The former recorded the second-highest ever per-track streaming average for an album. In June 2018, West released both his eighth studio album Ye, and his second collaborative album Kids See Ghosts (with Kid Cudi). The Life of Pablo was released in February 2016, and made history by becoming the first album to top the Billboard 200 predominantly from streaming, while also having the second-highest total of first-week streams for an album. West's sixth studio album Yeezus was released in June 2013 and debuted at number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Compilation album Cruel Summer released with his label GOOD Music in September 2012 debuted atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Watch the Throne, a collaborative album with Jay-Z, was released in August 2011 and broke the US iTunes first-week sales record. In November 2010, West released his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with the fourth-highest ever digital first-week sales. West's fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak was released in November 2008, and became his third consecutive number one release on the Billboard 200. In September 2007, West's third studio album Graduation debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 957,000 units in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling album in the US since Late Registration, and breaking the record for most digital albums sold in a week. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2005 in the United States. In August 2005, West released his second studio album Late Registration, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 860,000 copies.
West's debut album The College Dropout was released in February 2004, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June 2004. As of October 2021, West has certified 25 million equivalent albums units in the United States, placing him among the highest-certified music artists in the United States. All ten of his studio albums have been certified at least gold in the United States. West has sold 21 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide. American rapper and record producer Kanye West has released eleven studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, one compilation album, two live albums, one video album and four mixtapes.
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