Big Sean

Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born March 25, 1988), known by his stage name Big Sean, is an American rapper from Detroit. He released his debut studio album Finally Famous in 2011. Since then he has also released Hall of Fame (2013), Dark Sky Paradise (2015), Twenty88 (with Jhene Aiko, 2016), I Decided (2017) and Double or Nothing (with Metro Boomin, 2017). 
== Career ==
Big Sean began rapping in high school, appearing in rap battles on Detroit radio station WHTD. In 2005, he heard that Kanye West was doing an interview at a local station and headed down to perform a freestyle for him. West was reportedly unwilling to hear Big Sean's freestyle though gave him 16 bars. Big Sean then sent West a tape. Two years later, in 2007, West signed Big Sean to his label GOOD Music. Sean released his debut mixtape Finally Famous: The Mixtape in late 2007 and a second in 2009 titled UKNOWBIGSEAN. His third mixtape, Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big featured several prominent rappers including Curren$y, Tyga and Drake.
In 2011, Big Sean released his debut studio album Finally Famous which charted at number 3 on the Billboard 200. The album featured many famous artists including Kanye West, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell and Nicki Minaj. In 2013 he released his second studio album Hall of Fame. In 2015 he released his third album Dark Sky Paradise which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.
In 2016, Big Sean released a collaborative album with girlfriend Jhene Aiko titled Twenty88. In early 2017 his fourth solo album I Decided. which also debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, featuring successful single 'Bounce Back'.
In Late 2017, Big Sean released a song with producer Metro Boomin featuring 21 Savage titled 'Pull Up N Wreck'. It was later announced that this was the lead single of a collaborative album with Metro Boomin titled Double or Nothing.
== Discography ==
=== Studio Albums ===
Title 	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title 	Album details	US 	US
R&B/HH 	US
Rap 	AUS 	BEL
(FL) 	CAN 	GER 	NZ 	SWI 	UK
Finally Famous 	
* Released: June 28, 2011 (US)
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Format: CD, LP, digital download	3 	2 	1 	— 	— 	20 	— 	— 	— 	—
Hall of Fame 	
* Released: August 27, 2013 (US)
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Format: CD, LP, digital download	3 	1 	1 	— 	149 	10 	— 	— 	— 	56
Dark Sky Paradise	
* Released: February 24, 2015
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Format: CD, LP, digital download	1 	1 	1 	28 	88 	5 	76 	23 	41 	23
I Decided 	
* Released: February 3, 2017
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Format: CD, LP, digital download	1 	1 	1 	14 	67 	1 	62 	12 	39 	12
=== Collaborative albums ===
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US 	US
R&B
/HH 	US
Rap
Twenty88
(with Jhené Aiko)	
* Released: April 1, 2016
* Label: ARTium, GOOD, Def Jam
* Format: CD, digital download	5 	1 	1
Double or Nothing
(with Metro Boomin)	
* Released: December 8, 2017
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam, Boominati Worldwide, Republic
* Format: CD, digital download, streaming	6 	2 	2
=== Mixtapes ===
Title 	Album details
Finally Famous Vol. 1: The Mixtape 	
* Released: November 24, 2007 (US)
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Formats: Digital download
Finally Famous Vol. 2: UKNOWBIGSEAN	
* Released: April 21, 2009 (US)
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Formats: Digital download
Finally Famous Vol. 3: BIG 	
* Released: October 20, 2010 (US)
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Formats: Digital download
Detroit 	
* Released: September 5, 2012 (US)
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Formats: Digital download
=== Singles ===
Title 	Year	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Album
Title 	Year	US 	US
R&B/HH 	US
Rap 	AUS 	CAN 	NZ 	UK 	UK
R&B 	Album
"What U Doin?" 	2010	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big
"My Last"
(featuring Chris Brown)	2011	30 	4 	1 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Finally Famous
"Marvin & Chardonnay"
(featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash)	2011	32 	1 	4 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Finally Famous
"Dance (A$$)"
(featuring Nicki Minaj)	2011	10 	3 	2 	— 	69 	— 	— 	— 	Finally Famous
"Mercy"
(with Kanye West, Pusha T and 2 Chainz)	2012	13 	1 	1 	60 	46 	— 	55 	9 	Cruel Summer
"Clique"
(with Kanye West and Jay-Z)	2012	12 	2 	2 	39 	17 	— 	22 	4 	Cruel Summer
"Guap" 	2012	71 	21 	17 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Hall of Fame
"Switch Up"
(featuring Common)	2013	— 	50 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Hall of Fame
"Beware"
(featuring Lil Wayne and Jhené Aiko)	2013	38 	10 	6 	— 	— 	— 	183 	26 	Hall of Fame
"Fire" 	2013	—[A] 	46 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Hall of Fame
"Ashley"
(featuring Miguel)	2013	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Hall of Fame
"10 2 10" (Remix)
(featuring Rick Ross and Travis Scott)	2014	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Non-album single
"I Don't Fuck with You"
(featuring E-40)	2014	11 	1 	1 	47 	35 	25 	67 	8 	Dark Sky Paradise
"Paradise" 	2014	99 	34 	23 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Dark Sky Paradise
"Blessings"
(featuring Drake and Kanye West)	2015	28 	10 	5 	— 	59 	— 	139 	— 	Dark Sky Paradise
"One Man Can Change the World"
(featuring Kanye West and John Legend)	2015	82 	27 	21 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Dark Sky Paradise
"Play No Games"
(featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla Sign)	2015	84 	28 	21 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Dark Sky Paradise
"Champions"
(with Kanye West, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott,Yo Gotti, Quavo and Desiigner)	2016	71 	22 	15 	— 	— 	— 	128 	— 	Cruel Winter
"No More Interviews" 	2016	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Non-album single
"Bounce Back" 	2016	6 	3 	3 	52 	17 	28 	67 	9 	I Decided
"Moves" 	2017	38 	15 	9 	— 	46 	— 	— 	21 	I Decided
"Jump Out the Window"	2017	76 	29 	— 	— 	93 	— 	— 	— 	I Decided
"Miracles (Someone Special)"
(with Coldplay)	2017	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	58 	— 	Kaleidoscope
"Pull Up N Wreck"
(with Metro Boomin featuring 21 Savage)	2017	80 	33 	— 	— 	82 	— 	— 	— 	Double or Nothing