 Cole became one of only six rappers to reach number one with their first three full-length studio albums, others being Drake, Rick Ross, Nelly, DMX and Snoop Dogg.As of December 2016, the album has sold 1,240,000 copies in the United States.On May 23, 2019, "2014 Forest Hills Drive" was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sale equivalents of three million units in the United States.