Watch the Throne
2011 studio album by Kanye West and Jay-Z / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watch the Throne is a collaborative studio album by American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z.[1] It was released on August 8, 2011. The album has 7 singles. All 7 of those singles have music videos. They originally planned to make a five-single EP.[2][3] But soon after that, that project evolved to a seven-single studio album.[4] The album features guest appearances from Frank Ocean, The-Dream, Beyoncé, and Mr Hudson.[5] It also features samples of vocals by soul musicians Otis Redding and Curtis Mayfield.[6]
Many critics and publicators named "Watch the Throne" to their year-end best-of lists. A few notable examples are The Rolling Stone"[7] and The Washington Post.[8] The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. This is because the album sold 436,000 copies in the first week.[9] It also broke the iTunes first week sales record at the same time. Because of this, it was the fourth top selling album on iTunes in 2011.[10] It also reached the top 10 in a few countries. Examples are Canada[11] and the United Kingdom.[12][13] It was also certified quintuple platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November 2020.[14]