Eminem Achieves 11th Billboard No. 1 Album with ‘The Death of Slim Shady

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Eminem has secured his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, dated July 27, with his latest studio effort, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). The album debuted at the top of the list, launching with 281,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during the week ending July 18, according to Luminate. This marks the largest week for any rap album in 2024.

According to Billboard, Eminem ties Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and Ye (formerly Kanye West) for the fifth-most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200. The Beatles hold the record with 19 No. 1s, followed by Jay-Z and Taylor Swift with 14 each and Drake with 13.

Of the 281,000 first-week units for The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), 164,500 SEA units account for 220.08 million on-demand official streams of the album’s tracks, placing it at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums. Album sales total 114,000, all from digital downloads, as there was no physical release. TEA units comprise 2,500.

Slim Shady is known to have no chill and spare no one when it comes to taking shots. And let’s be real, lyrically most artists don’t want any smoke. On Eminem’s newest LP  “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” the “Lose Yourself” rapper targets Kanye West, P Diddy, and even Ja Rule, queue 50 Cent meme when he says “Why they say F-me for.” 

Released today (July 12), this marks the 51-year-old rapper’s 12th studio album that touts singles like “Houdini” and “Tobey” which have already sparked plenty of fan reactions.

In this concept album, Eminem grapples with his alter ego, Slim Shady, while referencing various musicians throughout the tracks.

First Ye … On the track “Bad One,” Eminem appears to come for Kanye, also known as Ye, with the lyrics: “Brain is dead, space cadet / Like when Ye forgets to take his meds.” In “Antichrist,” he seemingly mocks Kanye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s infamous sex tape with Ray J: “Ray they wish that I wasn’t so angry / They wanna see me goin’ off the deep end like Ye, aye / Rather see me do like Kim Kardashian they say, yeah / And find a way to get rid of all of this rage, aye [Ray J].”

Next Diddy is in the cross hairs …  Insert chuckle …The embattled mogul receives the most pointed attacks, especially regarding his multiple sexual assault allegations. In “Antichrist,” Eminem references a 2016 incident involving Diddy and his ex-girlfriend Cassie: “Next idiot ask me is gettin’ his ass beat worse than Diddy did / But on the real, though / She prolly ran out the room with his f—in’ dildo / He try to field goal punt her, she said to chill / Now put it back in my ass and get the steel toe.” 

And there’s more smoke for Diddy … Another sharp diss comes in “Fuel”: “I’m like a R-A-P-E-R / Got so many S-As, S-As / Wait, he didn’t just spell the word ‘rapper’ and leave out a P, did he? / R.I.P., rest in peace Biggie / And ‘Pac, both of y’all should be living / But I ain’t tryna beef with him / ‘Cause he might put a hit on me like Keefe D did him.”

And we mentioned Ja Rule who caught some not so subtle strays. The Queens rapper was targeted on “Guilty Conscience 2,” where Eminem raps: “When I say, ‘F— midgets,’ I mean Ja Rule,” recalling his 2003 diss track “Hailie’s Revenge (Doe Rae Me)” where he labeled Ja Rule a “little mothaf—in’ midget.”

Whelp. There you have it.

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