My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 22, 2010.

The album contains a maximalist aesthetic, and it also incorporates various elements from West's previous work, including soul, pop, baroque, electro, and symphonic sounds, as well as progressive rock influences.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy explores themes of excess, celebrity, decadence, grandiosity, escapism, sex, wealth, romance, self-aggrandizement, and self-doubt.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was an immediate and widespread critical success. In its first week of release, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and sold 496,000 copies, eventually registering three million units for a triple platinum certification. It was named the best album of 2010 in many publications' year-end lists, including the annual Pazz & Jop poll of American critics nationwide. The album also won Best Rap Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards.