Eminem sold more albums than any other musician in 2018.
Even after 20 years of his legendary career, the Rap God Eminem is still outselling his counterparts. BuzzAngle Music released their annual year-end report and it revealed that Eminem sold more albums (pure album sales) than any other music artist. Eminem has achieved the title of the top artist in 2018 based solely on album sales. During the calendar year, the 46-year-old rapper sold over 755,000 records.
Three singles were released to promote the album: “Fall,” “Venom,” from the 2018 film of the same name, and “Lucky You,” as well as a music video for “Good Guy” and a supporting tour. The album debuted at number one in 18 countries, making it Eminem’s eighth straight number-one album in the United States and the best-selling hip-hop album of 2018. The Recording Industry Association of America later awarded it platinum certification (RIAA).
Eminem sold 755,027 units in 2018, half of those came from his hit platinum album ‘Kamikaze‘ which was the 4th bestselling album of the year and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. K-Pop boy band BTS ranked number 2 on the list with 603,307 units, Chris Stapleton 3rd with 577,287 units, Metallica 4th with 539,861 units, and the joint album of Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ranked 5th with 526,803 units.
Up-and-coming K-Pop sensations BTS, who sold more than 603,000 records throughout the year, trailed closely behind the Detroit rapper. Chris Stapleton, a country artist, took third place with more than 577,000 sales. Metallica, the “world’s biggest heavy metal band,” sold about 540,000 CDs, while Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who collaborated on the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born, rounded out the Top 5.
Eminem also ranked 4th on the list of artists with total streams of 2018. He was streamed 4.7 billion times which included both audio and video streams. Drake topped the list with 10.5 billion streams, Post Malone ranked 2nd with 6.9 billion and the deceased rapper XXTentacion ranked 3rd with 5.9 billion streams.
Meanwhile, Eminem has been credited as one of the creators of some of the finest workout tunes ever.
According to Spotify data, the rapper’s song “Till I Collapse” is the most popular work-out music for the third year in a row. ‘Lose Yourself,’ an 8 Mile track, placed in second on the list.
The Detroit rapper was among the most streamed rappers on Spotify in 2022. He was streamed 7 billion times on the platform, which was third most after Drake on top and Kanye West on second number. However, the rapper dominated Youtube as he was the most viewed rapper on the platform in the same year with 5 billion plays.
Eminem is also earned the 2019 Grammy’s nomination for Best Rap Song for his collaboration with Joyner Lucas ‘Lucky You‘.
