Kanye West

Plus Janet Jackson's "I Want You" produced by West nominated in Best Female Recording (R&B). The letter X is spoken as X-ray in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
His complete Grammy nominations included:. No words in the Basic English vocabulary begin with X, but it occurs in words beginning with other letters. At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony held on February 13, 2005, his album The College Dropout won for Best Rap Album; and his single "Jesus Walks" won for Best Rap Song. Somewhat surprisingly, he did not go home with the Best New Artist Grammy (which instead went to Maroon 5); this snub was a repeat of the shut-out he received at the 2004 American Music Awards, where he lost to Gretchen Wilson. The letter X is not used in the Italian language, except for words borrowed from other languages, or names of foreigners. His work with pop icon Janet Jackson also earned a nomination for her single I Want You, produced by West, was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. It is also controversial whether Psi, Chi (Khi) and Xi are Greek inventions or whether they are ultimately of Semitic origin.

He received two nominations in the Album of the Year category, one for The College Dropout, and one for his work on Alicia Keys's album The Diary of Alicia Keys. Some scholars claim that Latin X is not identical with Greek Χ. In 2004, Kanye West received ten Grammy Award nominations, making him the most nominated artist of 2004. Only in Kurdish, Azeri, Uzbek, Tatar and Lojban as well as the IPA and SAMPA (the latter is used here) is X pronounced [x] (as in German Bach). His other collaborations with other artists include Dilated Peoples, Mariah Carey and John Legend. But the Etruscans took over X from older Western Greek, therefore, it stood for /ks/ in Etruscan and /ks/ and /gs/ [gz] in Latin. He also appears on Brandy's single, "Talk About Our Love". In the end, Chi was standardized as /k_h/ (/x/ in Modern Greek) as well as Xi for /ks/.

He has also collaborated with Twista on a couple of his songs, such as "Overnight Celebrity" and "Slow Jamz" (also featuring Jamie Foxx) which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. /ks/ was in Ancient Greece written as Chi 'Χ' (Western Greek) or Xi 'Ξ' (Eastern Greek). "Jesus Walks" as of late has been subject for controversy, as the fact that the song was bought from Indianapolis-based MC Rhymefest and re-recorded has infuriated some hip-hop fans who decry such practices. It is also the form of St Andrew's Cross. In the UK, "Through The Wire" peaked at #9 on the official singles sales chart, "All Falls Down" peaked at #10, and "Jesus Walks" peaked at #16. X is the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet. The third single from the album, the inspirational quasi-epic "Jesus Walks" peaked at #11 on the Hot 100, while a fourth extract, "The New Workout Plan", made a minor impression on the US R&B / Hip-Hop charts (see list of Billboard chart positions below).
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"Through The Wire" peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, and its successor "All Falls Down", which features R&B singer Syleena Johnson, peaked at #7. It is also known by the title X/1999. The College Dropout reached #1 on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart, and reached #2 on the Billboard 200 - it also peaked at #12 on the UK album chart, where it spent several months in the Top 20 during 2004. X is a Japanese manga title produced by CLAMP which has also been adapted into a 1996 feature film and a 2001 television series. The album received almost universal acclaim for its balance of mainstream commercial appeal and conscious (at times verging on Afrocentric) lyrics, along with Kanye's signature style of taking samples from sped-up classic soul and R&B tracks. X is a rollercoaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. "Through The Wire", which sampled Chaka Khan's classic track "Through The Fire", would eventually become his lead single off The College Dropout in 2004, released on Roc-a-Fella Records. In video games, X is the name of the main character in the Mega Man spinoff, Mega Man X.

With his mouth still wired shut and only weeks after having an encounter with death, Kanye West began recording "Through The Wire," reliving his near-fatal accident. X marks the spot. A car crash in October 2002 left his jaw fractured in three places. In treasure-hunting X is used to designate the location of treasure, i.e. Previously best known for producing hit singles for Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Ludacris, Kanye himself worked on a solo album for a long period of time, having the release pushed back time and time again. In superhero comic books, an X usually denotes a connection to the popular X-Men franchise, especially when used as a prefix. Kanye West (pronounced CON-yay) (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American music producer and rapper from Chicago, Illinois. with an X in the middle).

The New Workout Plan, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks, #60. Straight edge itself is comonly abbreviated to 'sxe' (S.E. Through the Wire, Top 40 Tracks, #25. write their names with Xs, such that 'Jack' would be written XjackX. Through the Wire, Top 40 Mainstream, #32. Straight-edgers frequently also append Xs to their names, i.e. Through the Wire, Hot 100, #15. It is also frequently tattooed on other parts of the body, or worn on clothing, sometimes in triplicate (XXX).

Through the Wire, Rhythmic Top 40, #10. X is a symbol worn on the hand to denote that someone is straight edge. Through the Wire, Hot Rap Tracks, #4. In sociology X denotes Generation X. Through the Wire, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks, #8. In semiotics, an X over something denotes elimination, prohibition or erasure. Jesus Walks, Hot 100, #11. In Roman numerals, X denotes ten.

Jesus Walks, Rhythmic Top 40, #16. Kennan) of the X article published in Foreign Affairs. Jesus Walks, Hot Rap Tracks, #3. public policy, X is the author (George F. Jesus Walks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks, #2. In U.S. All Falls Down, Top 40 Tracks, #12. politics, X is the pseudonym of the person who blew the whistle on the Watergate crisis.

All Falls Down, Top 40 Mainstream, #22. In U.S. All Falls Down, Hot 100, #7. In Canada, X stands for Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. All Falls Down, Rhythmic Top 40, #7. As the first letter of a postal code,

. All Falls Down, Hot Rap Tracks, #2. In pornography XXX relates, unsurprisingly, to sex.

All Falls Down, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks, #4. X was the initial name of the Japanese visual kei rock band X Japan. Best Rap Album for The College Dropout. X is the name of an Australian punk rock band (see X (Australian band)). Best Rap Song for Jesus Walks. X is the name of a Los Angeles punk rock band (see X (US band)). Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Slow Jamz. In popular music,

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Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for All Falls Down. In physics, the X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Best Rap Solo Performance for Through The Wire. In photography X denotes exact time in flash synchronization. Best R&B Song for You Don't Know My Name (as a songwriter). In military science, X is the US Navy hull classification symbol for Submersible Craft. Best New Artist. x means 10 in Roman numbers.

Song of the Year for Jesus Walks. x is the usual symbol for the variable represented on the horizontal axis (ordinate) in analytic geometry. Album of the Year for The College Dropout. This usage can be traced back to the Arabic word ?ay 'thing' which was spelled with an initial x in Old Spanish or (according to other sources) an abbreviation of Latin causa which was the translation of Arabic š. Album of the Year for The Diary Of Alicia Keys (as a producer). Even though any letter can be used, x is the most common by far. x commonly represents an unknown variable.

In mathematics,

. In gender XX denotes female in the XY sex-determination system. In genetics X denotes the X chromosome.
. In games, X is representation for a cross in games like tic tac toe (naughts and crosses).

In financial securities, X is the stock symbol for United States Steel Corporation. The X-Files was a popular 1990s American science fiction television series. X is the name of a 1928 German film; see X (film). Australia retains the X rating.

The UK replaced the X rating with the 18 certificate. X is a rating given to films suitable for an adult-only audience; see X-rated. NC-17 has replaced the X rating in the US. In film

. In American slang, X is often used as an abbreviation of ecstasy (MDMA), a synthetic drug.

X also serves as other abbreviations, such as Xtal (Crystal), reXn (reaction), Xlation (translation), and SXSW (South by Southwest Festival). X is an abbreviation for cross in words like Xing (crossing), or to sign with a cross (often for illiteracy). (See Hugs and Kisses.). X is a symbol for a kiss, as in love notes.

X is an abbreviation for Christ, as in Xmas (Christmas), X(t)ian (Christian), and Xianity (Christianity). In English,

. In electrical engineering, X is the symbol for reactance. In French education, X is a nickname for the École Polytechnique.

x is the repetition operator in Perl programming language. X is used as an abbreviation for the Apple operating system Mac OS X. The data transfer speed for 1X CDs is 153,600 bytes/second and one for 1X DVDs is 1,385,000 bytes/second (approximately 9.02 times faster). This usage is a corruption of the multiplication symbol ×.

X is often used as a symbol of multiplication, as in denoting the spin (and, later, transfer) speed of CDs and DVDs compared to an original standard speed. X is the name of a free graphical windowing system developed at MIT and standard on Unix and Linux; see X Window System. In computing:

. In clothing X is used as an abbreviation for extra, such as XXL for extra-extra-large or XM for extra-medium.

In cabalistic philosophy X references both birth and death. In beverages, X is a symbol for an alcoholic proof of 50; multiple Xes indicate multiples of 50. In astronomy, Planet X is a hypothetical planet in the Solar System beyond the orbit of Pluto. In art X alludes to the infinite joy of creation.

In anime, X is the title of a series based on the manga X/1999 (see X (anime)). It is also a prefix to experimental types of US military aircraft, for instance, the XB-70. In aeronautics, X is the designation given to an experimental aircraft of the US government, for instance, the X-1 rocketplane that first broke the sound barrier. Members of the Nation of Islam change their surnames to "X" to symbolize that their African names were lost in slavery, an example is Malcolm X.

In a general sense, X represents an unknown or secret, as in project X or mister X.