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has issued a press releasestating that DMX has sold a whopping ten million albums since
1998. He released three multi-platinum albums in over one year,
and has been on 2 of the most successful Hip-Hop tours in history.
His first album, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, debuted at No. 1 on
the charts in 1998, and went on to sell 4 million records. The
same year, we were delivered Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood,
which debuted at number 1 as well, and has sold 3 million records
to date. A little after that, he dropped And Then There Was….X,
which has sold almost 3 million copies to date. DMX, Dr. Dre and
Eminem were also credited recently with helping the bottom line
of Seagrams Universal Music’s earnings for the quarter, while
most of the company posted losses.