In 2010, Kanye West returned from his self-imposed exile from the public and released his highly-acclaimed comeback album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He also released several singles as part of the GOOD Fridays collection.
The Ye-produced "Find Your Love" single by Drake went mainstream.
Releases[]
Album[]
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (November 22)[1]
Singles[]
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (November 22)[1]
GOOD Fridays[]
- Power (Remix) (ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz) (August 20)[3]
- Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) (August 27)[3]
- Justin Bieber - Runaway Love (Remix) (ft. Kanye West & Raekwon) (August 30)[3]
- Devil in a New Dress (September 3)[3]
- GOOD Friday (ft. Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean & Charlie Wilson) (September 10)[3]
- Lord Lord Lord (ft. Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon & Charlie Wilson (September 17)[3]
- So Appalled (ft. Jay-Z, Pusha T, Cyhi the Prynce, Swizz Beatz & RZA) (September 24)[3]
- Christian Dior Denim Flow (ft. Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie) (October 1)[3]
- Child Rebel Soldier - Don't Stop! (October 8)[3]
- Take One for the Team (ft. Keri Hilson, Pusha T & Cyhi the Prynce) (October 15)[3]
- Don't Look Down (ft. Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco & Big Sean) (October 22)[3]
- The Joy (ft. Curtis Mayfield, Charlie Wilson, Pete Rock & Kid Cudi) (October 29)[3]
- Looking for Trouble (ft. Pusha T, Cyhi the Prynce, Big Sean & J. Cole) (November 5)[3]
- Chain Heavy (ft. Talib Kweli & Consequence) (November 12)[3]
- Christmas in Harlem (ft. Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Vado, Cyhi the Prynce, Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild, Teyana Taylor & Big Sean) (December 17)[3]
Guest appearances[]
- Rick Ross - Live Fast, Die Young (ft. Kanye West) (July 13, also produced)[4]
- Kid Cudi - Erase Me (ft. Kanye West) (August 17)[5]
- JYJ - Ayyy Girl (ft. Kanye West & Malik Yusef) (October 14)[6]
Production credits[]
- Jay-Z - A Star Is Born (ft. J. Cole) (June 25)[7]
- Drake - Find Your Love (April 28/May 5)[8]
- Solange - Fuck the Industry (May 25)[9]
Music videos[]
- Coldest Winter (February 22)[10]
- Power (August 5)[11]
Music video appearances[]
- Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand (c. September 24)[12]
- Kid Cudi - Erase Me (ft. Kanye West) (October 11)[5]
- JYJ - Ayyy Girl (ft. Kanye West & Malik Yusef) (?)
- Mr. Hudson - Anyone but Him (ft. Kanye West) (c. November 28)[13]
February[]
- 22: The NABIL-directed "Coldest Winter" music video debuts via iTunes.[10]
April[]
- 28: Drake's single "Find Your Love" is released to radio. Kanye partially produced and wrote the track.[14]
May[]
- 5: Drake's single "Find Your Love" is digitally released as a single, shortly after it was released to radio.[14]
- 25: Solange releases her song "Fuck the Industry," which samples "Everything I Am."[15]
June[]
- 25: "A Star Is Born" by Jay-Z, featuring J. Cole, is released as a single for his album The Blueprint 3. Ye produced the track.[16]
July[]
- 1: "Power" is released as the lead single for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[2]
- 3 (week of): "Find Your Love" peaks at fifth on the Billboard 100.[17]
- 13: Rick Ross releases the single "Live Fast, Die Young," which features production and a verse from Ye.[4]
August[]
- 5: The "Power" music video premieres on MTV.[11]
- 17: Kid Cudi's single "Erase Me" is released. It features a verse from Ye.[5]
- 20: A remix of "Power" featuring Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz is released as the first GOOD Friday single.[11]
- 27: "Monster" is released as the second GOOD Friday single.[18]
- 30: A remix of Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love," featuring Raekwon and Kanye, is released as the third GOOD Friday release. It was actually released on a Monday.[3]
September[]
- 3: "Devil in a New Dress" is released as the fourth GOOD Friday single.[19]
- 10: "GOOD Friday" is released as the fifth GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 12: Kanye West debuts "Runaway" at the 2010 VMAs. This has been seen as his "comeback performance."[20]
- 17: "Lord Lord Lord" is released as the sixth GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 24: "So Appalled" is released as the seventh GOOD Friday single.[3]
- c. 24: The music video for Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand" is released. Ye appears in the video.[12]
October[]
- 1: "Christian Dior Denim Flow" is released as the eighth GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 4: "Runaway" is released as the second single for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[2]
- 5: The Runaway film premieres.[21]
- 8: "Don't Stop!" (by Child Rebel Soldier) is released as the ninth GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 11: The music video for Kid Cudi's "Erase Me" single is released. Ye appears in it.[5]
- 14: K-Pop group JYJ release their debut album The Beginning. It features the song "Ayyy Girl," produced by and featuring Ye. Malik Yusef is also featured on .[6]
- 15: "Take One for the Team" is released as the tenth GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 22: "Don't Look Down" is released as the eleventh GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 23: "Monster" is released as the third single for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[2]
- 29: "The Joy" is released as the twelfth GOOD Friday single.[3]
November[]
- 5: "Looking for Trouble" is released as the thirteenth GOOD Friday single.[3]
- 12: "Chain Heavy" is released as the fourteenth GOOD Friday single. It is the last GOOD Friday release prior to the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ten days later.[3]
- 22: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is released.[2]
- 28: The music video for Mr. Hudson's "Anybody but Him" is released. Ye appears in it.[13]
December[]
- 17: "Christmas in Harlem" is released as the fifteenth and final GOOD Friday single for the original 2010 run.[3][22]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_albums_discography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Beautiful_Dark_Twisted_Fantasy
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOD_Fridays
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Fast,_Die_Young_(song)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erase_Me_(song)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beginning_(JYJ_album)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(Jay-Z_song)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_Your_Love
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_the_Industry
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldest_Winter_(song)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(Kanye_West_song)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://youtu.be/wWhtcU4-xAM
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://youtu.be/qqDe_nAMr6U
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_Your_Love
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_the_Industry
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(Jay-Z_song)
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/drake/chart-history/hsi/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_(Kanye_West_song)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_in_a_New_Dress
- ↑ https://ew.com/article/2010/09/12/kanye-west-performs-runaway-vmas/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_(2010_film)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Harlem