and No. 8 with 82,000 and 81,000, respectively.

Closing out the top 10 are Ed Sheeran's "X" which jumps two rungs to No. 9 with 65,000 (36,000 pure album sales, 22,000 in TEA and 7,000 in SEA) and Garth Brooks' "Man Against Machine" that falls from last week's No. 8 with 62,000.

1. "2014 Forest Hills Drive" - J. Cole (375,000)
2. "1989" - Taylor Swift (324,000)
3. "That's Christmas to Me" - Pentatonix (218,000)
4. "Greatest Hits: Decade #1" - Carrie Underwood (103,000)
5. "Rock or Bust" - AC/DC (94,000)
6. "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?" - K. Michelle (88,000)
7. "FOUR" - One Direction (82,000)
8. "In the Lonely Hour" - Sam Smith (81,000)
9. "X" - Ed Sheeran (65,000)
10. "Man Against Machine" - Garth Brooks (62,000)