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Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American musician, film
director and fashion designer. West first rose to fame as a producer for
Roc-A-Fella Re
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eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z’s album The
Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia
Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally
used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own
drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him
broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing
’70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative,
electronica, synthpop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second
album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007,
his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My
Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West released a collaborative
album, Watch the Throne with Jay-Z in 2011, which is the duo’s first
collaborative album. His five solo albums, all of which have gone
platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. All albums
have been very commercially successful, with My Beautiful Dark Twisted
Fantasy becoming his fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon
release. West has had 5 songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of
July 2011, with “Gold Digger” selling 3,086,000, “Stronger” selling
4,402,000, “Heartless” selling 3,742,000, “E.T.” selling over 4,000,000
and “Love Lockdown” selling over 3,000,000 placing him third in overall
digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital
songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital
artists of all-time. He is also one of the most awarded artists of
all-time.
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