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Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fameasaproducer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album TheBlueprint,aswell as hit singles for musicalartists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of productionoriginallyusedpitched-up vocal samples from soul songsincorporated with his own drums and instruments.However,subsequentproductions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B,baroquepop, trip hop,arena rock, ...read more
Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fameasaproducer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album TheBlueprint,aswell as hit singles for musicalartists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of productionoriginallyusedpitched-up vocal samples from soul songsincorporated with his own drums and instruments.However,subsequentproductions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B,baroquepop, trip hop,arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, histhirdalbumGraduation in2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My Beautiful Dark TwistedFantasyin2010. His five albums, all ofwhich have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. As of2011,Westhas won a total of fourteen Grammyawards. All albums have been very commercially successful, with MyBeautifulDarkTwisted Fantasy becoming his fourth consecutive No.1album in the U.S. upon release. West has had 5 songsexceed 3millionin digital sales as of July 2011, with "Gold Digger" selling3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000,"Heartless"selling3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000 and "Love Lockdown" selling over3,000,000 placing him third inoverall digitalsalesof the past decade. He has sold over 25 million digital songs in the United Statesplacing him second for solomale artistsonthe list and sixth overall for best selling digital artists.
West also runs his own record label GOOD Music, home to artists such as John Legend, Common and Kid Cudi.West'smascotandtrademark is "Dropout Bear," a teddy bear which has appeared on the covers of three of his five albums aswellasvarious single covers andmusic videos. About.com ranked Kanye West No.8 on their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list.OnMay16, 2008, Kanye West was crownedby MTV as the year's No.1 "Hottest MC in the Game." On December 17, 2010,KanyeWestwas voted as the MTV Man of the Year by MTV.Billboard ranked Kanye West No. 3 on their list of Top 10Producers ofthedecade. « hide |
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