NEW YORK, Sept 10 — After Eminem’s latest album Kamikaze earned a number-one spot on the US Billboard chart, the seasoned rapper can count himself among an elite group of artists to earn nine chart-topping albums.
Billboard revealed yesterday that Kamikaze, which the rapper released with no prior announcement on August 31, had taken the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending September 6.
With 434,000 equivalent album units sold over the course of the week, the new album far surpasses Eminem’s previous LP, Revival, which debuted at No. 1 with 267,000 units on the chart dated January 3, 2018.
All nine of Eminem’s albums released since the 2000s have debuted in the top spot on the Billboard chart; the only exception among his major-label releases was 1999’s The Slim Shady LP, which reached No. 2.
As Billboard reveals, the rapper is now tied with Garth Brooks and the Rolling Stones as fifth-place leaders in the chart’s history. The few acts claiming more No. 1 albums are the Beatles (with 19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen (11), Barbra Streisand (11) and Elvis Presley (10).
In the UK, Kamikaze likewise claimed a new record for Eminem, who surpassed ABBA and Led Zeppelin to claim the record for the most consecutive chart-topping albums in the UK. As in the US, it became his ninth album in a row to reach number one, according to the UK Official Charts Company. — AFP-Relaxnews
