Predict R2's first week sales

[Raquel]

Alaine
In probability theory, one says that an event happens almost surely (a.s.) if it happens with probability one. The concept is analogous to the concept of "almost everywhere" in measure theory. While there is no difference between almost surely and surely (that is, entirely certain to happen) in many basic probability experiments, the distinction is important in more complex cases relating to some sort of infinity. For instance, the term is often encountered in questions that involve infinite time, regularity properties or infinite-dimensional spaces such as function spaces. Basic examples of use include the law of large numbers (strong form) or continuity of Brownian paths.Therefore, the term impossible is incorrect. Almost surely impossible would be accurate because even if the odds of Rx2 not leaking is .00000000000000000000000000000001%, there is still a possibility, regarding the purest sense of the word.

wow man, i love your explanations ,you talk like ma teacher

[AJS2050]

If it was released in december + strong 1st single = 1,000,000+ u.s. , 1.5 Worldwide

But most likely:

Feb 2010 + strong 1st single = 500-700k u.s., 900-1.2m Worldwide.

its hard for any album to sell well in the 1st quater. But with a good 1st single it would pretty much be at the same level as Relapse 1.

[theJFKshow]

R2 sales > R1 sales

I think it will have better promotion and better singles.

[Asher Roth]

850-900k in US and 1400k worldwide first week if it doesn't get leaked.This is my prediction.

[Alaine]

^ The real Asher Roth?

[embm]

i say a lil mo than R1
like 800,000 in 1st wek
hopin 4 a mill or mo though

[slim-topic]

Depending of his first singles. it could be 400k, 500k, 600k, 700k, 1 million in US.

[!barrios!]

i think 500 in the us,900.000 worldwide!

[GiuseppeMathers]

0 copy sold
r2 is like detox

[Arabian Shady]

R2 sales > R1 sales

I think it will have better promotion and better singles.

right on the spot
there is more hype surrounding r2 than r1, you'll see

[Wic Kid]

850-900k in US and 1400k worldwide first week if it doesn't get leaked.This is my prediction.

But we all know it IS going to leak. Every album nowadays leaks, and we're talkin bout Eminems album, so...

[Chasingtimeagain]

800k maybe? What do you think?

Is that worldwide because his US sales for Relapse (his first record in 5 years) were 608,000 units - so Relapse 2 won't be near that.

If Relapse 2 doesn't have annoying accents/cliche horror lyrics = 550,000 units

If Relapse 2 ends up like Relapse and releases another unoriginal (10 year old formula) celebrity-bashing 1st single = 450,000 units

Relapse leaked.
If Relapse 2 doesn't leak, then it should absolutely outsell Rx1 based on that principle alone.
And I would choose cliché horror lyrics over cliché gangsta lyrics anyday.

Eminem has NEVER released an album with gangstar lyrics and will never - the options werent 1. Gangstar Rap or Trying to Act like Serial Killer. I'm talking about real songs (Til I Collapse, Business, Stan, Lose Yourself) not ones where had to ask "what do people want to hear from me" (Ass Like That, Hello, 3AM).

And Carter III leaked and outsold Relapse. I hate Wayne but him and Em are mainstream rap artist - so you can easily compare the two people. If anything, Em should outsell Wayne if Em made another Eminem Show/MMLP but he's too busy rapping in cartoon voices and *trying* to shock people. If Em made music for himself and just released that, we would have another MMLP/Eminem Show.

[voice23]

for some reason I think that is the real asher roth lol...he's only human and just excited about Relapse 2 as us...

[GoodGirlsGetGutted]

850-900k in US and 1400k worldwide first week if it doesn't get leaked.This is my prediction.

But we all know it IS going to leak. Every album nowadays leaks, and we're talkin bout Eminems album, so...

*sigh*

Possibility is the condition or fact of being possible.
Impossible denotes that something literally cannot happen or be done.
Rx2 leaking falls on the former end of the spectrum.
Rx2 not leaking falls on the former end as well.
Therefore, no fact can be stated because the two "possible" conditions cancel each other out. Only when there is both a "possible" and "impossible" condition attributed to a given situation and its inverse, respectively, can a true statement be extant.

[GoodGirlsGetGutted]

Chasingtimeagain
I legitimately believe that Em was being 100% himself on Relapse. That's just how he expresses himself.