Eminem’s Return To Rap With Relpase Debuts Number 1 With 608k Units Sold

May 27th, 2009 | Chozen | 15 comments | 872 views

Eminem’s newest album Relapse debuts number with 608,000 sold in its first week, it the biggest numbers so far this year, This is his 5th number one album and between his sex albums Em has sold over 34 million in the U.S., making him the biggest selling hip-hop act in the SoundScan era (1991-present). Method Man & Redman sold 63k while Busta Rhymes debuted with 59k records sold. The margin between the 3 artist most certainly displays who’s buying albums and who isn’t.

I’m a bit surprised by the numbers, I didn’t expect the album to perform this well being that apart from Crack A Bottle, he didn’t have any hit records which goes to show you that Eminem’s past work and legacy is still influencing today sales.

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Comment by Smash on 27 May 2009:

haha now officer ricky has nothing on em. You hear that you fat motherfucking fraud? Talk all the shit you want.

I wonder which song off ems new album will be on the radio next. Beautiful seems like its got the touch, its alot like mockingbird, or when Im gone. Also, everyone should check the last joint on Relapse, Underground. Its Em spitting his hardest,

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Comment by Collegiate on 27 May 2009:

I think the number just show how much the game has changed since he has been absent. I think he should have sold more after being gone that long just because his level of superstardom and the anticipation that has built up over the years. Also, the shit leaked two weeks early. Definately a hot album though. Red n Mef delivered as well

Does anyone know if Bustas album is any good though? i wanna now before i cop it

Comment by aahahahah on 27 May 2009:

eminem is fucking trash… these numbers don’t mean anything — white america still got plenty money to buy albums, which is why people like madonna still make the most paper… unfortunately, the streets ain’t buying albums right now

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May 27th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

yeah thas how wayne went plat huh?

Comment by raj on 27 May 2009:

smash your right..underground is seriouss business..but i think he should release my mom as the next single..something thats gona mess with the general public lol or insane

Comment by boss on 28 May 2009:

I liked Stay Wide Awake a lot. Hopefully that turns into a single. Also in the op, did you mean six albums instead of “sex albums?”

Comment by prince o on 28 May 2009:

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YALL TALKIN ABOUT… THIS ALBUM IS FUCKIN TRASH!!! YALL CAN’T SERIOUSLY ENJOY THIS ALBUM.. I WAS THINKIN DUDE WAS GONNA COME HEAVY, BUT I REALIZED HE IS PAST HIS TIME AND OVERRATED

Comment by jeancy on 28 May 2009:

i aint surprized…
eminem hella good!

Comment by Collegiate on 28 May 2009:

I dont know how people call this album trash. Nobody can rhyme like Em. He’s too complexed with his shit. Seriously,
How many people you know can name every serial killer who ever existed in a row,
Put em in chronological order beginning with Jack the Ripper,
Name the time and place from the body the bag the zipper,
Location of the woods where the body was dragged and then dumped,
The trunk that they were stuffed in, the model the make the plate
and which model which lake they found her in,
and how they attacked the victim,
Say which murder weapon was used to do what and which one,
which knife and which gun, what kid, what wife, and which nun?,
Too dirty!

Comment by honest on 28 May 2009:

prince-o, shame on you for being so stupid. Em’s gave a dear needed rebirth to hip hop. Haven’t you heard, hip hop was dead? Thank EM for bring back good music you ignorant pussy!

Comment by wesley on 28 May 2009:

yo em wouldve hit a million and busta and method man wouldve had a lot more sales if all da niggas would stop burnin and downloadin s hit haha all dem white folk control the music industry right now cus they da only ones who actually buy the albums

Comment by Smash on 29 May 2009:

Anybody can talk shit, but how much people on this site who hate on him actaully spit harder then em? Yeah, thats what i thought.

Its like Collegiate said. His numbers just show how much the game has changed since Em’s mlittle disappearance. But it still shows that he has more talent then almost anybody in the game, and that no matter how long his vacation,how shitty the economy is, how much people are downloading, or how much bullshit rappers are out there, Em, will still remain a huge Icon to hip hop, and he WILL be remembered for his contribution to hip hop. Peace.

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O yeah one more thing. the only problem I had with this album was that stupid middle eastern dialect. I dont know if he’s tryna be funny, or if he really is sober like he said. Regardless, the album has some sick joints. As I said, Check out Underground, Stay Wide Awake and Old Times Sake.