If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be.” “I've always said that if I became successful, I'd come back here, grab somebody, and show him how it can be done.” “It's harder for me to write music that everyone can relate to because I don't live a typical life anymore.” “Be true to yourself and keep things simple.

I still do that now.” “There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. Well, after much anticipation, Donda came through with a total of 309,000 album units sold in its first week, which isn't nearly as much as Drake received for his release of Certified Loverboy, which competed against Ye's release, however the Canadian rapper took the win with 613,000 units sold.“I never lost sense of who I was, not for a day, not before I had a record deal, and certainly not after.” “The day that Barack Obama became president, the gangsta became less relevant.” “Maybe I am old fashioned, but a record is a piece of music from start to finish and that’s what I set out to create.” “Performing or playing baseball and basketball took my mind out of my environment. There was a lot of hype, and listening parties, which Kanye hosted at Chicago's Soldier Field Stadium.

With hundreds of records sold this far into his career, many fans wondered where Kanye's most recent album, Donda, would fall in comparison. That record goes to his 2007 album, Graduation, which sold a whopping 957,000 in its first week. While this is quite the feat, it doesn't stand as Ye's best-selling album. Updated on September 23, 2021, by Michael Chaar: In 2004, Kanye West released his very first album, The College Dropout, which would go on to sell a whopping 441,000 album units in its first week.

Despite the hype surrounding his latest album, Kanye caught some competition when Drake released his Certified Loverboy, So, how did Kanye's album sell in its first week? Let's dive in! With the release of Donda, Ye's newest album, it's never a better time to look back at his impactful discography and rank each album based on their first-week album unit sales. Related: Kanye West 'Donda Chant' Blasted As Satanic As He Debuts New Video Up to this writing, West has nine albums in his catalog, which have generated a total of 140 million in sales worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. The rest is history, and considering the success, he's had in the industry, it's clear he's also made history, too.

Before rapping, West started his career as a producer, working with the likes of Eminem, Jermaine Dupri, Jay-Z, and others, until the latter signed West to Roc-A-Fella records. It's not exaggerating to say that Kanye Omari West is one of the most influential hip-hop stars of all time.

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