Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 2 Sells 790k+ 1st Week + All 8 Of His Albums Enter The Billboard Top 200

EMINEM’S NEW ALBUMS SCORES HIGHEST 1ST WEEK SALES FOR A RAPPER THIS YEAR AND ALL OF HIS ALBUM ENTER BILLBOARD TOP 200

(AllHipHop News) For about 10 years, in terms of commercial success in Hip Hop, the rankings have been Eminem #1…and then everyone else. That continued this past week when Eminem’s eighth studio album in 14 years, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 scored the highest 1st week sales for a rapper with 792,000.

While not even half of the ridiculous 1.71 million 1st week sales its predecessor, The Marshall Mathers LP scored, Eminem’s 8th studio album has set off a string off record-breaking for the 41 year old MC. In addition to his new album being #1 on the Billboard Top 200, everyone of his eight solo studio albums has also entered the Billboard 200 simultaneously, a first for a rapper.

#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)

Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 also became his seventh straight #1 album in the U.K., making him the first American artist ever to achieve such a feat.

Check out Eminem performing The Marshall Mathers LP 2‘s first single, “Berzerk” live on the French nightly news show, Le Grand Journal below: