Eminem Sales Thread

[Emadyville]

Em at 9 mill this decade...thats sick. i really think he needs to release an album next year and (assuming he is done after that album) release his final album 2 years later before he hits 45

[alicia11]

Em at 9 mill this decade...thats sick. i really think he needs to release an album next year and (assuming he is done after that album) release his final album 2 years later before he hits 45

No. Quantity isn’t critical. He needs to release an album that has the ability to make people buy in not only 10 days, but in 10 years, 25 years and so on. See the Beatles? Pink Floyd? Great catalog sellers. Em has a long way to be really reckoned as an excellent catalog seller. He has the potential to be though.

[Francesco]

Em at 9 mill this decade...thats sick. i really think he needs to release an album next year and (assuming he is done after that album) release his final album 2 years later before he hits 45

No. Quantity isn’t critical. He needs to release an album that has the ability to make people buy in not only 10 days, but in 10 years, 25 years and so on. See the Beatles? Pink Floyd? Great catalog sellers. Em has a long way to be really reckoned as an excellent catalog seller. He has the potential to be though.

Em is a catalog seller... TSSLP & TMMLP were released in '99 & '00 respectively & have kept moving throughout all the way until now. He's e totally different artist to The Beatles, Pink Floyd or other all time greats & most of it times are very different if we talk about sales too but his albums will keep selling even when he's outta the music business... esp. after he's been outta it for years & the label decides to re-release some of them albums.
Sales will never be like they've been back then but that doesn't mean Em isn't a catalog seller. The fact his albums released more than 10 years ago still chart makes that clear.

[alicia11]

Em at 9 mill this decade...thats sick. i really think he needs to release an album next year and (assuming he is done after that album) release his final album 2 years later before he hits 45

No. Quantity isn’t critical. He needs to release an album that has the ability to make people buy in not only 10 days, but in 10 years, 25 years and so on. See the Beatles? Pink Floyd? Great catalog sellers. Em has a long way to be really reckoned as an excellent catalog seller. He has the potential to be though.

Em is a catalog seller... TSSLP & TMMLP were released in '99 & '00 respectively & have kept moving throughout all the way until now. He's e totally different artist to The Beatles, Pink Floyd or other all time greats & most of it times are very different if we talk about sales too but his albums will keep selling even when he's outta the music business... esp. after he's been outta it for years & the label decides to re-release some of them albums.
Sales will never be like they've been back then but that doesn't mean Em isn't a catalog seller. The fact his albums released more than 10 years ago still chart makes that clear.

I get what you mean.But in my heart, he could rival against them...Pink Floyd, Garth Brooks, Bob Marley...even the Beatles...I'm not delusional by any means...But Em is one of those few musicians people would still want to pay serious attention to, there's no "let's create an unprecedented hype, or gimmick", there's no crazy media buzz or fan army or those type of things...there's just music. In this regard, he is in the group with those legends aforementioned. They live through music. But still, he needs to develop to really "compete" against them...don't know if I could make myself clear...

[Raul]

UWC Albums (10/01):

[Francesco]

I get what you mean.But in my heart, he could rival against them...Pink Floyd, Garth Brooks, Bob Marley...even the Beatles...I'm not delusional by any means...But Em is one of those few musicians people would still want to pay serious attention to, there's no "let's create an unprecedented hype, or gimmick", there's no crazy media buzz or fan army or those type of things...there's just music. In this regard, he is in the group with those legends aforementioned. They live through music. But still, he needs to develop to really "compete" against them...don't know if I could make myself clear...

I get your point actually...
I'd like to know he could sell like back in the day but so many factors have changed & considering the way technology flies forward I don't see that coming back.
I personally would prefer to get as many albums as possible before he leaves to be honest... I'd be totally happy if he had like 2 more album before the end this decade & if we did his thing without bothering about sales at all. That's just me though.

[Hamza1972]

http://www.universalmusic.com/news/detail/2682

Eminem topped the UMG Bestselling Albums with The Marshall Mathers LP 2which sold 3.7 million copies in 2013, particularly impressive as it was only released in November. Slim Shady also claimed 15th spot in the singles list as his collaboration with Rihanna, “The Monster” sold 3.5 million in the year.

[unmissingpiece]

"Eminem eclipsed Celine Dion for Canada's best-selling album of the year, moving 242,000 copies in the country, according to Nielsen SoundScan Canada and Billboard."

MMLP2 best selling album in 2013 in Canada Canadian pride

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/10142/20140110/rap-god-eminem-2013-best-selling-album-canada-marshall-mathers-lp-2.htm

Yes fellow canadian

[bcooper21]

Canada has better taste in music. Im quite shocking since his album came out so late what was second timber lake?

[bcooper21]

Wow so Canada actually has rising music sales surprising.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/n ... ike-the-us

[nabak]

the only official album has not reached platinum is hell the sequel. which the current sales???

[kkaniff]

Y'all pros correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't MMLP2's WW sales pretty much consistent with Recovery, with just the drop in U.S. sales?

[Francesco]

http://www.universalmusic.com/news/detail/2682
Eminem topped the UMG Bestselling Albums with The Marshall Mathers LP 2which sold 3.7 million copies in 2013, particularly impressive as it was only released in November. Slim Shady also claimed 15th spot in the singles list as his collaboration with Rihanna, “The Monster” sold 3.5 million in the year.

Great...

[Emadyville]

Wow so Canada actually has rising music sales surprising.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/n ... ike-the-us

damn eminem the tops in canada witth 2 months sales...wow

[NeverSincerely]

Y'all pros correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't MMLP2's WW sales pretty much consistent with Recovery, with just the drop in U.S. sales?

No, Recovery did better both WW and in the U.S. MMLP2 so far hasn't shown the same longevity/consistency that Recovery had.