Eminem has just scored his 11th No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 charts with his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
Billboard reports the set launched 281,000 first-week units with 114,000 in traditional album sales.164,500 of its SEA units equaled 220.08 million on-demand official streams of its original 19 tracks.
Eminem now ties Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Kanye West for the fifth-most No. 1s on the Billboard 200. Ahead of them are The Beatles with the record of 19, both Jay-Z and Taylor Swift with 14, and Drake at 13.
The album becomes the largest week of any rap album in 2024 and the second-largest overall behind Taylor Swift’s Poets.
Em’s previous chart-topping albums include Music To Be Murdered By (2020), Kamikaze (2018), Revival (2017), The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Recovery (2010), Relapse (2009), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Encore (2004),The Eminem Show (2002), The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).
The Death Of Slim Shady (Coupe de Grâce) marks Eminem’s twelfth studio album, his first album in four years. The 19-track set is preceded with the singles “Houdini”, “Tobey” featuring Big Sean and BabyTron, and also features contributions from Dr. Dre, JID, Skylar Grey, Bizarre, Ez Mill, Sly Piper, White Gold, and Jelly Roll, and more.
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