Whether you're a fan of Eminem or not, someone who is but doesn't like his recent output, or even someone who absolutely hates him - Eminem is an icon. The biggest rapper of all-time, one of the biggest music artists of all-time. He's had an incredible career with amazing longevity and it's not over yet.
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Sales Overview
* Eminem was the #1 highest selling artist worldwide in the ‘Noughties’ decade (2000-2009)
* Eminem has sold approximately 90+ million albums worldwide
* Eminem has also sold an additional 10 million+ albums from 2 studio albums with his crew D12
* Eminem is the #1 highest selling rapper of all time
* Eminem is the first person ever to sell 1 million digital copies of an album (Recovery)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6M06u9ZrW4
Artist Of The Decade
As previously mentioned, Eminem was the highest selling artist in the world last decade (2000-2009). In addition to this he was awarded an “Artist Of The Decade” plaque for selling the most albums last decade in America too, with 32 million sold in the US
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**I have used USA and UK because they are two of the major music-buying countries in the world**
USA Charts (SINGLES) - Billboard Hot 100
Peak Positions
In the USA, Eminem has achieved/appeared on
24 Top 20 Hits
16 Top 10 Hits
& 4 Number One Singles
* With a total of 49 entries on the Billboard Hot 100
(& another 16 additional entries charting from 101 – 125)
In 2010 Eminem joined a very elite club when his number one hit ‘Not Afraid’ became only the 16th song in history to DEBUT at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It sold 380,000 digital copies in its first week.
Number Ones
Love The Way You Lie – #1
Not Afraid – #1
Crack A Bottle – #1
Lose Yourself – #1
Top 10
Smack That – #2
Without Me – #2
Lighters - #4
I Need A Doctor - #4
Cleanin’ Out My Closet – #4
The Real Slim Shady – #4
Shake That – #6
Just Lose It – #6
My Band – #6
Forever – #8
When I’m Gone – #8
We Made You – #9
Top 20
Mockingbird – #11
You Don't Know - #12
Sing For The Moment – #14
Superman – #15
Beautiful – #17
That's All She Wrote - #18
Drop The World – #18
Purple Pills – #19
Top 100
No Love – #23
Old Time’s Sake – #25
Encore – #25
Forgot About Dre – #25
My Life - #27
How Come – #27
Hell Breaks Loose – #29
Fast Lane - #32
3 a.m – #32
Like Toy Soldiers – #34
My Name Is – #36
Stan – #51
Roman's Revenge - #56
The Way I Am – #58
Ass Like That – #60
Won’t Back Down – #62
Elevator – #67
Cold Wind Blows – #71
One Day At A Time (Em’s Version) – #80
Music Box – #82
Insane – #85
Talkin’ To Myself – #88
25 To Life – #92
Throw That - #98
Welcome To Detroit – #100
Other Charted Songs
Jimmy Crack Corn – #101
8 Mile Road – #102
Drop The Bomb On ‘Em – #103
Dead Wrong – #105
Dr.West (Skit) – #105
Touchdown – #109
Cinderella Man – #112
Hailies Song – #113
Just Don’t Give A Fuck – #114
Peep Show – #116
Buffalo Bill – #117
The Re-Up – #119
Space Bound – #119
Taking My Ball – #123
No Apologies – #121
Careful What You Wish For – #125
USA Charts (ALBUMS) - Billboard 200
Peak Positions
In the USA, Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200.
#1
The Marshall Mathers LP
Devil's Night (D12)
The Eminem Show
8 Mile Soundtrack
D12 World (D12)
Encore
Curtain Call: The Hits
Relapse
Recovery
Hell: The Sequel (Bad Meets Evil)
Eminem has also released two projects which attained success at #2.
#2
The Slim Shady LP – #2
Eminem Presents: The Re-Up – #2
(The Re-Up was close to being a #1 album. It sold 310,000 copies first week, just beaten by Ciara who sold 338,000 with her album entitled Ciara: The Evolution)
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UK Charts (SINGLES)
Peak Positions
In the UK, Eminem has achieved/appeared on
29 Top 20 Hits
27 Top 10 Hits
& 7 Number One Singles
* With a total of 42 entries in the UK Top 100
(& another 10 additional entries charting from 112 – 199)
In June 2012 it was announced that Eminem is 18th in the UK's Best Selling Singles Artists of all time list, selling 8.6 million singles in the UK.
Number Ones
The Real Slim Shady – #1
Stan – #1
Without Me – #1
Lose Yourself – #1
Just Lose It – #1
Like Toy Soldiers – #1
Smack That – #1
Top 10
Love The Way You Lie – #2
My Name Is – #2
Purple Pills (Ft. D12) – #2
My Band (Ft. D12) – #2
Crack A Bottle – #3
Cleaning Out My Closet – #4
Mockingbird – #4
Ass Like That – #4
We Made You – #4
How Come (Ft. D12) – #4
Guilty Conscience – #5
When I’m Gone – #5
Not Afraid – #5
Sing For The Moment – #6
Business – #6
Forgot About Dre – #7
The Way I Am – #8
I Need A Doctor - #8
Shit On You (Ft. D12) – #10
Lighters - #10
Top 20
Fight Music (Ft. D12) – #11
Beautiful – #12
Top 100
You Don't Know - #32
No Love – #33
Space Bound - #34
Lighters - #37
Forever – #42
Drop The World – #51
3AM – #56
Old Times Sake – #61
Scary Movies – #63
Fast Lane - #66
Till I Collapse – #73
Won’t Back Down – #82
Numb - #92
Other Charted Songs
Hailies Song - #112
Roman's Revenge - #125
Talkin’ To Myself – #148
That's All She Wrote - #158
Love The Way You Lie (Part II) - #160
My Mom - #166
Insane - #182
Hellbound - #183
Bagpipes From Baghdad - #187
Writer's Block - #199
UK Charts (ALBUMS)
Peak Positions
In the UK, Including the 2004 D12 album 'D12 World', Eminem has achieved eight number-one albums on the Official UK Albums Chart.
#1
The Marshall Mathers LP
The Eminem Show
8 Mile Soundtrack
D12 World
Encore
Curtain Call: The Hits
Relapse
Recovery
Eminem has also released three projects which attained success at #2, #3, and #7 respectively.
#2
Devil's Night
#3
Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
#7
Hell: The Sequel
Unfortunately Eminem's (mainstream) debut album 'The Slim Shady LP' did not attain the same success as all his other releases in the UK and it peaked at #10. However in todays digital age and with new fans checking out his older material it is possible that the album could peak higher in the future.
And if not, at least he can say everything he's released in the UK has made the top 10.
#10
The Slim Shady LP - #10
Most rappers struggle to sell outside the USA, Eminem truly has worldwide appeal. To offer some perspective - Lil Wayne only has one top ten album in the UK (Tha Carter IV - #8) and Jay-Z only has two (The Blueprint 3 - #4 & Watch The Throne - #3)
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Awards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aw ... _by_Eminem
Awards Won: 178
Nominations: 333
Academy Award - 1
American Music Awards - 14
ASCAP Pop Music Awards - 1
Billboard Music Awards - 21
BMI Film/TV Awards - 2
Brit Awards - 4
Detroit Music Awards - 7
Grammy Awards - 13
Golden Globe Awards - 1
Japan Radio Popular Disc Awards - 1
Juno Awards - 2
MTV Europe Music Awards - 12
MTV Movie Awards - 2
MTV Video Music Awards - 12
MTV Video Music Awards Japan - 3
Music Of Black Origin Awards (MOBO) - 1
MuchMusic Video Awards - 2
MgM Awards - 1
People's Choice Awards - 8
Soul Train Music Awards - 1
Teen Choice Awards - 9
The Source Hip Hop Music Awards - 5
World Music Awards - 5
Social Media
These stats would be impressive enough on their own but when you consider that Eminem doesn't use any social-media personally, and that his mainstream career started in 1999 way before any of these platforms began, and that "his" Tweets are nothing more than the occasional self-promotion, offering NO personal insight into his daily life, or any interaction with fans (not even re-tweets) then you begin to appreciate them more. If Eminem did embrace social-media more, then his numbers would inevitably grow and grow.
FACEBOOK (http://www.facebook.com/Eminem)
- 63.2 Million Fans/Likes
* 6th most liked page overall on Facebook
* 2nd most liked Musician
* 1st most liked Male
* 1st most liked Rapper
TWITTER (http://www.twitter.com/Eminem)
- 13.1 Million Followers
* 22nd most followed account overall on Twitter
* 13th most followed Musician
* 8th most followed Male
* 2nd most followed Rapper
YOUTUBE (http://www.youtube.com/EminemVevo)
- 2.2 Million Subscribers
* Most subscribed to Rapper on YouTube
To put Eminem's YouTube subscription numbers into perspective, the Vevo Channels for other popular rappers are as follows;
Nicki Minaj - 1.5 Million
Lil Wayne - 991,840
Kanye West - 528,642
50 Cent - 320,183
Jay-Z - 61,667
He even has more subscribers than current pop-star heavyweight Lady Gaga (1.9 Million)
LAST.FM (http://www.last.fm/music/Eminem)
- 124.7 Million Scrobbles (Plays)
* Most listened to Rapper on Last.fm (most scrobbles)
(Kanye West is 2nd)
(There are also 7.5 Million Scrobbles for D-12, and 3.2 Million Scrobbles for Bad Meets Evil)
http://www.last.fm/music/D12
http://www.last.fm/music/Bad+Meets+Evil
8 Mile (Movie)
* Box Office #1
* The film was a financial success, was well received critically, and won an Academy Awards for the Best Original Song for Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” becoming the first film with a rap/hip-hop song to win an Academy Award.
* Made $19,574,765 on its opening day and $51,240,555 over its first three days from only 2,470 theaters for an average of $20,745 per venue, making it one of the biggest opening weekends for an R-rated movie as well being as the biggest opening for a movie released in less than 2,500 theaters.
* The film made a total of $242,875,078 worldwide ($116,750,901 domestically, and $126,124,177 internationally).
* The 8 Mile DVD released in March 2003 grossed $200 million USD in DVD sales.
All Time Top Rap Films (US Box Office)
1. “8 Mile” ($116 million)
2. “Notorious” ($36 million)
3. “Malibu’s Most Wanted” ($34 million)
4. “Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ” ($30 million)
5. “Brown Sugar” ($27 million)
Vibe Magazine
* Best Rapper Alive (2008)
* Best Rapper Ever (2009)
Rolling Stone Cover Appearances
13
(811, 847, 855, 899/900, 911, 927, 950, 951, 962, 972, 1000, 1118)
Respect For Eminem
Eminem has maximum respect from the hip-hop community and beyond. Rakim, KRS-One, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Nas, LL Cool J, DJ Premier and many more have all spoke on how they rate Eminem’s skills highly. Obviously Dr.Dre co-signed him too, as well as basically every other rapper.
It would take too long to list all of the Hip-Hop related respect/praise that has been given towards Eminem over the years, so excluding hip-hop related fans, here are some other admirers:
The Beatles (Sir Paul McCartney is a fan)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 308878.stm
Michael Jackson was a big fan of Eminem
- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... l-guy.html
Sir Elton John is a big fan
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4423941.stm
Madonna, Stevie Wonder & Randy Newman are fans and defended him
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1180471.stm
Seamus Heaney = The award winning poet who won the nobel prize (in Literature)
He praises Eminem heavily here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3033614.stm
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