Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy

Gang Signs & Prayer, Stormzy's debut album, dropped on 24 February 2017 through his own #Merky Records, with ADA handling distribution, and it made history: no grime record had ever topped the UK albums chart before it. He'd built to it the hard way: the Wicked Skengman freestyles over classic grime beats, the Dreamers Disease EP in 2014, then a year away from social media to get the record made, before London woke up to billboards carrying his lyrics and the hashtag #GSAP 24.02.

Fraser T. Smith and Sir Spyro are among the producers, and the title promises two moods that the guest list mirrors: MCs Wretch 32, Ghetts and J Hus on one side, singers Kehlani, Raleigh Ritchie and MNEK on the other. Lead single "Big for Your Boots" led the charge, every song on the album sat in the UK Singles Chart at once, critics raved, and it took British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.