Late Registration

Late Registration is the second studio album by Chicago hip hop artist Kanye West. The album was released on August 30, 2005, to critical acclaim and entered the charts at #1, selling over 860,000 copies in its first week, the highest first week sales in the Def Jam label history, until West broke his own record with his follow-up album Graduation (2007), which sold in excess of 950,000 in its first week.

Late Registration is the second studio album by Chicago hip hop artist Kanye West. The album was released on August 30, 2005, to critical acclaim and entered the charts at #1, selling over 860,000 copies in its first week, the highest first week sales in the Def Jam label history, until West broke his own record with his follow-up album Graduation (2007), which sold in excess of 950,000 in its first week.

Late Registration won several awards, including the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Rolling Stone magazine named it the year's best album and awarded it a rare five-star rating. Along with its great critical acclaim, the album was highly successful commercially, selling in excess of 3 million copies.

The album spawned the number 1 single Gold Digger, featuring Jamie Foxx, and the award winning singles Diamonds From Sierra Leone, with Jay-Z, and Touch The Sky with Lupe Fiasco. It was re-released in a deluxe edition both digitally and in CD form in the UK, US, and Australia. The US deluxe version includes a remix for the single Diamonds From Sierra Leone, which earned considerable commercial success.