Love it or hate it, the Rap God title is real. After the MMLP2 came through and crushed the buildings by selling 792,000 copies in its first week, all seven of Marshall’s other retail releases re-entered the Billboard charts — save for his indie releases, The Slim Shady EP and Infinite. If I was a betting man, I’d gamble on 8 Mile being in the Billboard 200 as well.
No one man should have all that power. Hats off for this achievement…
#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)