In the US, the record became the fastest-selling album by a solo artist until Adele surpassed it in 2015. The set was an immediate success, debuting at #2 in his native US and spawning his first Top 40 hit, My Name Is.Ī year later in 2000, the new superstar sold a massive 1.78 million copies in a week with The Marshall Mathers LP. In early 1999 though, the rapper issued his first album with Dr Dre‘s Aftermath Entertainment, The Slim Shady LP.
The album, released only in cassette and LP formats, remained unnoticed with sales close to zero. The iconic rapper shaped an entire generation with songs that are still massively popular today, such as The Real Slim Shady, Lose Yourself, Without Me, and Love The Way You Lie.īefore signing to a major record label at the end of the 1990s, Eminem dropped his debut studio album in 1996. If you wonder how big Eminem is, just think that among the artists who debuted in the last 30 years, he is the obvious #1.
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