Eminem tops the album chart in the UK with “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).”
Eminem makes history in the UK charts as he earns his 11th number 1 album with “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).” The rapper now ties with David Bowie and U2 who have 11 chart-topping albums each. In the first week, the Detroit rapper’s new 12th studio album moved 45,000 chart units in the UK. The album’s first single “Houdini” also topped the charts following its release.
The rapper previously topped the album charts with his projects The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), The Eminem Show (2002), Encore (2004), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Relapse (2009), Recovery (2010), The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018) and Music To Be Murdered By (2020).
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The rapper recently been in the country as part of the promo run and also posed with the 11th number 1 album plaque at the Complex Pop-Up Experience in London. Just the other day, he made a surprise appearance at Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg’s “Gin & Juice” in London, and performed “Houdini” & “Forgot About Dre.”
The rapper’s new album TDOSS is expected to debut at #1 on the US Billboard 200 with a projected first-week number of around 287k units.
US albums chart preview (via @HITSDD):
#1 @Eminem 285K
#2 @ENHYPEN_members 118K
#3 Zach Bryan 94K
#4 @taylorswift13 85K
#5 @MorganWallen 68K
#6 @billieeilish 58K
#7 @ChappellRoan 56K
#8 @clairo 41K
#9 Megan Moroney 40K
#10 @NoahKahan 39K
#13 @charli_xcx 32K
#18 @theestallion 28K— chart data (@chartdata) July 16, 2024
