The cover art and its interior artwork were designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami.

Vultures 1 debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 after a five-day tracking period, scoring Ye's second-lowest first week sales with 148,000 album-equivalent units. The units consisted of 129,000 streaming-equivalent units, 18,000 pure album sales, and 1,000 track-equivalent units.

Graduation is his biggest success with over 13 million sales. Late Registration and The College Dropout complete the top 3 at roughly 10 million each. The next 3 records, issued from 2008 to 2011, are all around 8 million sales, while The Life of Pablo and Yeezus are over/under 5 million.