West's sixth studio album Yeezus was released in June 2013 and debuted at number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Compilation album Cruel Summer released with his label GOOD Music in September 2012 debuted atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Watch the Throne, a collaborative album with Jay-Z, was released in August 2011 and broke the US iTunes first-week sales record.

In November 2010, West released his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with the fourth-highest ever digital first-week sales. West's fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak was released in November 2008, and became his third consecutive number one release on the Billboard 200. In September 2007, West's third studio album Graduation debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 957,000 units in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling album in the US since Late Registration, and breaking the record for most digital albums sold in a week. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2005 in the United States. In August 2005, West released his second studio album Late Registration, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 860,000 copies. West's debut album The College Dropout was released in February 2004, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June 2004. As of October 2021, West has certified 25 million equivalent albums units in the United States, placing him among the highest-certified music artists in the United States. All ten of his studio albums have been certified at least gold in the United States. West has sold 21 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide. If he runs all its tracks through Auto-Tune, it isnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt just to get the notes right, but to convey the reality of what it means to try to feel everything at once: You go numb.American rapper and record producer Kanye West has released eleven studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, one compilation album, two live albums, one video album and four mixtapes. And for all its robotic austerity, 808s is a kind of kidsР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћ album, or at least one that taps into the rush of unsorted emotions that comes with youth. Kanye says he started exploring melody because thatР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs how teachers taught concepts to him when he was a kid-learning through song. And no matter how alienated fame makes him feel (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Welcome to HeartbreakР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ), he canР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt quite give it up (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™AmazingР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ). He recognizes the transitory nature of life (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Street LightsР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ), but it doesnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt stop him from holding a grudge (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™HeartlessР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ). His pain is real (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Coldest WinterР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ), but his arrogance is, too (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™RoboCopР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ). But in the intervening years, the album has become a blueprint for an entirely new wave of rap: introverted, melodic, melancholy, confessional-the sound of Drake and The Weeknd on down to Juice WRLD and Lil Uzi Vert. At least, it certainly wasnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt when it came out in 2008. It isnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt hip-hop in the conventional sense. But youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћd have to have a pretty good internal compass to bet your future on where that windР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs gonna take you. You donР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, Dylan sang-a line, incidentally, from the first electric song of his that most people would have heard (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Subterranean Homesick BluesР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ). Like Dylan, the new direction made him a genius to some and a traitor to others-a split that highlighted both the divisiveness of his art and the conservative streak in a scene where the imperative to keep it real can be as stifling as it is comforting. Like Dylan, Kanye didnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt need the fame or credibility: His third (and third multiplatinum) album, 2007Р Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs Graduation, had come out only a year earlier, and heР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћd already established himself as the kind of visionary who could steer the conversation while hovering somewhere above it. Perhaps the best comparison for 808s & Heartbreak is when Bob Dylan went electric in 1965.

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