Grateful is the tenth studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Khaled, released as a double album on June 23, 2017 by We the Best Music Group and Epic Records. The album features guest appearances from a wide array of artists including Future, Travis Scott, Rick Ross, Migos, Quavo (as a solo artist), Chance the Rapper, Nicki Minaj, Kodak Black, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Drake, Rihanna, Sizzla, Mavado, Nas, Calvin Harris, PartyNextDoor, Jeremih, Pusha T, and Betty Wright, among others.^[2]

The cover art was released alongside the album's third single on June 5, 2017, and featured Khaled's son Asahd, who was born in October 2016.^[3][4] Asahd was also revealed to be acting as the album's executive producer, with his father taking to talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! in March 2017 to explain the reasoning and process behind his son's position on the album, stating:

He is credited as executive producer, and his attorney has his points and royalties, everything. Listening to the songs, going over the business part of it, [deciding] if the vocals are right, if the beats are right, if the energy's right. When he [rocks and grins], those are smash hit records, when he [looks deep in thought], that's the real serious records but hits with substance. It's a vibe, you know what I mean? Believe it or not, the poops and the throw-ups are super blessings. Those are actually the real good ones. He actually threw up on me while I was mixing and working on "Shining", and when he threw up on me, that [was] a blessing.^[5]

The album's lead single, "Shining", was released on February 12, 2017.^[12] It features guest vocals from American singer Beyoncé, and American rapper Jay-Z, with production by Khaled himself, and Danja; as well as it was also co-written by Canadian singer PartyNextDoor.^[13] It premiered following the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, peaking at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[14]

"I'm the One" was released as the album's second single on April 28, 2017.^[15][16] The song features guest appearances from Canadian singer Justin Bieber, alongside American rappers Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne. It also saw production from Khaled himself, as well as being co-produced by Nic Nac. "I'm the One" debuted at number one, becoming Khaled's first number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100; as well as also topping the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.^[17]

"Wild Thoughts" was released as the album's third single on June 16, 2017.^[18] The song features guest appearances from Barbadian singer Rihanna, and American singer Bryson Tiller, with production by Khaled himself, and Nasty Beatmakers as well as it was also co-written by Canadian singer PartyNextDoor.^[19][20] Khaled has previously collaborated with Tiller on Major Key, however, the single marks his first collaboration with Rihanna. Khaled described his attempts to court Rihanna for a feature appearance on an album for several years in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, stating "seven, eight years I've been trying to do this. I always put the kites out there that I wanted to work with her [and] I was always getting the right record ready [to] see if something comes back that's possible."^[21] The single housed elements of Latin pop and contemporary R&B, debuting at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number two.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100[25]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[26]
Entertainment Weekly	B[27]
Exclaim!	4/10[28]
The Guardian	[29]
Pitchfork	5.2/10[1]

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At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, Grateful received an average score of 61, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.^[25]

Grateful is Khaled's highest career first week sales to date. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 149,000 album-equivalent units, of which 50,000 were pure album sales.^[30] It is DJ Khaled's second number-one album on the chart.^[30] On July 14, 2017, Grateful was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.^[31] On August 23, 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 1,000,000 domestic units. January 23, 2022, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 2,000,000 domestic units, making it DJ Khaled's best-selling album.^[32]

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies a vocal producer
• "Wild Thoughts" features background vocals from PartyNextDoor
• "I Love You So Much" features background vocals from Lisa Mishra, Jabari Rayford, Teddy Jackson, Jamila Woods, Dariu and Carter Lang
• "To the Max" was not included on streaming versions of the album internationally nor on Apple Music in the US; thus the track listing was cut down to 22 songs

Sample credits

• "Shining" contains a sample of Osunlade's "Dionne", which itself samples "Walk the Way You Talk" as performed by Dionne Warwick.
• "To the Max" contains a sample of "Gus Get Em Right" as performed by Jay-O, and vocal samples of Jodie Aysha from her song "Heartbroken", which was remixed by T2, and "Lit" as performed by 1WayFrank.
• "Wild Thoughts" contains a sample of "Maria Maria" as performed by Santana.
• "On Everything" contains a sample of "Under the Sun" as performed by Mark Pritchard.
• "It's Secured" contains samples of "Dem Gone" as performed by Gentleman, and "Woman I Need You" as performed by Sizzla.
• "Nobody" contains a sample of "Nobody Knows" as performed by Pastor T.L. Barrett.
• "I Love You so Much" contains samples of "Never Would Have Made It" as performed by Marvin Sapp, and "I Want You Back" as performed by Jackson 5.
• "Good Man" contains a sample of "Am I a Good Man" as performed by Them Two.
• "Billy Ocean" contains samples of "Ballad for the Fallen Soldier" as performed by The Isley Brothers, and "A Week Ago" as performed by Jay-Z.
• "Pull a Caper" contains a sample of "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" as performed by Phil Collins.
• "Whatever" contains a sample of "Play at Your Own Risk" as performed by Planet Patrol.
• "Interlude" contains a sample of "A Man Without Love" as performed by The Originals.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Grateful.^[34]

※() is the track list of the album from CD.