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• BIRTHDAY: June 8, 1977
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Stronger" (2007)
• BIGGEST LP: Graduation (2007)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 24
• BILLBOARD: '100 Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists': 89
• "George Bush doesn't care about black people." (2005)

• Kanye West, hailing from Chicago and born June 8, 1977, spent several years in the background of rap music helping out with producing tracks for other rappers before hitting big as a solo rap artist and becoming a very controversial and out-spoken personality.

• October: Kanye was injured in a car accident in LA.

• November 12: Kanye appeared on the Jay-Z LP The Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse with the track "The Bounce."

# 33 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 10: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Twista and Jamie Foxx with "Slow Jamz."
• January 24: Kanye topped the Billboard Rap Tracks chart for 7 weeks helping out Twista and Jamie Foxx with "Slow Jamz."
• January 31: Kanye topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 3 weeks helping out Twista and Jamie Foxx with "Slow Jamz."

• February 10: Kanye released his debut LP College Dropout.
• February 14: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 2 weeks helping out Twista and Jamie Foxx with "Slow Jamz."
• February 21: Kanye hit the Top 10 with Twista and Jamie Foxx with "Slow Jamz."
• February 21: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week and R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 2 weeks helping out Twista and Jamie Foxx with "Slow Jamz."
• February 28: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 3 weeks with College Dropout.

• March 6: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Through The Wire."
• March 30: Kanye appeared on the Janet Jackson LP Damita Jo with the track "My Baby."

• April 6: College Dropout was certified platinum.

• May 15: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Syleena Johnson with "All Falls Down."

• June 30: College Dropout was certified 2x platinum.

• August: Kanye began touring as the opening act for Usher's tour.
• August 29: Kanye was nominated for 6 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best New Artist, Breakthrough Video ("All Falls Down" with Syleena Johnson), Best R&B Video ("Talk About Our Love" with Brandy), and the MTV2 Award ("Slow Jamz" with Twista and Jamie Foxx). Kanye also performed at the ceremony.

• November 14: Kanye was nominated for 3 American Music Awards including Favorite Breakthrough Artist, Favorite Rap Male Artist, and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album. Kanye also performed at the ceremony.

• December 31: College Dropout was chosen by Rolling Stone magazine's critics as the best album of the year.
• December 31: Kanye topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top New Pop Artist, Top New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist, and Top Hot Rap Artist.

# 20 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 11: Kanye could be heard on the soundtrack to Coach Carter with "Wouldn't You Like To Ride."

• February 13: Kanye won 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("You Don't Know My Name" with Alicia Keys and Harold Lilly), Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Jesus Walks" with C. Smith), and Best Rap Album (College Dropout), and was nominated for Album of the Year (College Dropout), Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) ("Jesus Walks" with C. Smith), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Slow Jamz" with Twista and Jamie Foxx and "All Falls Down" with Syleena Johnson), Best Rap Solo Performance ("Through The Wire"), and Best New Artist. Kanye performed at the ceremony.

• March: Kanye won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist.

• July 2: Kanye performed in Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of the concerts was to raise awareness of the on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.

• August: Kanye announced that he felt hip-hop music and rap was getting too comfortable with using 'gay' as a negative and as the opposite of hip-hop, and wanted this to be stopped: "It was kind of like a turning point when (my cousin came out). I was like 'Yo, this is my cousin, I love him, and I been discriminating against gays.' But everybody in hip-hop discriminates against gay people... the exact opposite word of hip-hop, I think is gay... and I wanna just come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it.'"
• August 28: The video for "Jesus Walks" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video and was nominated for Video of the Year and Best Hip-Hop Video. Kanye performed at the ceremony.
  August 30: Kanye released Late Registration.

• September 2: Kanye appeared on a live NBC benefit show, A Concert For Hurricane Relief, to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and went off-script to give his feelings about the slow response by President Bush; "George Bush doesn't care about black people." West also targeted the media: "I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're looting. See a white family, it says they're looking for food."
• September 9: Kanye performed on Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast - a benefit program shown on all the major networks simultaneously to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
• September 10: Kanye performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program shown on music video channels to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
• September 10: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Gold Digger."
• September 17: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 10 weeks, Digital Songs chart for 9 weeks, and Digital Tracks chart for 3 weeks with "Gold Digger."
• September 17: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks, Internet Albums chart for 1 week, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Rap Albums chart for 3 weeks with Late Registration. The LP sold over 860,000 copies in the US its first week of release. The LP also topped the charts in Canada.
• September 17: Kanye topped the Billboard Pop 100 chart for 10 weeks and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 4 weeks with "Gold Digger."
• September 29: Late Registration was certified 2x platinum.

• October 1: Kanye performed "Gold Digger," "Touch The Sky," and "Heard 'Em Say" on Saturday Night Live.
• October 8: Kanye hit the Top 10 with "Gold Digger."
• October 8: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 5 weeks, Rap Songs chart for 4 weeks, and Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 6 weeks with "Gold Digger."
• October 29: Kanye hit #1 for 2 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Gold Digger."

• November 5: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Heard 'Em Say."
• November 5: Kanye topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 2 weeks with "Gold Digger."
• November 22: Kanye could be heard on the Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now compilation with "We Can Make It Better."

• December 31: Kanye had the # 9 selling LP of 2005 with Late Registration selling over 2.4 million copies during the year.

# 75 Singles Artist of the Year

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• February 8: Kanye won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Gold Digger"), Best Rap Song (songwriting with D. Harris) ("Diamonds From Sierra Leone") and Best Rap Album (Late Registration), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Late Registration), Record of the Year ("Gold Digger"), Best R&B Song (writing Alicia Keys' "Unbreakable" with Garry Glenn, Keys, and Harold Lily), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("They Say" with Common and John Legend from Common's LP, Be). Kanye was also nominated a second time in the Album of the Year for his production work on Mariah Carey's The Emancipation Of Mimi. Kanye also performed at the ceremony.
• February 9: Kanye appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
• February 24: Late Registration was certified 3x platinum.
• February 25: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Touch The Sky."

• August 31: The video for "Gold Digger" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Male Video and Best Hip-Hop Video.

• November 21: Kanye was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist.

# 15 Singles Artist of the Year

• July 7: Kanye performed at the Live Earth concert in the US. The 7-continent concert organized by Al Gore brought together over 100 artists to perform and raise the world's awareness about the climate crisis and how to make a difference to help the environment and the world.

• August 4: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Stronger."
• August 25: Kanye topped the UK singles chart for 2 weeks with "Stronger."

• September 8: Kanye hit the Top 10 with "Stronger."
• September 8: Kanye topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Stronger."
• September 9: Kanye was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best Editing (Peter Johnson and Corey Weisz) ("Stronger"), Male Artist of the Year, and Quadruple Threat of the Year. Kanye also performed at the ceremony.
• September 11: Kanye released Graduation.
• September 16: Kanye topped the UK LP chart for 1 week with Graduation.
• September 20: Kanye appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
• September 29: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with T-Pain with "Good Life."
• September 29: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Digital Albums chart for 2 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 3 weeks, and Rap Albums chart for 6 weeks with Graduation - the LP sold over 956,000 copies its first week of release in the US.
• September 29: Kanye topped the Billboard Pop 100 chart for 5 weeks with "Stronger."
• September 29: Kanye performed "Stronger," "Good Life," "Champion," and "Everything I Am" on Saturday Night Live.

• October 6: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart with "Stronger."
• October 13: Kanye hit #1 for 3 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Stronger."
• October 18: Graduation was certified 2x platinum.
• October 27: Kanye topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 3 weeks with "Stronger."

• November 3: Kanye topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart for 9 weeks with T-Pain with "Good Life."
• November 6: Kanye could be heard on the Chris Brown LP Exclusive on the track "Down."
• November 6: Kanye could be heard on the Jay-Z LP American Gangster on the track "Roc Boys."
• November 10: Kanye received devastating news when his mom died at the age of 58 from complications from surgery. His mom, Donda West, helped manage Kanye's businesses and educational foundation. Donda West was the inspiration for Kanye's song "Hey Mama" and wrote Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From The Mother Of A Hip-Hop Superstar.

• December 31: Kanye had the # 10 selling LP of 2007 with Graduation selling over 1,8 million copies in the US.

# 10 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 12: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with the help of Dwele with "Flashing Lights."

• February 10: Kanye won 4 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Stronger"), and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Southside" with Common), and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Good Life' with A. Davis and F. Najm), and Best Rap Album (Graduation), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Graduation), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Good Life" with T-Pain), Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Better Than I've Ever Been" with Nas & KRS-One) and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Can't Tell Me Nothing" with A. Davis). Kanye performed at the ceremony.
• February 12: Kanye could be heard on the Michael Jackson LP 25th Anniversary Of Thriller.

• March 29: Kanye topped the UK singles chart for 4 weeks helping out Estelle with "American Boy."

• June 6: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Estelle with "American Boy."

• September 7: The video for "Good Life" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects (SoMe and Jonas & Francois), and "Homecoming." Kanye performed at the ceremony.
• September 11: Kanye was arrested in L.A. for reportedly vandalizing a paparazzo's camera.
• September 13: Kanye hit the Top 10 helping out Estelle with "American Boy."
• September 13: Kanye topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart helping out Young Jeezy with "Put On."
• September 27: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil Wayne with "Swagga Like Us."

• October 4: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Love Lockdown."
• October 28: Kanye could be heard on the John Legend LP Evolver on the track "It's Over."

• November 11: Kanye could be heard on the T-Pain LP Thr33 Ringz on the track "Therapy."
• November 22: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Heartless."
• November 22: Kanye topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart and Digital Tracks chart with "Heartless."
• November 23: Kanye won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist.
• November 24: Kanye released 808's And Heartbreak.

• December 13: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, R&B Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week, and Digital Albums chart for 1 week with 808's And Heartbreak. The LP sold over 450,000 copies its first week of release in the U.S.
• December 13: Kanye performed "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless" on Saturday Night Live.
• December 20: Kanye hit the Top 10 with "Love Lockdown."
• December 31: Kanye topped the Rolling Stone 'Readers Poll' for Best Hip-Hop Artist of 2008.

# 8 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male Artist of the Year)

• January 10: Kanye hit the Top 10 with "Heartless."
• January 27: 808's And Heartbreak was certified platinum.
• January 31: Kanye topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 5 weeks with "Heartless."

• February 7: Kanye topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart for 5 weeks with "Heartless."
• February 8: Kanye won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Swagga Like Us" with Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil Wayne) and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("American Boy" with Estelle), and was nominated for Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) ("American Boy" with William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, and Estelle Swaray), Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Mr. Carter" with Jay-Z), and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Swagga Like Us" with Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil Wayne). Kanye performed at the ceremony.
• February 28: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 2 weeks with "Heartless."

• April 18: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Paranoid."

• May 16: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo with "Knock You Down."

• June 13: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 2 weeks helping out Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo with "Knock You Down."
• June 13: Kanye topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 3 weeks helping out Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo with "Knock You Down."
• June 16: Kanye could be heard on the Beyoncé DVD/CD Above And Beyonce Dance Mixes on the remix of "Ego."

• July 11: Kanye hit the Top 10 helping out Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo with "Knock You Down."
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  July 11: Kanye topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 4 weeks helping out Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo with "Knock You Down."

• August 29: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Jay-Z and Rihanna with "Run This Town."

• September 12: Kanye topped the UK singles chart for 1 week helping out Jay-Z and Rihanna with "Run This Town."
• September 12: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Kid Cudi and Common with "Make Her Say."
• September 13: The video for "Love Lockdown" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Hip-Hop Video, and the video for "Paranoid" was nominated for Best Special Effects. Although Kanye went home empty-handed - he made himself known at the ceremony by grabbing the microphone away from Taylor Swift (on stage accepting the Best Female Video award) and saying Beyoncé should have won. He was continuously booed by the audience whenever his name was announced. Kanye's behavior became the focus of the ceremony for several days as he attempted to apologize via his blog, on The Jay Leno Show, and eventually to Swift directly 2 days later by phone (after Swift announced on The View she hadn't heard from the rapper).
• September 26: Kanye topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart for 7 weeks helping out Jay-Z and Rihanna with "Run This Town."

• October 3: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Drake, Eminem, and Lil Wayne with "Forever" from the Music Inspired By The Film More Than A Game soundtrack.
• October 10: Kanye hit the Top 10 helping out Jay-Z and Rihanna with "Run This Town."
• October 17: Kanye topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 4 weeks helping out Jay-Z and Rihanna with "Run This Town."

• December 31: Kanye topped the Billboard 2009 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Artist - Male (singles & albums), Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Male, and Top Hot 100 Artist - Male.

# 79 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 5: The CD/DVD VH1 Storytellers was released.
• January 31: Kanye won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Run This Town" with Jay-Z and Rihanna), and was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Make Her Say" with Kid Cudi and Common and "Amazing" with Young Jeezy), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Ego" with Beyoncé and "Knock You Down" with Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo).

• September 12: The video for "Forever" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.

• October 2: Kanye performed "Power" and "Runaway" on Saturday Night Live.

• November 22: Kanye released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
• November 22: Kanye could be heard on the Nicki Minaj LP Pink Friday on the track "Blazin."

• December 7: Kanye could be heard on the T.I. LP No Mercy on the track "Welcome To The World."
• December 11: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, Rap Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Digital Albums chart for 2 weeks with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The LP sold over 496,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

# 26 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 11: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was certified platinum.

• February 13: Kanye was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Power").

• March 5: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• March 26: Kanye topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart for 7 weeks and Dance Singles Sales chart for 1 week helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• March 29: Kanye could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Doggumentary Music on the track "Eyez Closed."

• April 2: Kanye hit the Top 10 helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• April 2: Kanye topped the Billboard Digital Tracks chart for 3 weeks helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• April 9: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "All Of The Lights."
• April 9: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 5 weeks helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• April 23: Kanye hit #1 for 6 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Katy Perry with "E.T." helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• April 23: Kanye topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 1 week helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• April 30: Kanye topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart for 6 weeks and Dance Airplay chart for 2 weeks helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."

• May 7: Kanye topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 5 weeks helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."
• May 14: Kanye topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 4 weeks helping out Katy Perry with "E.T."

• August 12: Kanye and Jay-Z released Watch The Throne.
• August 27: Watch The Throne topped the Billboard 200 chart for 2 weeks selling over 436,000 copies its first week of release. The LP also topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart for 2 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Rap Albums chart for 2 weeks.
• August 28: The video for "E.T." (with Katy Perry) won 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Collaboration and Best Special Effects, and was nominated for Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. The video for "All Of The Lights" was nominated for Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Collaboration, and Best Editing, and the video for "Power" was nominated for Best Special Effects and Best Art Direction.

• September 3: Watch The Throne topped the Billboard Internet Albums chart for 1 week.
• September 15: Watch The Throne was certified platinum.
• September 17: Kanye hit the Top 40 with Jay-Z with "Otis."

• October 8: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 1 week and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 1 week helping out Big Sean and Roscoe Dash with "Marvin & Chardonnay."
• October 15: Kanye topped the Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart for 1 week helping out Big Sean and Roscoe Dash with "Marvin & Chardonnay."

• November 5: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Jay-Z with "N***** In Paris."
• November 12: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart Singles & Tracks for 7 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 7 weeks, and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart for 3 weeks with Jay-Z with "N***** In Paris."
• November 20: Kanye was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (Watch The Throne).

• December 3: Kanye topped the Billboard Rap chart for 10 weeks with Jay-Z with "N***** In Paris."
• December 17: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart for 6 weeks with Jay-Z with "N***** In Paris."

# 55 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 7: Kanye hit the Top 10 with Jay-Z with "N***** In Paris."

• February 12: Kanye won 4 Grammy Awards including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song, ("All Of The Lights"), Best Rap Performance ("Otis"),and Best Rap Album (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy), and was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("All Of The Lights"), Best Rap Song ("Otis"), and Best Rap Album (Watch The Throne).

• April 28: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart for 14 weeks with help from Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz from with "Mercy."

• June 16: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz from with "Mercy."

• July 7: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 5 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 5 weeks, and Rap Songs chart for 9 weeks with help Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz from with "Mercy."

• September 6: The video for "N***** In Paris" with Jay-Z was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Editing. The video for "Otis" with Jay-Z was nominated for Best Direction. The video for "Mercy" was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Editing.
• September 18: The compilation Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer was released.
• September 29: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart for 3 weeks with help from Jay-Z and Big Sean with "Clique."

• November 24: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Jay-Z and Big Sean with "Clique."

• December 11: Kanye could be heard on The Game LP Jesus Piece on the track "Jesus Piece."

• February 10: Kanye won 3 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) (""N***** In Paris" with Jay-Z) and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (""No Church In The Wild" with Jay-Z and Frank Ocean), and was nominated for Best Rap Performance ( "Mercy" with Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz), Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Mercy"), and Best Music Video, Short Form ("No Church In The Wild" with Jay-Z and Frank Ocean).

• May 18: Kanye performed "Black Skinhead" and "New Slaves" on Saturday Night Live.

• June 18: Kanye released Yeezus.
• June 23: Kanye topped the UK LP chart for 1 week with Yeezus.

• July 6: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week, Rap Albums chart for 1 week, and Digital Albums chart for 1 week with Yeezus. The LP sold over 327,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

• August 12: Yeezus was certified gold.

• January 8: Yeezus was certified platinum.
• January 26: Kanye was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("New Slaves") and Best Rap Album (Yeezus).

• May 24: Kanye married reality personality Kim Kardashian.

• August 24: The video for "Black Skinhead" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.

# 76 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 31: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Rihanna and Paul McCartney with "FourFiveSeconds."

• February 8: Kanye was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Bound 2" with Charlie Wilson).
• February 21: Rihanna hit the Top 10 with Rihanna and Paul McCartney with "FourFiveSeconds."
• February 21: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 7 weeks and R&B Songs chart for 7 weeks with Rihanna and Paul McCartney with "FourFiveSeconds."

• April 1: College Dropout was certified 3x platinum.

• August 30: Kanye was honored at the MTV Video Music Awards with the Video Vanguard Award.

• October 9: Kanye could be heard on The Game LP Documentary 2 on the track "Mula."

• November 22: Kanye was nominated for an American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year ("FourFiveSeconds" with Rihanna and Paul McCartney).

# 95 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 13: Kanye performed on Saturday Night Live.
• February 14: Kanye released the streaming-only LP The Life Of Pablo (eventually released for digital download).
• February 15: Kanye was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriters) ("All Day"), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("One Man Can Change The World" with John Legend).

• April 23: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week with The Life Of Pablo.

• August 28: The video for "Famous " was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best Male Video.

• October 8: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Fade."

• November: Kanye cancelled several performances after an undetermined issues with his mental health was reported and he spent time at the UCLA Medical Center due to hallucinations and paranoia.

• February 12: Kanye was nominated for 6 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance ("That Part" with Schoolboy Q), Best Rap/Sung Performance ("Ultralight Beam" with Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin, and The-Dream and "Famous"), Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Famous" and "Ultralight Beam"), and Best Rap Album (The Life Of Pablo).

• March 27: The Life Of Pablo was certified platinum.

• August 27: The video for "Fade" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.

• April 19: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was certified 2x platinum.

• June 1: Kanye released ye.
• June 15: Kanye appeared on the Nas LP NASIR on the tracks "Cops Shot The Kid" and "Everything."
• June 16: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Album Sales chart, Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and Rap Albums chart with ye.

• September 21: ye was certified gold.
• September 29: Kanye performed on Saturday Night Live. He announced on Twitter that he would be known as 'Ye' now.

• October 11: Kanye had a White House visit with Trump and left everyone bewildered with his comments and rants, except for Trump who embraced his perception of the praise.
• October 20: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Lil Pump with "I Love It."

• February 10: Kanye was nominated for a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (non-classical).

• August 26: The video for "I Love It" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing.

• October 25: Kanye released Jesus Is King.

• November 9: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart, Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and Rap Albums chart with Jesus Is King.

• December 31: Kanye topped the Billboard 2019 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Gospel Albums Artist and Top Gospel Songs Artist, and with the Top Gospel Album (Jesus Is King).

• February 27: The Life Of Pablo was certified 2x platinum.

• June 16: Jesus Is King was certified gold.

• July 4: Kanye announced he was running for president.
• July 11: Kanye topped the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart with Travis Scott with "Wash Us In The Blood."

• November 3: Kanye gave up his bid for the presidency.
• November 22: Kanye was nominated for a American Music Award for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist.
• November 23: Watch The Throne and Graduation were certified 5x platinum, Late Registration and College Dropout were certified 4x platinum, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and 808's And Heartbreak were certified 3x platinum, and Yeezus was certified 2x platinum.

• December 31: Kanye topped the Billboard 2020 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Gospel Artist and Top Gospel Albums Artist, and with the Top Gospel Album (Jesus Is King) and Top Gospel Song ("Follow God").

• March 14: Kanye won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album (Jesus Is King).

• August 29: Kanye released the much delayed Donda.

• September 9: Kanye topped the UK LP chart with Donda.
• September 11: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rap Songs chart with "Hurricane."
• September 11: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and Rap Albums chart with Donda.
• September 30: ye and Donda were certified gold.

• October 23: Kanye hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from The Weeknd and Lil Baby with "Hurricane."

• November 21: Kanye won an American Music Award for Favorite Gospel Artist.

• December 31: Kanye topped the Billboard 2021 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Gospel Artist.

• March 9: Donda was certified platinum.

• April 3: Kanye won 2 Grammy Awards including Best Melodic Rap Performance ("Hurricane") and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Jail"), and was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album (Donda).

• July 21: Late Registration was certified 5x platinum.

• October: Controversies followed Kanye all year including when he wore a 'White Lives Matter' shirt earlier in the month to a fashion show in Paris. His history of antisemitic suggestive comments got him banned from some social media outlets and he lost many financial collaborations including Adidad and The Gap.
• October 26: The Life Of Pablo was certified 3x platinum.

• December 31: Kanye topped the Billboard 2022 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Gospel Artist and Top Christian Artist.

• December 31: Sinatra topped the Billboard 2023 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Gospel Artist.

• January 10: Graduation was certified 7x platinum.

• February 24: Kanye along with Ty Dolla Sign released Vultures 1.
• February 24: Kanye topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and Rap Albums chart with Ty Dolla Sign with Vultures 1.

• March 9: Kanye topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rap Songs chart with Ty Dolla Sign, Rich The Kidd, and Playboi Carti with "Carnival."
• March 16: Kanye topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with Ty Dolla Sign, Rich The Kidd, and Playboi Carti with "Carnival."

• August 3: Kanye along with Ty Dolla Sign released Vultures 2.
• August 17: Kanye and Ty Dolla Sign topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and Rap Albums chart with Vultures 2. The LP broke his #1 streak on the Billboard 200 LP chart due to Taylor Swift returning to #1 for a lucky 13th week.

• February 2: Kanye was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Carnival").

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	College Dropout Released: February 10, 2004 US: 4x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: A- Entertainment Weekly: '100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years': # 4 Rolling Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 10 Tracks: "We Don't Dare" - "Graduation Day" - "All Falls Down" - "I'll Fly Away" - "Spaceship" - "Jesus Walks" - "Never Let Me Down" - "Get Em High" - "Workout Plan" - "The New Workout Plan" - "Slow Jamz" - "Breathe In Breathe Out" - "School Spirit" - "Two Words" - "Through The Wire" - "Family Business" - "Last Call"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Late Registration Released: August 30, 2005 US: 5x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks) Billboard #1: Internet Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B+ Rolling Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 40 Tracks: "Wake Up Mr. West" - "Heard 'Em Say" (with Adam Levine) - "Touch The Sky" (with Lupe Fiasco) - "Gold Digger" (with Jamie Foxx) - "Skit #1" - "Drive Slow" (with Paul Wall & GLC) - "My Way Home" (with Common) - "Crack Music" (with The Game) - "Roses" - "Bring Me Down" (with Brandy) - "Addiction" - "Skit #2" - "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" (Remix with Jay-Z) - "We Major" (with Nas & Really Doe) - "Skit #3" - "Hey Mama" - "Celebration" - "Skit #4" - "Gone" (with Consequence & Cam'ron) - "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" - "Late"
	Graduation Released: September 11, 2007 US: 7x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Rolling Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 45 Tracks: "Good Morning" - "Champion" - "Stronger" - "I Wonder" - "Good Life" (with T-Pain) - "Can't Tell Me Nothing" - "Barry Bonds" - "Drunk And Hot Girls" (with Mos Def) - "Flashing Lights" (with Dwele) - "Everything I Am" (with DJ Premier) - "The Glory" - "Homecoming" (with Chris Martin) - "Big Brother"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	808's And Heartbreak Released: November 24, 2008 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: A- Rolling Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 63 Tracks: "Say You Will" - "Welcome To Heartbreak" (featuring Kid Cudi) - "Heartless" - "Amazing" (featuring Young Jeezy) - "Love Lockdown" - "Paranoid" (featuring Mr Hudson) - "RoboCop" - "Street Lights" - "Bad News" - "See You In My Nightmares" (featuring Lil Wayne) - "Coldest Winter" - "Pinocchio Story"
	VH1 Storytellers (CD/DVD) Released: January 5, 2010 Entertainment Weekly: A- Live Tracks: "See You In My Nightmares" - "RoboCop" - "Flashing Lights" - "Amazing" - "Touch The Sky" - "Say You Will" - "Good Life" - "Heartless" - "Love Lockdown" - "Stronger": "Say You Will" - "Welcome To Heartbreak" (featuring Kid Cudi) - "Heartless"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Released: November 22, 2010 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album Tracks: "Dark Fantasy" (Intro) - "Gorgeous" (featuring Kid Cudi & Raekwon) - "Power" - "All Of The Lights" (Interlude) - "All Of The Lights" (featuring Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Fergie, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Elton John, Charlie Wilson, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Tony Williams & Elly Jackson) - "Monster" (featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) - "So Appalled" (featuring Jay-Z, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & The RZA) - "Devil In A New Dress" (featuring Rick Ross) - "Runaway" (featuring Pusha T) - "Hell Of A Life" - "Blame Game" (featuring John Legend) - "Lost In The World" (featuring Bon Iver) - "Who Will Survive In America?"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Watch The Throne (with Jay-Z) Released: August 12, 2011 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums, Internet Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album Tracks: "No Church In The Wild" (featuring Frank Ocean) - "Life It Off" (featuring Beyonce) - "N***** In Paris" - "Otis" (featuring Otis Redding) - "Gotta Have It" - "New Day" - "That's My Bitch" - "Who Gon Stop Me" - "Murder To Excellence" - "Welcome To The Jungle" - "Made In America" (featuring Frank Ocean) - "Why I Love You" (featuring Mr. Hudson)
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Yeezus Released: June 18, 2013 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: A- Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album Tracks: "On Sight" - "Black Skinhead" - "I Am A God" - "New Slaves" - "Hold My Liquor" - "I'm In It" - "Blood On The Leaves" - "Guilt Trip" - "Send It Up" - "Bound 2"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Life Of Pablo Released: February 14, 2016 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album Tracks: "Ultralight Beam" - "Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1" - "Pt. 2" - "Famous" - "Feedback" - "Low Lights" - "Highlights" - "Freestyle 4" - "I Love Kanye" - "Wave" - "FML" - "Real Friends" - "Wolves" - "Frank's Track" - "Siiiiiiiiilver Surffffeeeeer Intermission" - "30 Hours" - "No More Parties In LA" - "Facts" (Charlie Heat Version) - "Fade" - "Saint Pablo"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	ye Released: June 1, 2018 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Album Sales, Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Tracks: "I Thought About Killing You" - "Yikes" - "All Mine" - "Wouldn't Leave" - "No Mistakes" - "Ghost Town" - "Violent Crimes"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Jesus Is King Released: October 25, 2019 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) US: Gold Billboard #1: Album Sales, Digital Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Winner: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Tracks: "Every Hour" - "Selah" - "Follow God" - "Closed On Sunday" - "On God" - "Everything We Need" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign & Ant Clemons) - "Water" (featuring Ant Clemons) - "God Is" - "Hands On" (featuring Fred Hammond) - "Use This Gospel" (featuring Clipse & Kenny G) - "Jesus Is Lord"
	Donda Released: August 29, 2021 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Rap Album Tracks: "Donda Chant" - "Jail" - "God Breathed" - "Off The Grid" - "Hurricane" - "Praise God" - "Jonah" - "Ok Ok" - "Junya" - "Believe What I Say" - "24" - "Remote Control" - "Moon" - "Heaven And Hell" - "Donda" - "Keep My Spirit Alive" - "Jesus Lord" - "New Again" - "Tell The Vision" - "Lord I Need You" - "Pure Souls" - "Come To Life" - "No Child Left Behind" - "Jail, Pt. 2" - "Ok Ok, Pt. 2" - "Junya, Pt. 2" - "Jesus Lord, Pt. 2"
	Vultures 1 (with Ty Dolla Sign) Released: February 9, 2024 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Tracks: "Stars" - "Keys To Me Life" - "Paid" - "Talking" - "Back TO Me" - "Hoodrat" - "Do It" - "Paperwork" - "Burn" - "F** Sumn" - "Vultures" - "Carnival" (featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti) - "Beg Forgiveness" - "Good (Don't Die) - "Problematic" - "King"
	Vultures 2 (with Ty Dolla Sign) Released: August 3, 2024 Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Tracks: "Fried" - "Isabella" - "Promotion" - "Husband" - "Lifestyle" - "Forever" - "Bomb" - "River" - "530" - "Dead" - "Forever Rolling" - "Sky City" - "My Soul"

1	E.T. [Katy Perry featuring Kanye West] from the Katy Perry LP Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection ARC chart run: 29 - 17 - 13 - 11 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 19 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 2 RIAA Certification: 8x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Pop Songs, Radio Songs, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks, Dance Club Songs, Dance Airplay, Dance Singles Sales, Rhythmic Top 40, Adult Contemporary MTV VMA Winner: Best Collaboration, Best Special Effects MTV VMA Nominee: Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Editing	1(6)	23	2011
2	Stronger from the LP Graduation ARC chart run: 39 - 28 - 23 - 17 - 15 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 8 - 10 - 13 - 13 - 17 - 17 - 21 - 23 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 8 RIAA Certification: 10x Platinum Billboard # 1: Pop 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Digital Songs, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Winner: Best Rap Solo Performance MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Editing	1(3)	25	2007	Amazon.mp3
3	Heartless from the LP 808's And Heartbreak ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 35 - 26 - 18 - 17 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 10 - 16 - 21 - 22 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 15 RIAA Certification: 7x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100 Airplay, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks, Rhythmic Top 40, Rap Songs	2	24	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Gold Digger from the LP Late Registration ARC chart run: 36 - 29 - 18 - 11 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 8 - 9 - 13 - 15 - 19 - 28 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 20 RIAA Certification: 8x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Pop 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Digital Songs, Digital Tracks, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rap Songs, Rhythmic Top 40, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Winner: Best Rap Solo Performance Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)': # 29	1(2)	21	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
5	Knock You Down [Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo] from the Keri Hilson LP In A Perfect World ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 29 - 25 - 21 - 16 - 14 - 13 - 9 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 18 - 23 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 26 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Radio Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Rhythmic Top 40 Grammy Nominee: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	3	24	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
6	Love Lockdown from the LP 808's And Heartbreak ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 32 - 28 - 25 - 22 - 19 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 10 - 16 - 20 - 25 - 28 - 28 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 41 RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video	7	22	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	American Boy [Estelle featuring Kanye West] from the Estelle LP Shine ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - 34 - 28 - 27 - 27 - 26 - 26 - 22 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 11 - 9 - 9 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 21 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 41 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Grammy Nominee: Song of the Year	6	21	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	Run This Town [Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West] from the Jay-Z LP The Blueprint 3 ARC chart run: 32 - 23 - 20 - 18 - 14 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 15 - 20 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 32 - 39 - 40 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 45 RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum Billboard #1: Rap Songs, Rhythmic Top 40 Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	6	20	2009	Amazon.mp3
9	N***** In Paris {Jay-Z & Kanye West] from the LP Watch The Throne ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 26 - 24 - 24 - 22 - 16 - 16 - 14 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 17 - 22 - 28 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 47 RIAA Certification: 10x Platinum Billboard # 1: Rap Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Grammy Winner: Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Editing	8	20	2012
10	FourFiveSeconds [Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney] from the digital download ARC chart run: 34 - 21 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 13 - 16 - 24 - 27 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 56 RIAA Certification: 5x Platinum Billboard #1: R&B Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs	6	15	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
11	Slow Jamz [Twista featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx] from the Twista LP Kamikaze ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 31 - 25 - 19 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 9 - 15 - 23 - 29 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 60 Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Rap Songs, Rhythmic Top 40, R&B-Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Grammy Nominee: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration MTV VMA Nominee: MTV2 Award	5	15	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
12	Good Life [Kanye West featuring T-Pain] from the LP Graduation ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 33 - 24 - 19 - 16 - 16 - 16 - 15 - 15 - 14 - 16 - 21 - 23 - 25 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 60 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Billboard # 1: Rap Songs Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song Grammy Nominee: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration MTV VMA Winner: Best Special Effects	14	16	2007	Amazon.mp3
13	Forever [Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem] from the Music Inspired By The Film More Than A Game soundtrack ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - off - 34 - 33 - 33 - 31 - 28 - 23 - 21 - 19 - 18 - 18 - 16 - 16 - 18 - 23 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 69 RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video	16	17	2010
14	All Falls Down [Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson] from the LP College Dropout ARC chart run: 37 - 28 - 25 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 27 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 102 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best New Artist, Breakthrough Video	16	7	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
15	Heard 'Em Say from the LP Late Registration ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 24 - 19 - 16 - 16 - 15 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 108 RIAA Certification: Platinum	15	8	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
16	Fade from the LP The Life Of Pablo ARC chart run: 39 - 38 - 35 - 30 - 28 - 26 - 24 - 27 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 110 RIAA Certification: Platinum	24	9	2016	iTunes Amazon.mp3
17	Mercy [Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz] from the Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer compilation ARC chart run: 38 - off - 39 - 38 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 115 RIAA Certification: 7x Platinum Billboard # 1: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs, Rap Songs Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Editing	37	4	2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
18	All Of The Lights from the LP My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - 40 - 38 - 35 - 33 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 108 RIAA Certification: 5x Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Grammy Nominee: Song of the Year MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Collaboration, Best Editing	32	7	2011	iTunes Amazon.mp3
19	Flashing Lights [Kanye West featuring Dwele] from the LP Graduation ARC chart run: 38 - 35 - 32 - 31 - 29 - 27 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 114 RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum	27	7	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
20	Touch The Sky from the LP Late Registration ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 32 - 29 - 25 - 23 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 120 RIAA Certification: Platinum	23	7	2006	iTunes Amazon.mp3
21	Hurricane [Kanye West featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby] from the LP Donda ARC chart run: 38 - 38 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 129 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Melodic Rap Performance	37	3	2021	iTunes Amazon.mp3
22	Through The Wire from the LP College Dropout ARC chart run: 35 - 32 - 28 - 26 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 149 RIAA Certification: Gold Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Solo Performance	26	5	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
23	Clique [Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean] from the Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer compilation ARC chart run: 40 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 134 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs	40	1	2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
24	Paranoid from the LP 808's And Heartbreak ARC chart run: 40 - 38 - 37 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 133 RIAA Certification: Gold MTV VMA Nominee: Best Special Effects	36	4	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
25	Otis [Jay-Z & Kanye West] from the LP Watch The Throne ARC chart run: 40 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 140 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Rap Performance Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Song MTV VMA Nominee: Best Direction	38	2	2011	iTunes Amazon.mp3
26	I Love It [Kanye West & Lil Pump] from the digital download ARC chart run: 38 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 141 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	38	2	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
27	Make Her Say [Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West & Common] from the Kid Cudi LP Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ARC chart run: 39 - 39 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 145 RIAA Certification: Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	39	2	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
28	Swagga Like This [Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne] from the T.I. LP Paper Trail ARC chart run: 39 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 163 RIAA Certification: Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Song	38	2	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Jesus Walks from the LP College Dropout RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song MTV VMA Winner: Best Male Video MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)': # 19	**	**	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	The New Workout Plan from the LP from College Dropout RIAA Certification: Gold	**	**	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Diamonds From Sierra Leone from the LP Late Registration RIAA Certification: Gold Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song	**	**	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Can't Tell Me Nothing from the LP Graduation RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song	**	**	2007	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Homecoming [Kanye West featuring Chris Martin ] from the LP Graduation RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video	**	**	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Amazing [Kanye West featuring Young Jeezy] from the LP 808's And Heartbreak RIAA Certification: Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	**	**	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	See You In My Nightmares [Kanye West featuring Lil Wayne] from the LP 808's And Heartbreak RIAA Certification: Gold	**	**	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Power from the LP My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Year-End Chart Position: # 164 RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Solo Performance MTV VMA Nominee: Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction	**	**	2010	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Monster [Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver] from the LP My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	**	**	2010	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Runaway [Kanye West featuring Pusha T] from the LP My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy RIAA Certification: 5x Platinum	**	**	2010	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	H*A*M {Jay-Z & Kanye West] from the LP Watch The Throne RIAA Certification: Gold	**	**	2011	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	No Church In The Wild [Jay-Z & Kanye West with Frank Ocean] from the LP Watch The Throne RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum	**	**	2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Black Skinhead from the LP Yeezus RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum	**	**	2013	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Bound 2 from the LP Yeezus RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	**	**	2013	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Only One from the digital download Year-End Chart Position: # 164 RIAA Certification: Gold	**	**	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Famous from the LP The Life Of Pablo RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	**	**	2016	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.