No surprise: Eminem's "Relapse" brings the rapper back to familiar ground -- the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200. With 608,000 sold in its first week, it not only nets the biggest sales week of the year for any album, but the best since AC/DC's "Black Ice" began with 784,000 copies last October.
It's Eminem's fifth straight No. 1 debut -- and fifth overall No. 1. His only album to miss the top spot was his "Slim Shady LP" debut, which bowed and peaked at No. 2 in 1999.
His last studio set, 2004's "Encore," arrived with 711,000 after an abbreviated debut week -- it was released four days earlier than scheduled in order to counter leaks. A little over a year later, his greatest hits package "Curtain Call" took the stage with 441,000 in December 2005. Collectively, his six albums have sold 34 million in the U.S., making him the biggest selling hip-hop act in the SoundScan era (1991-present).
Via Keith Caulfield, L.A. for Billboard
I WAS WRONG. Em still had the biggest 1st week of the year (so far). Also in my defense, it's not fair to compare the album sales without mentioning the change in economic climate. It's like trying to compare today's album sales to that of the early 2000s. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
Late 2000s First Week
2009 608,000 Relapse - Eminem
2008 1,005,545 Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
2008 450,145 808's & Heartbreak - Kanye West
2007 975,000 Graduation - Kanye West
2007 425,861 American Gangster - Jay-Z
2006 684,000 Future Sex Love Sounds - JT
The Early 2000s First Week
1 2000 2,415,000 1 1 No Strings Attached - 'N Sync
2 2001 1,879,000 1 1 Celebrity - 'N Sync
3 2000 1,760,000 1 1 Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
4 2000 1,591,000 1 1 Black & Blue - Backstreet Boys
5 2002 1,320,000 1 2 The Eminem Show - Eminem
6 2000 1,319,000 1 1 Oops...I Did It Again - B. Spears
7 2001 1,258,000 1 6 1 - The Beatles
8 1999 1,133,000 1 1 Millennium - Backstreet Boys
9 2004 1,096,000 1 1 Confessions - Usher
10 1998 1,085,000 1 1 Double Live - Garth Brooks
11 2004 37,676 Inspiration - William Hung
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