Joseph, Missouri the son of Deborah Mathers-Briggs (née Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr.
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West’s “Jail” collaborator Jay-Z holds the all-time rap record. 1 on his résumé, West is now tied with Eminem for second-most Number Ones for a Hip Hop artist. The commercial success of Donda helped Kanye West climb up the list of most #1 albums in Billboard history. 2018’s Ye also landed at #1 on the Billboard 200.
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Kanye West’s 2019 Gospel-inspired album, Jesus Is King, opened at #1 with 264,000 album-equivalent units.
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Cole’s The Off-Season (325 million streams). The project racked up 357 million on-demand streams which is the largest streaming week of the year for an album, so far. West earned his tenth #1 album.ĭonda managed to bring in 309,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release. It appears the multiple stadium-size listening events and feuding with Drake online helped Kanye West’s Donda secure significant first-week sales numbers.