18 Years! 18 Years ago today Kanye West dropped College Dropout!
The LP debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and sold 441,000 copies during its first week! The five singles got him a Grammy, including “Through the Wire” and “Jesus Walks”.
“All Falls Down” and “Slow Jamz” charted in the top 10, as the Jamie Foxx and Twista feature went number one.
College Dropout is still West’s best-selling album in the US, with sales of 3.4 million and worldwide over 4 million copies, it’s listed as one of the greatest debut albums of all time and Time and Rolling Stone listed it as one of the greatest albums of all time.