There are almost no records Eminem can’t break or reach. His latest album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 has debuted at #1 this week on the Billboard 200 chart with 792k sold. It is the second-largest sales week of the year, behind only Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience which moved 968k in the first week.
But this is not it — here’s some startling news. Due to the fanfare surrounding Em’s latest opus, all of his other 7 albums (barring the independent debut album Infinite) have also entered the Billboard 200 chart this week. The “Rap God” has sold approximately 43,322,000 albums till date in the United States alone.
Peep the sales and this week’s chart position of his previous albums after the jump.
#1 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 793,000
#30 The Marshall Mathers LP – 10,000 (Total 10,766,000)
#58 The Eminem Show – 7,000 (Total 10,270,000)
#64 Recovery – 7,000 (Total 4,509,000)
#94 Curtain Call – 5,000 (Total 3,778,000)
#115 The Slim Shady LP – 4,000 (Total 5,433,000)
#158 Encore – 3,000 (Total 5,343,000)
#159 Relapse – 3,000 (Total 2,335,000)
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