As we’ve previously indicated, now is a good time to be a guy named J. Cole.

Indeed, as if seeing his new album, ‘4 Your Eyez Only,’ conquer charts with a whopping 492,000 units moved wasn’t enough (the third largest figure of the year), he made history by seeing every song from the project crack the top 40.

Now, Billboard reports Cole has even more reason to celebrate:

4 Your Eyez Only also logs a big streaming week as it tallied 118,000 in SEA units (equaling 176.9 million streams of the album’s songs), which is the second-largest streaming debut ever for an album. It trails only the bow of Drake’s Views, which launched with 163,000 streaming units in its opening frame (equating to 245.1 million streams of songs from the album that week). 4 Your Eyez Only is just the third album to surpass 100,000 streaming equivalent album units in a single week, following Views and The Weeknd’s Starboy (with its opening frame of 117,000 in SEA units).

Tuck in below to see who joined Cole this week on the refreshed Billboard 200:

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Photo courtesy:  PEOPLE Magazine

Scribbled in history books for some good and not-so-good reasons, 2016 brought with it some of modern entertainment’s most memorable moments.

As the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree shaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Now we reflect on the announcement Janet Jackson fans have been waiting for…

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.

This week we say “hello” to ‘Goodbye’ by 90s pop group The Spice Girls.  The first single the group ever released as a quartet (post the departure of “Ginger Spice” Geri Halliwel), the fab foursome stormed the Hot 100 this week with an impressive #11 premiere of the pop ballad.  A gem found on the group’s third album, ‘Forever,’ ‘Goodbye’ may have been greeted with fanfare following the hoopla of Geri’s exit, but that favorable response was short-lived.  Going on to be the Girls’ last top 20 run (to date) on the Hot 100, the tune peaked at the same position it debuted.  Yet, despite its short run in the upper rankings of the Billboard singles chart, it endures nearly two decades after its release as a fan favorite of the group’s list of colossal hits.

A timely ode as this week saw pop’s currently reigning girl group, Fifth Harmony, become 4th Harmony (for lack of better terms), tuck in below to remember the time in 1998 when the Girls said goodbye to Ginger…

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With Nicki Minaj’s ‘The Pink Print’ movie premiering on BET at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s, it looks like the lady rhymer is preparing to strong arm 2017. Much to the joy of her fans, after she spent most of this year in a musical aloofness.

See what else the rap diva has is store come the end of 2016 below.
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One of R&B’s reigning kings unveils his holiday special project to get you in the mood for Christmas.

Tank, who’s renown for serenading with his with ballads of lady appreciation and heartbreak, jumped into the Christmas spirit with a 6-track EP titled ‘A Classic Christmas Night.’ Chockfull of famed festive songs, the 40-year-old proves why he’s an R&B royal.

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Big Sean is ready to for a blockbuster return with the release of his impending new album.

The Detroit-rapper announced the title of his forthcoming album via his Twitter, ‘I Decided.’ As many artists tend to do these days, Sean shocked fans by making the ‘Decided’ available for pre-order on iTunes, subsequently revealing the February 3rd release date.

Apart from the news of his fourth effort, Jhene Aiko’s beau treated fans with a new single ‘Moves.’ In the 2-minute and some change track, 28-year-old gets braggadocios and stipulates the typical trap melodic chorus that is sure to engage club goers.

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It’s pretty safe to say now is a great time to be J. Cole.

The rapper, whose ‘surprise’ album ‘4 Your Eyez Only’ came with just a week notice, took no one by surprise when it topped the Billboard 200 with a monstrous figure.  However, we’re sure a few jaws dropped when perusers took a peek at the Hot 100 to see Cole’s name listed 10 times in the top 40 alone!  That’s right, every single song on the emcee’s newest opus simultaneously charted.  If that’s not enough, two cuts not featured on the official tracklist – ‘Fasle Prophets’ and ‘Everybody Dies’ – are also in the Hot 100.

The amazing feat puts him in the company of serial hitmakers The Weeknd, Beyonce, Drake, and Justin Bieber, all of whom have placed all of the content of their respective most recent albums in the Hot 100.

Tuck in below to see who joined him in this week’s refreshed Hot 100:

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Modern Mariah Carey is oh so embracing of the scantily clad. Indeed, despite the winter chill, Mimi strips down for a sassy rendition of ‘Here Comes Santa Claus.’

The…errr…festive clip sees the 46-year-old (and oiled up muscle men) get into the Christmas spirit sans m/any clothes.

Watch Carey celebrate Xmas like only she can after the jump. Word on the curb is that the visual is one of three the singer will service in the run-up to Christmas Day.

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Remy Ma and Fat Joe shot ‘All The Way Up’ to platinum status this year with their club smash of the same name.

Now, the dynamite duo are keeping true to their promise of a joint album with the announcement of ‘Plata O Plomo.’

Due to hit stores on February 10th 2017, the set will arrive the weekend of the Grammys – where the pair up for two honors.

And while Remy and Joe are two of Rap’s most seasoned talents, they invite a harem of names to join them on ‘Plata.’ A list that includes The-Dream, French Montana, Sevyn Streeter, and Ty Dolla $ign.

Peep the official tracklist below…

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On Monday, fans of the Urban Pop force Fifth Harmony learned that Camila Cabello had jumped ship to pursue what she hopes will be a gainful solo career.

Now, after sales of their first two albums failed to match the success of their supporting girls, the group now finds itself at a crossroads faced with the question below…

“Will we sink or soar without a new member?”

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Scribbled in history books for some good and not-so-good reasons, 2016 brought with it some of modern entertainment’s most memorable moments.

As the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree shaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Next up, we reflect on the habits of the serially tardy songstress Lauryn Hill…

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“Africans in the Middle East are the last of the diaspora. They really really REALLY need our help and attention.”

After dashing disses at Nicki Minaj and Lena Dunham earlier on this week, Azealia Banks has decided to turn her gaze to more pressing issues.

One of these is the plight of Africans facing cruelty, racism and discrimination in Asia and the Middle East.

Often ignored by the press, racially-motivated attacks against black people from other minority groups in foreign countries has led to the birth of “Travelling while Black’ videos designed to offer the community help and advice before they touch down.

What Azealia Banks has to say about this and its ties to Syria‘s struggles?

Find out below…

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