''King'' is the fourth studio album by German rapper
Kollegah
Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume (born 3 August 1984), known professionally as Kollegah, is a German rapper. He releases his music via his own label, Alpha Music Empire.
Born in Friedberg and raised by a single mother in Simmern, he started ...
, released on 9 May 2014 through
Selfmade Records
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.
The album produced four singles, including "Alpha", "AKs im Wandschrank", "King" and "Du bist Boss", which all received music videos. ''King'' debuted at number one on the
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album charts.
Background
Kollegah started working on ''King'' in early 2013, following the release of his second collaborative studio album, ''
Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2'', alongside German rapper
Farid Bang
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Early life
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in February 2013.
The first version of the album was finished in mid-2013, but was tweaked multiple times over the following months.
The album's announcement was made on 4 November 2013 through the song "Ruhe vor dem Sturm". The album's release was set to April 2014 but was pushed to early May 2014. It was released on 9 May 2014.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the German, Swiss and Austrian album charts, becoming Kollegah's second number-one album. The album attained a
gold
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certificate in Germany, three days after its release. It sold about 160,000 copies in its first week.
On 11 June 2014, ''King'' was certified platinum in Germany for shipments of 200,000 copies. In March 2016, Kollegah was awarded triple-gold by the BVMI. On 26 May 2014, the album was awarded gold by the
IFPI Austria
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for shipments of 7,500 copies, and in March 2018, it was awarded platinum for shipments of 15,000 copies.
It is Kollegah's best-selling album to date.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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Kollegah albums
2014 albums