<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>How Kanye West&#x27;s recording career unfolded</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/</link><description>Follow selected album releases, collaborations and award milestones from The College Dropout to Bully. This chronology separates release dates, chart dates and award years, with records from the music platforms and organisations responsible for them.</description><language>en</language><item><title>19 Jun 2026: A deluxe Bully edition expands the catalogue</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e19</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-b4825e5eee</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Apple Music lists Bully - Deluxe as a 32-song edition dated 19 June 2026. This is the latest selected release documented in this chronology, not a claim that every subsequent recording or appearance is included.</description></item><item><title>28 Mar 2026: Bully adds a solo album credited to YZY/gamma.</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e18</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-be501c1b0c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Apple Music lists the eighteen-song Bully album with a 28 March 2026 release date and a YZY/gamma. copyright credit. This entry concerns the album, not earlier material bearing the same title.</description></item><item><title>3 Aug 2024: Vultures 2 continues the joint project</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e17</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-5657f4bbf7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The same credited collaboration followed with Vultures 2. Apple Music dates the album to 3 August 2024 and lists YZY in the copyright credit.</description></item><item><title>10 Feb 2024: Vultures 1 opens the Ty Dolla $ign collaboration</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e16</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-8ffe88ee47</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The catalogue credits Vultures 1 to the duo ¥$, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, with a 10 February 2024 release date and a YZY copyright credit. It is a joint project rather than a solo album.</description></item><item><title>2022: Jail and Hurricane receive Grammy awards</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e15</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-5c25fd0e07</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>At the 64th Grammy Awards in 2022, Jail won Best Rap Song and Hurricane won Best Melodic Rap Performance. The Academy lists Donda as a nominee, rather than the winner, for Best Rap Album.</description></item><item><title>29 Aug 2021: Donda follows Jesus Is King</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-a8ad389beb</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Apple Music dates Donda to 29 August 2021. The cited standard edition contains 27 tracks and is distinct from the later deluxe catalogue edition.</description></item><item><title>2021: Jesus Is King wins a Grammy in a Christian music category</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e13</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-d344a589b5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The Recording Academy lists Jesus Is King as the winner of Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at the 63rd Grammy Awards in 2021.</description></item><item><title>25 Oct 2019: Jesus Is King adds a gospel-focused album</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e12</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-25b8627970</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Jesus Is King arrived on 25 October 2019. The album later received the Recording Academy&#x27;s Best Contemporary Christian Music Album award.</description></item><item><title>8 Jun 2018: Kids See Ghosts follows with Kid Cudi</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e11</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-939d68f898</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Kanye West and Kid Cudi released the joint project Kids See Ghosts. The seven-song album is dated 8 June 2018, one week after ye.</description></item><item><title>1 Jun 2018: ye starts a pair of June releases</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-ad85fcf9fa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The seven-song solo album ye is dated 1 June 2018 in the official streaming catalogue. A second project with Kid Cudi followed a week later.</description></item><item><title>14 Feb 2016: The Life of Pablo begins a new album cycle</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-183170bfef</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Apple Music dates The Life of Pablo to 14 February 2016. The current catalogue edition is not a frozen record of every track or revision available on its first day.</description></item><item><title>18 Jun 2013: Yeezus becomes the next solo album</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-9af6299b33</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Yeezus followed the joint project with Jay-Z. Its official streaming listing dates the ten-song album to 18 June 2013 and identifies Def Jam Recordings as the label.</description></item><item><title>8 Aug 2011: Watch the Throne pairs West with Jay-Z</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-550e8506d6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Jay-Z and Kanye West released the joint album Watch the Throne. The cited deluxe catalogue edition carries an 8 August 2011 release date.</description></item><item><title>22 Nov 2010: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy arrives</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-605a97f3f4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The next selected solo album milestone is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Apple Music dates the release to 22 November 2010.</description></item><item><title>Nov 2008: 808s &amp; Heartbreak follows Graduation</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-77b8dc94db</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>West released 808s &amp; Heartbreak in November 2008. The cited US catalogue lists 25 November for its edition, so this chronology retains month precision rather than asserting one worldwide release day.</description></item><item><title>11 Sep 2007: Graduation extends the early album sequence</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-d045c1aa13</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Graduation followed the first two albums. Apple Music lists 11 September 2007 as its release date and identifies the recording as a Roc-A-Fella release.</description></item><item><title>25 Aug 2007: Stronger reaches number one in the UK</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-c4f38d750e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Official Charts records Stronger at number one on the UK singles chart dated 25 August 2007. It remained at number one on the next dated chart, giving it two weeks at the top.</description></item><item><title>30 Aug 2005: Late Registration follows the debut</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-ce94ac3df3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>West followed The College Dropout with Late Registration. Its official streaming catalogue dates the release to 30 August 2005.</description></item><item><title>2005: The debut era brings three Grammy awards</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-51e3b89198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>At the 47th Grammy Awards, West received Best Rap Album for The College Dropout, Best Rap Song for Jesus Walks and a shared Best R&amp;B Song award for You Don&#x27;t Know My Name. The ceremony took place in 2005 for the preceding eligibility period.</description></item><item><title>10 Feb 2004: The College Dropout introduces the solo album career</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-recording-career/#e0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-recording-career-53451dbee8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Apple Music dates The College Dropout to 10 February 2004. The Recording Academy identifies it as the album behind West&#x27;s first Best Rap Album award.</description></item></channel></rss>