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Chapter 1:

Highlights of DJ Khaled’s Career

DJ Khaled has produced ten albums in a career that has been active since 2006. Two of his albums debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Chart. His most successful effort to date, the 2016 release of M ajor K eys , received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album and reached certified Platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), an accomplishment earned for selling 1 million albums or more. DJ Khaled has been and is a larger-than-life figure in the hip-hop world. Highlighted throughout this chapter are noteworthy moments, singles, and top album downloads that have shaped his career into what it is today.

DJ Khaled’s Playlist L istennn ... the A lbum (Released June 06, 2006)

DJ Khaled released his debut album through Terror Squad Entertainment and Koch Records months before his thirty-first birthday. The seventeen-song offering sold 40,000 copies in its first release week and reached the number twelve position on Billboard ’s Top 200 Chart. The album helped establish a spot for DJ Khaled

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HIP-HOP & R&B DJ KHaled

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