Eminem's `Relapse' tops charts, sells 608,000

Eminem's `Relapse' tops charts, sells 608,000


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NEW YORK – Eminem's new album, "Relapse," has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year.

Nielsen SoundScan says the Detroit rapper's first album in nearly five years sold 608,000 copies.

"Relapse" is Eminem's fifth straight No. 1 album. His last disc, 2004's "Encore," sold 711,000 in its first week — though that was only across four days. It went on to sell 5.1 million copies.

Last week's chart topper, Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown," slid to No. 2, adding 166,000 copies sold to the 215,000 copies the band sold in its initial, abbreviated three-day sales week.

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Eminem trounces the competition in a crowded week, scoring the year's biggest chart debut

May 27, 2009, 11:16 AM | by Simon Vozick-Levinson

Eminem_l The real Slim Shady just stood up in a major way, debuting at the top of the latest Billboard 200 albums chart with 608,000 copies sold of his Relapse, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's this year's biggest opening number by a healthy margin, leaving U2's 484,000 bow in March far behind. Let this serve as a reality check for anyone who's been questioning Eminem's continued relevance in 2009: The man remains a massive force at the nation's cash registers.

If anything, it appears the five-year wait between studio albums while Em sorted out his personal life might have actually been a good thing for Relapse's sales. Best Buy manager Jonathan Hart tells the Music Mix that the delay has helped bring "a lot of customers" into the Manhattan store where he works. "People weren't sure if this guy was ever going to be back," Hart tells the Music Mix. "It's generated hype because of that." Fuse TV vice president David Weier echoes this thought: "I often criticize the record business for rushing records out too soon. You've got to let people miss you. That's exactly what he did this time: He stepped out of the light, away from the media, away from the attention, [and] let people wonder."

Then again, does Marshall Mathers even give a proverbial bleep how many CDs he sells at this point in his career? "I know for a fact that he's not doing it for the money," Eminem's touring DJ, the Alchemist, recently told me. "The guy's made a lot in his life." That he has -- and I'm sure the highers-up at Interscope are nonetheless very pleased that he's just made a bunch more. Read on after the jump for sales results on the rest of this week's bumper crop of new releases.

Coming in at No. 2 this week was Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown with 166,000 units moved in its first full sales week, bringing the 10-day sales total up to 481,000. Kenny Chesney's creatively titled Greatest Hits II took No. 3 with 89,000. Method Man and Redman did themselves proud at No. 4 with 63,000 of Blackout! 2. No. 5 went to Dane Cook, who sold 61,000 of his new "comedy" set, ISolated INcident. Busta Rhymes landed at No. 6 with 59,000 of his Back on My B.S.

But wait! There's more! Taking a brief breather for familiar faces Miley Cyrus (No. 7) and Lady GaGa (No. , the march of new releases resumes with Tori Amos at No. 9 with 41,000 copies sold of Abnormally Attracted to Sin. (Thought of the day: Both Miley and GaGa could probably stand to listen to a little more Tori.) Next was One Tree Hill's Kate Voegele at No. 10, with 37,000 copies sold of A Fine Mess. Mat Kearney came in at No. 13 with 26,000 of City of Black & White. (No less an authority than Ricky Gervais has compared Kearney's earlier work to "spoken word that sounds like French hip-hop," so...make of that what you will?) Finally, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood sold 23,000 copies of Live From Madison Square Garden to win the No. 14 slot.

And that, folks, is how the overstuffed Memorial Day sales frame sorted out this year. What do you think of Eminem's commercial performance? Was it higher or lower than you expected? And how about all the other albums that made it onto the chart for the first time this week? Let's hear it, below.

http://music- mix.ew.com/ 2009/05/eminem- sales.html

i mean, what did they expect? It is Eminem, after all. Of course it's going to be a chart-blower.

LOL I know. Some people r mad & saying he didn't sell a mill what happend? Others laugh & stuff. I'm like it a recession for 1, the album did leak a day early for 2 & so what? He's the top selling artist so far for this year they claim. People are do 10 thousand-50 thousand to be #1 these days. Let the man enjoy his lime light. I know he's not used to those numbers either, but like he said he'd rather have respect.

The godfather of rap is back, four and a half year after his last studio-set, the new effort 'Relapse' outsold the competition easily with opening week sales of 1,01 million copies. That's the second
highest level this year so far, after U2's 'No Line On The Horizon' (1,18 million units, week 11 / 2009).
Eminem's last studio album 'Encore' bowed also at no.1after a three-day sales period with 1,04 million copies (week 48 / 2004) and grows up the following week to 1,48 million. Eminem's most succesful album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP' sold nearly 22 million copies to date and ranks at no.55 on the ALLTIME ALBUM CHART.

Source: http://mediatraffic.de/
Worldwide sales list:http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm

that's a fantastic result for a comeback Album these days.
he still knows how to make money. But the best thing is... I don't really think he cares to much.