Despite Revival‘s lukewarm reception, Eminem’s ninth studio album will debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 for the week ending December 21, according to Billboard. Out of the 267,000 album equivalent units sold, 197,000 were traditional album sales. This accomplishment also marks the first time in history an artist has earned eight consecutive #1 album debuts.
Em joins an elite list of luminaries who rank as the sixth-most leaders in the Billboard 200’s history, including country star Kenny Chesney, pop queen Madonna and Irish rock legends U2. The Beatles and JAY-Z have 19 and 14, respectively.
Mr. Marshall Mathers’ last seven releases — The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Recovery (2010), Relapse (2009), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Encore (2004), The Eminem Show (2002) and The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) — all debuted at #1. His inaugural album, The Slim Shady LP, hit the chart at #2 in 1999.
After months of teasing the project, Revival was finally released on December 15. It includes several pop features peppered throughout the album from artists like P!nk, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran. A video for the lead single, “Walk On Water,” was officially released via YouTube on Sunday (December 24).
Not a huge Em fan but bump specific albums/songs. This is a huge win for hip hop though. Congrats Em!
It’s cause he whites come on how the hell did his recent album became #1 the label are buying the album
its cause he whites
its bc when we (white people) have a LEGEND doesnt matter what genre we support..while you guys just type comments bitching out it were out buying it..be made you got a broke ass cry baby fanbase for hiphop fans who would rather bootleg his music then support it with money
I’m an insecure child so his music really appeals to me.
And your insecurity stems from that beanstalk in your pants. We all know u mexican. Sp1c dick
So which of Jay-Z last albums didn’t debut at #1?
He’s white,why is this a surprise in a predominantly white nation? Matter fact,the irony is he came in the game over 20 yrs after hip hop was established(a black artform),yet is the #1 seller of it. This isn’t a win for hip hop,this is another win for white folks that invalidates the work,talent,& sacrifice black artist have did,only to see a white man at the top OUR mountain. #WhitePrivilege #TheyHateFactsAndUsButLoveOurCulture
you know what you can rly say…im sick of all my broke ass black brothers not supporting our own legends like white people do eminem..howccome white fans don’t bootleg ems music like we do LOLLL sad suckas hahah
Your statement is 100% true,but so is mine. We don’t get nearly the same coverage/opportunity that most older white stars get so its still not FAIR,don’t act like those blind deflecting white privilege kind.
White people don’t try and “steal your culture”. They just want to also be able to do it. Oh wow look that’s fair right? Oh look, it just so happens to be there are alot of white people. Oh that’s automatically racist… If there’s more than 100 white people in a mile radius its racist. I forgot. Stop race baiting and crying over everything. Guess what white people didn’t invent slavery but you sure like to throw that one on us might as well give us hip hop if your going to be like that.
Never been a listener of eminem’s music.
He maybe a good lyricist with his own flow, but i’ve always considered him to be overrated. The only reason why he got so many attention is because he’s white in a predominantly black music environnement and he got Dr. Dre’s support.
Fuckin sheep made him where he’s at right now.
This guy hates being white so much that he wants her daughter to have a mulatto kid with some black thug.
Yikes…..go find some happiness Nancy Kate, your name is deceiving. I’ve never heard someone with such a wholesome name talk like that. Karma will get you
(((Benjamin))) here knows aaaaallll about hating white people.
We must kill rap music not hip-hop. Rap is becoming like smooth jazz and rock n roll all white. I’m tired of this bullshit. We have to protect our music from commercialization now before it’s too late. I bought M’s first album but it sounded too pop for me so i didn’t buy another one from him. I knew he was going to sell out black music and dr.dre helped seal the deal with his blackness. Dr.dre just wanted the money too he doesn’t care about hip-hop either. I don’t mind white hip hop artists with skills because their not trying to sellout but these white pop rappers must go. M and the rest of them are phonies. This is our music, create your own shit and leave us alone. If you want to be down with black culture don’t be a jonny come lately. This is black ghetto music come live the life first before you jump on stage and try to be black. Hip hop artists must ban together to stop this white washing again. Hip hop is ONE WAY an average black man can get paid and stay out the streets. Of course, some type of education is always the best way to get pay. M doesn’t deserve the number 1 album but he is a pop rapper that doesn’t need black people’s credible anymore. Hip hop dx MUST get rid of these clowns. Otherwise, white pop fans will take over this forum too. I don’t hate white people. I just want white rappers with skills. If their album goes number 1 then it’s probably a banga then i’ll buy it because it’s quality not white pop rap garbage. The rap years 2000-2018 must die including lil wayne, drake, g-easy, M, mumble rap, trap music, rnb mixed with hip hop and autotunes. I come from the golden era of hip hop. I love hip hop like a family member. PEACE!
“The rap years 2000-2018 must die including lil wayne, drake, g-easy, M, mumble rap, trap music, rnb mixed with hip hop and autotunes. I come from the golden era of hip hop. I love hip hop like a family member. PEACE!”
I agree with this statement right here. Hip Hop is not becoming “white” though. Hip Hop is one of the few genres that is supported by all races. Shitty music is shitty music though
The corporations came up with sorry ass rap music. They do not care about the art. The art being hip-hop music. Corporations want the easiest music to digest because they want their money now. A good hip-hop record takes time figure out unlike rap trash. Hip hop will turn into smooth jazz and rock n roll if we don’t boycott the radio. This way lil wayne, g-easy, M and the rest of them will die.
Too late. hiphop was sold out during the so called golden era so you should be mad at puff and Suge for the gift and the curse. And how could the average black man make a living off music now if its not commercialised ie made for sale to the masses who have money and pay for music. Also what does skills have to do with record sales ? look at the list of artists with number one albums Madonna Beatles U2 … all of them make music that appeal to white kids.
You are telling the truth! Everybody in the golden era weren’t true blue but 98 percent of us really care about the art. Today you guys just care about the so called hottest garbage rapper. In other words, the corporations tell the rap years 2000-2018 what to listen to.
Gtfoh with all that.. Hip hop in its pure form is still alive and well… You dont like all the bs being played on radio and being promoted all over?? (I dont either) THEN DONT LISTEN/STREAM/BUY or otherwise click on anything that has to do with the music you hate.. Any attention given to shit music helps promote it.. Smh.. Plenty of real hip hop out there.. Just click and watch the REAL only (real being subjective to each individual)
Em, i regard you as one of the best in the game. Your track record, skill, passion for the genre, and enthusiasm are evidently undeniable. Believe me, i mean no harm with what i am about to say, and congratulations on achieving this historic feat BUT….
Revival? Come on son…… this album is straight cancer.
And if he was black he wouldn’t even go gold. Sad truth.
Come on man! No race can mess with his lyrical content! Y’all on some fucked up shit for real!
His lyrical content is garbage.
yeah bc black ppl bootleg music and white people support ours..sucks u have a race that hates so much on successful artists they won’t even support your own legends
EM aint going gold.. (At least for a year or more).. Slim shady aint sellin.. The people aint just swallowing whatever he puts out.. Only classic material is gonna be gold or better opening weeknumbers.. #facts
Wow some of the comments in here are pretty harsh. This is a great accomplishment for Eminem.
This is incorrect. Jay-Z has no. 1 albums since Vol.2, so that makes 12 consecutive debuts. #facts
I read that it was the Beatles with 7 in a row
That part the end is just stating total no. 1 albums those artists have, not consecutively.
Album’s still trash, though.
lmao all you EM haters scrounging up your excuses.. said fuck his fan base and almost gold lardy. next week hell be gold
If he didn’t say fuck his fan base, he would be gold already.
aww look at all these butt hurt black haters in here like ‘omg its bc he’s white he sold this much’ nah its bc white people support our LEGENDS..while you fake hiphop fans talk shit about ur legends being to old and they struggle to pass 100k
if u haters r mad at anyone stop bootlegging ur fav rappers music, buy it and maybe they won’t struggle to do eminem numbers haha bunch of whiney babies
White people idolize their celebrities to an extreme level so I’m not surprised
White people support what they like. They don’t seek freebies as much as others.
In about 10 years white folks will claim they invented hip-hop.
so does every nationality and race, to whichever music they like/enjoy you racist scum. You bring race up because you have no other thought to conceive so you stay with the most basic concept of a weak attack. whether you’re trying to create a disturbance or be racist and act like everyone is and your aren’t your kidding yourself. Majority of people are weak minded and unknowledgeable of information and understanding what is presented to them. You got no IQ, just hate and no patience to properly express yourself.
I’d like you to meet the Bey-Hive. Don’t put this on us.
and it still sucks
Everybody leave race out of it. Can’t we just let people listen to what and who without judging. Come on people. Let great artists be great. If you don’t like eminem or his music that’s cool, but don’t ruin it for others.
Eminem is the only rap music that a most of his white fans listen to. Billy Bob down at the steel mill wouldn’t know what “lyrical content” is if it slapped him in the face but he’s an Eminem “fan”. Lol GTFOH. If he was black, he wouldn’t give a shit about him, let’s be real.
Heres a tissue..
The truth hurts, I know and I’m here for you my son.
It wasn’t about him being black or white… he simply was dope years ago. So we’re all the dr dre protégés. Can you honestly tell yourself that 50 cent, xzibit, snoop, game, kendrick, or any of the dre protégés made music as legendary or talented as Eminem? Closest was GRODT. But even at that, nobody was able to show up Eminem a decade ago. He’d even outshine jayz on his own tracks, which is really saying something. I’ll admit he sucks now, and I hated revival. But it’s not about skin color. It’s about music. And no duh it appealed to white boys. It was the story of a poor who’re boy growing up in Detroit and Michigan. Same reason black boys could relate to Tupac. Both were story tellers and really connected to listeners s.
It’s true. Em opened up hiphop to a whole new generation and background of listeners. He should be thanked for it. He is the white rapper of hiphop, and is unlikely to be replaced where many labels have attempted.
eminem’s been garbage for the past decade. i know he has it in him to make one more focused hip hop album instead of all this pop bullshit.
This SJW bullshit would of course sell. He is going all BLM when he isn’t even black. LOL. Never mind that BLM is total bullshit. I don’t see him doing a benefit for Chiraq or his hometown city for all the blacks killed by other blacks. I’m one year Chicago alone has blacks murdering other blacks at a rate of almost 10X what cops have killed blacks in the last 10 years. I guess he should also focus on the lack of math in public schools? LOL. Where is all the suicide? Overdoses? Drugs? STDs? Shit you are famous for? You SELLOUT. The worst kind of sellout is the one who sells out AFTER he doesn’t need the money. The verse on Pink’s Revenge shit sounded like old Slim. Better than this whole wack album.
He made 1 verse in perspective of BLM..get a grip
This is sooooooooo incorrect. Every Jay-Z album since Hard Knock Life has debuted #1 so that makes 11 consecutive debuts. DO some research. Please. Even if you break it up because of Best of Both Worlds, Collision Course and Unfinished Business make it 9 straight. UGH.