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Grateful (2017)

Where the lyrics of Grateful take you, and where it was really made.

A baby is credited as executive producer: Khaled's son Asahd, born in October 2016, appears on the cover and holds the executive producer credit.

Key places

Recorded at We the Best Studios, Miami (2017)

Recording site The Hit Factory Criteria — The album's recording location is listed as We the Best Studios in Miami. The point is placed at city-centre level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Grateful: tenth studio album by American DJ and record producer DJ Khaled
• Released as a double album on 23 June 2017 by We the Best Music Group and Epic Records
• Guest appearances from a long list of artists, including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Drake, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj
• Khaled's son Asahd is credited as executive producer

Background

• In March 2017 Khaled went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to explain the reasoning and process behind his son's position on the album
• Asahd was born in October 2016
• Khaled said Asahd's role covered listening to the songs and judging vocals, beats and energy

Recording

• The album used production from several in-house producers of We the Best Music Group
• Cool & Dre and Nasty Beatmakers co-produced two of the singles, which were heavily influenced by the musical styles present in Miami
• Cool & Dre also contributed to three more songs, each with 808-Ray
• Danja and Lee on the Beats also provided production
• Calvin Harris received a co-artist credit on Don't Quit

Cover

• The cover art was released on 5 June 2017 alongside the third single
• The cover features Khaled's son Asahd

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Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Khaled Mohammed Khaled on November 26, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Palestinian immigrant parents.
• Parents were musicians who played Arabic music; he developed an early interest in rap and soul.
• Worked at a local Merry-Go-Round record store.

Career

• Started DJing in reggae sound clashes in New Orleans and later co-hosted The Luke Show on WEDR 99 Jamz in Miami from 1998.
• Worked with Fat Joe's Terror Squad as a DJ and producer.
• Debut album Listennn... the Album (2006) debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200.
• Breakthrough with "I'm So Hood" (We the Best, 2007) and "All I Do Is Win" (Victory, 2010, triple platinum).
• Major label debut We the Best Forever (2011) produced his first Billboard Hot 100 top ten single, "I'm on One".
• Albums Major Key (2016), Grateful (2017), and Khaled Khaled (2021) reached number one on the Billboard 200.
• Won his first Grammy for "Higher" at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
• Known for maximalist production, motivational catchphrases, and a strong social media presence.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic, which normalizes critic reviews to 100: average score 61 from 11 reviews
• Metacritic summarizes the reception as generally favorable
• Shining premiered after the 59th Annual Grammy Awards and peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100
• I'm the One debuted at number one, Khaled's first number one single on the Hot 100, and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada
• Wild Thoughts debuted at number four on the Hot 100 and peaked at number two
• The promotional single To the Max peaked at number 53 on the Hot 100

Records

• Highest first-week sales of Khaled's career to date
• Debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 149,000 album-equivalent units, of which 50,000 were pure album sales
• Second number-one album on the Billboard 200 for Khaled
• Certified gold by the RIAA on 14 July 2017 for over 500,000 units in the United States
• Certified platinum by the RIAA on 23 August 2017 for over 1,000,000 domestic units
• Certified double platinum by the RIAA on 23 January 2022 for over 2,000,000 domestic units, making it Khaled's best-selling album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Asahd threw up on Khaled while Khaled was mixing and working on Shining, which Khaled called a blessing
• Khaled had tried for seven or eight years to get Rihanna on a feature; Wild Thoughts is their first collaboration
• Khaled had previously worked with Bryson Tiller on Major Key
• Shining contains a sample of Dionne by Osunlade, which itself samples Dionne Warwick
• To the Max was not included on international streaming versions, which cut the track listing to 22 songs
• Asahd's attorney holds his points and royalties as executive producer

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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