Kendrick Lamar

"DAMN." is the fourth studio album by Kendrick Lamar. It was released on April 14, 2017, through Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. Kendrick Lamar collaborated with several artists and producers to create the album, including Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, Sounwave, DJ Dahi, and Mike Will Made It, among others. The album features guest vocals from Rihanna, Zacari, and Irish rock band U2.

"DAMN." is a conscious hip-hop album, a genre that Kendrick Lamar also incorporated in his previous studio album, "To Pimp a Butterfly". The album also includes elements of trap, contemporary R&B, and pop. Before the album's release, Kendrick Lamar dropped a promotional single called "The Heart Part 4". He followed it up with three singles from the album, "Humble", "Loyalty", and "Love", with "Humble" becoming Kendrick Lamar's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist.

"DAMN." received widespread critical acclaim, with many considering it one of the best albums of 2017 and the decade. It became the first non-jazz or classical album to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Music, won Best Rap Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards, and was nominated for Album of the Year. It topped the US Billboard 200 with over 603,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and reached number one in Canada. It was also certified triple platinum by the RIAA and ranked as the Billboard Year-End number one album of 2017. In 2020, it was ranked 175th on Rolling Stone's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.