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Kanye West finally releases 'Donda' album

By Karen Butler   |   Aug. 29, 2021 at 11:53 AM
Kanye West's latest album, "Donda," was released digitally on Sunday. File Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI Kim Kardashian (L) and Kanye West arrive for the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills in 2020. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI U.S. President Donald Trump (L) hugs Kanye West during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House in 2018 in Washington, D.C. File Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump (L) talks to photographers with Kanye West in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City in 2016.  Pool Photo by John Taggart/UPI Kanye West (L) and Kim Kardashian arrive on the red carpet for the 32nd annual MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles in 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Rapper Kanye West has released his 10th studio album, Donda, after several delays and high-profile listening parties to promote it.

Variety said the the record, which is named for West's mother who died in 2007, became available for purchase via digital platforms on Sunday morning.

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It had initially been scheduled for release in July, but was repeatedly delayed as the 22-time Grammy winner fine-tuned his latest opus.

According to Spotify, the album has 27 tracks and runs for nearly two hours.

Backed by the labels G.O.O.D. Music and Def Jam Recordings, Donda was released about two years after his last offering, Jesus is King, went on sale, said Billboard.