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The overall style of the project was electronic and made regular use of the 808s drum machine. RELATED: 10 Hilarious Tweets From Kanye West The album was Kanye's first move into experimental music and made wide use of autotune. It involved contributing performances from many artists and producers such as No I.D, Kid Cudi and Lil Wayne. 5 808s & Heartbreak ($1.7M Units)Ĩ08s & Heartbreak was Kanye West's fourth studio album, released via both Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. Hit-tracks include "Power" and the collaborative "Monster" where female rapper Nicki Minaj delivered her iconic verse.

Everything from the artistic positioning of the album to the development of visuals for certain tracks contributed to the body of work's immediate and widespread critical success It won the category of Best Rap Album at the 54th Grammy Awards and received much praise. And rightfully so as the result was breathtaking. To begin, the artist reportedly placed himself on a self-imposed exile in Hawaii to complete the project. Many consider My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to be one of Kanye's most forward and innovative albums. 6 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ($1.3M Units) The video was reenacted by James Franco and Seth Rogen in a comical skit. Much chatter surrounded the video for one of the album's pushed singles "Bound 2," as it featured a topless Kim Kardashian-West and a lot of cryptic themes. The album was considered very experimental and dived into a lot of different musical styles like electro punk, industrial, and acid house. Of these, we include Travis Scott, Daft Punk, and Frank Ocean. It included collaborations with a range of different artists with varying styles. Kanye's sixth studio album Yeezus is another one of the artist's most recent projects. Its hit-singles include "Follow God." 7 Yeezus ($750K Units) Despite the newly adapted style, the project was well-received by both fans and music critics. The project stems from the rapper's newly formulated "Sunday Service" group, a band with whom he has been performing covers of songs from his discography along with popular songs remixed with altered Christian-related lyricism. RELATED: Metallica's Highest-Grossing Albums Of All Time, Ranked

The musical style represented herein reflects Kanye's risky transition into the realm of Christian, gospel music. Jesus Is King is Kanye West's most recent album and is expected to be followed by a second part very soon. Following his release, the project quickly snatched the second spot on the Billboard 200 charts. It was also released via Ye's label of GOOD Music and was the very first collaborative album between the two artists. Many consider the project to be a result of the lengthy, yet tumultuous friendship between Cudi and Ye. The body of work featured guest contributions from fellow GOOD Music-comrade Pusha T as well as Yasiin Bey (also known as Mos Def) and Ty Dolla $ign. This highly anticipated collaborative album involved both Kanye West and Kid Cudi. Hit-singles include "Yikes." 9 Kids See Ghost ($101K Units) Guest appearances from a lot of different artists can be observed such as PartyNextDoor, Jeremih, Kid Cudi and Ty Dolla Sign. The album was recorded in the span of two weeks and shortly followed the controversy surrounding an interview with TMZ wherein Ye shared that "slavery was a choice." The tape was Kanye's least well-received album and its sales concord with the negative chatter surrounding the artist at the time. Ye was Kanye's eighth studio album and it was released via his very own label, GOOD Music, in collaboration with Def Jam Recordings. Please note that the majority of the numbers stated herein were derived from data on Billboard. This list is ranked in order and will consider both solo and collaborative albums from the artist. To fully identify which of Kanye West's work was most well-received in this decade, let us take a look at Ye's highest-grossing albums. RELATED: Kanye West: 10 Crazy Expensive Things He Has Bought And today, as we take a look at Kanye's discography, it can be quite shocking to observe the drastic changes in his musical style and artistry. Interestingly enough, it appears his fanbase went along with such changes, however dramatic, and the latter was reflected in the rap star's high album sales. Mainly, we noted an acquisition of a new skill set as the Hip Hop artist delved into the new grounds from fashion to a whole other music genre, gospel music.

Tracing back to his humble beginnings as an artist, the rapper went onto achieving a slew of milestones throughout the years. In this decade alone, we have seen a lot of changes in the persona that is Kanye West.