About Kanye West

Kanye West

Kanye West is a singer from the United States. Other than a singer, he is a record producer and along with this he is a rapper. Basically he became a known figure as a producer. He cam into contract with a record9ing company with the name Roc-A-Fella Records. As he worked with this company, he started gaining the attention of the people. While working with this company, he released an album, The Blueprint. This album got a considerable popularity among the listeners. In addition, he produced some songs for different artists that became a big hit. The artists for which he worked include Janet Jackson, Ludacris and Alicia Keys. The styles of music that are being featured in his songs include classical music, synth pop, electronica, alternative, folk, arena rock, trip hop, baroque pop and R&B of 70s.

The first album that was released by West was in the year 2004 with the name The College Dropout. Then in the year 2005, he released his second album with the name Late Registration. After this, his third album, Graduation appeared in the year 2007. Then he released his fourth and fifth albums in the years 2008 and 2010 respectively. The name of these albums were 808s& Heartbreak and My beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. All these five albums were given the platinum certification. In addition, these albums got several awards and have been approved by the critics. Up till the current year, West has got fourteen Grammy Awards in total. He is still producing some beautiful piece of work.



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