2021年第63届格莱美音乐奖——最佳当代基督教音乐专辑

★嘻哈界鬼才级巨星人物，公告牌专辑榜9连霸最新大碟

★空降公告牌主流榜与节奏布鲁斯/嘻哈榜等5榜冠军，强势问鼎年度专辑

★收录"Follow God"、"Closed On Sunday"等11首公告牌排行榜最新力作

Kanye West号称是全球乐坛最独一无二的音乐鬼才，他透过颠覆众人思维的音乐逻辑，创作出众多嘻哈乐界划时代的革命性作品，屡屡打破音乐框架，将各式各样的不同种类乐风融入到自己的歌曲中，淬炼出全新的样貌，也缔造了令人讚叹的成绩。等待了2年，Kanye West交出全新专辑，也再次挑战了新的领域。

本名Kanye Omari West的Kanye，现年42岁，在经历8张专辑的洗礼后，Kanye West创下连续7张专辑空降公告牌冠军的丰功伟业，同时他生涯中的3张专辑被选入滚石杂志“史上最佳500大专辑”中，总计他的生涯卖出超过1亿2000万张专辑和单曲；更令人惊讶的是，Kanye West拥有高达21座格莱美奖、12座MTV大奖、4座灵魂列车大奖，时代杂志也分别在2005年和2015年将Kanye West为年度百大影响人物。在上一张专辑【ye】释出之后，Kanye West完美达成了“怀俄明州任务”、连续制作出5张作品，包括了Pusha T、Nas、Kid Cudi，以及Teyana Taylor的专辑，张张都成为当年度的轰动专辑，再次显现了Kanye West的高超实力。这次Kanye West挑战福音音乐(Gospel)，将嘻哈与福音结合，打造出令人惊艳，同时又福至心灵、充满律动感的作品【Jesus Is King】，而专辑一释出，便称霸公告牌主流专辑榜，达成9连霸纪录、再加上节奏布鲁斯嘻哈榜、福音榜、Christian Albums榜、Soundtrack Albums榜“五冠王”纪录，除此之外还称霸英国金榜、澳大利亚、加拿大、丹麦、冰岛、新西兰、挪威的排行冠军，堪称当代的超级天王。

【Jesus Is King】由Kanye West亲自操刀专辑，并找来Angel Lopez、BoogzDaBeast、Brian "AllDay" Miller、Budgie、DrtWrk、E*vax、Federico Vindver、FNZ、Labrinth、Michael Cerda、Ronny J、Timbaland等人共同携手制作；首支主打单曲“Follow God”，写下YouTube超过3000万次观看，结合Christian Hip Hop与Trap的乐风让人耳目一新，登记公告牌热门单曲榜No.7，并且夺得基督教歌曲榜与福音榜双料冠军，堪称近年Kanye West最精彩的作品之一；风格别出心裁的“Closed on Sunday”创下YouTube突破1500万次观看，勇夺公告牌基督教歌曲榜与福音榜No.2席次，其中将自己爱妻Kim Kardashian比喻为“Chick-fil-A”的歌词，掀起海内外一片议论，也因此让这首歌曲讨论度水涨船高；除此之外，Ty Dolla $ign与Ant Clemons共同帮腔的“Everything We Need”、Fred Hammond献声的“Hands On”等歌曲，也都传唱出了Kanye West内心对于上帝的观点，让人一窥鬼才内心的私密信仰。

JESUS IS KING is Kanye West’s ninth studio album and the follow-up to his June 2018 release, ye. The project debuted on October 25, 2019, a little over a year after the initial release date for Yandhi, which was scrapped and reworked into a gospel album.

To the surprise of many, his wife Kim Kardashian took to Twitter on August 29, 2019, to announce Ye’s newest solo effort on his behalf—along with its title, tracklist, and release date. On the same day, producer Teddy Walton tweeted about his involvement with the project:

Been editing these @kanyewest vocals to make it sound like some graduation shit. The year ain’t done.

Throughout 2019, Kanye began hosting “Sunday Service” worship events, where he performs gospel-inspired versions of his classic songs with a choir and special guests. On the morning of Easter 2019, he debuted the album’s seventh track, “Water,” at Coachella’s Sunday Service.

On September 27, 2019, fans speculated that Kanye would release the album after his Detroit Sunday Service. Instead, Detroit’s Fox Theatre announced a free show via Twitter, called ‘Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience,’ where Kanye played the album privately. An hour before the show’s start, Kim tweeted once again, sharing an updated tracklist. After the show, Kim uploaded an Instagram story announcing that the album would release on Sunday, September 29, following listening parties in Chicago and New York. This release date, however, went unmet and there were no subsequent announcements for almost a month.

On October 20, 2019, Kanye made a sudden reappearance on Twitter to announce that the new release date was set for October 25, 2019. He also revealed the cover art, featuring blue vinyl.