Released in January 2020, “Music To Be Murdered By” is still going strong on Billboard.
Music to Be Murdered By, Eminem’s second straight surprise Billboard 200 debut following 2018’s Kamikaze, was lightning in a bottle. “Music to Be Murdered By” has already sold 2 million copies in the United States, marking yet another great achievement.
.@Eminem‘s ‘Music To Be Murdered By’ has now sold over 2 million units in the US.
— chart data (@chartdata) May 6, 2022
Music to Be Murdered Bywas released without notice in January, it had an immediate impact, selling 279,000 album-equivalent copies in its first week. Eminem became the first artist to have ten straight albums start at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and one of just six musicians in the United States to have ten No. 1 albums.
Music to Be Murdered By has already sold one million copies is RIAA platinum certification. With the exception of 2017’s critically panned Revival, Eminem’s major-label studio albums have all gone platinum or better, with two of them—2000’s Marshall Mathers LP and 2002’s The Eminem Show—receiving diamond awards for sales exceeding 10 million in the United States.
