{"id":28535,"date":"2024-07-26T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=28535"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T15:05:55","slug":"eminems-top-10-most-popular-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/eminems-top-10-most-popular-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem\u2019s Top 10 most popular albums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-CVR-02-Eminem-The-Death-of-Slim-Shady-FB.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - Eminem\u2019s Top 10 most popular albums\" class=\"wp-image-28536\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-CVR-02-Eminem-The-Death-of-Slim-Shady-FB.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-CVR-02-Eminem-The-Death-of-Slim-Shady-FB-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-CVR-02-Eminem-The-Death-of-Slim-Shady-FB-410x260.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-CVR-02-Eminem-The-Death-of-Slim-Shady-FB-435x275.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(Image credit: Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Rapper Eminem, aka Slim Shady, has released 12 studio albums, two compilation albums, and one extended play. In 2008 he was the best-selling rapper of all time (<em>The New York Sun<\/em>) and in 2009 was the best-selling artist of the 2000s [<em>The Universal Music Group<\/em>] with U.S. album sales at over 32.25 million during the decade. And now, research shows which of Eminem\u2019s albums&nbsp;have the most daily streams on Spotify, with&nbsp;<strong><em>The Death of Slim Shady<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;taking the top spot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Casino sweepstake comparison site&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/casinossweeps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Casinos Sweeps<\/a>&nbsp;analyzed&nbsp;the number of Spotify streams each of Eminem\u2019s albums have, as well as how many songs are in each album and how long they have been available on Spotify, to&nbsp;determine&nbsp;which&nbsp;ones&nbsp;have the&nbsp;highest number of streams per song per day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Taking the top spot is&nbsp;<strong><em>The Death of Slim Shady<\/em><\/strong>, with each song being played&nbsp;<strong>5,157,451<\/strong>&nbsp;times per day on&nbsp;average.&nbsp;Released&nbsp;on July 12<sup>th<\/sup>, it is Eminem\u2019s 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;studio album.&nbsp;The rapper&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;on social media that it is a&nbsp;\u201cconceptual album,\u201d&nbsp;and that&nbsp;\u201cif the songs are listened to out of order, they might not make sense.\u201d&nbsp;It&nbsp;tells the story of&nbsp;Eminem\u2019s alter ego, calling out Gen Z, cancel culture, pronoun usage,&nbsp;and more&nbsp;in true Slim Shady style.&nbsp;It also&nbsp;contains&nbsp;many references and similarities to his older music, including many mentions of Christopher Reeve, who Eminem has now dissed 44 times in his career.&nbsp;This album took the music industry&nbsp;by storm,&nbsp;quickly becoming a favorite, with the most played song being&nbsp;<em>Houdini<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In second place is&nbsp;<strong><em>Kamikaze<\/em><\/strong>, with an average&nbsp;daily&nbsp;play count of&nbsp;<strong>119,496&nbsp;<\/strong>per song.&nbsp;A surprise drop in 2018, the album&nbsp;features Eminem&#8217;s unapologetic responses to his critics, addressing the backlash from his&nbsp;previous&nbsp;album,&nbsp;<em>Revival<\/em>.&nbsp;With its aggressive tone,&nbsp;<em>Kamikaze&nbsp;<\/em>provided an unfiltered commentary on the state of the music industry, taking aim at&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;mumble rappers&nbsp;and media personalities. The album received mixed reviews,&nbsp;but was praised for its raw energy, rapid-fire&nbsp;lyrics&nbsp;and complex wordplay, with the most played song being&nbsp;<em>Venom<\/em>.&nbsp;It now has the 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;highest all-time&nbsp;streams&nbsp;of any Eminem album.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>Music to Be Murdered By<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;ranks third, with&nbsp;<strong>96,661<\/strong>&nbsp;streams per song per day.&nbsp;Released in 2020,&nbsp;<em>MTBMB<\/em>&nbsp;drew inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s 1958 album of the same name, with elements of horror throughout.&nbsp;Collaborating with artists like Juice WRLD, Ed Sheeran, and&nbsp;Anderson ,Paak, the album\u2019s tracks vary from reflective songs about personal struggles and addiction, to critiques of societal issues and the current state of&nbsp;hip&nbsp;hop.&nbsp;Like most&nbsp;of Eminem\u2019s work, the album generated some controversy,&nbsp;particularly&nbsp;with tracks like&nbsp;<em>Darkness<\/em>, which delved&nbsp;into gun violence and the Las Vegas shooting.&nbsp;The track&nbsp;<em>Godzilla<\/em>, which broke the record for Eminem\u2019s fastest rap verse, is the most played song.&nbsp;Later the same year, Eminem released Side B of the album,&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;the same intensity and lyrical craftsmanship&nbsp;as&nbsp;Side A.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Eminem\u2019s Most Played Albums on Spotify&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Rank<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Album<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Average&nbsp;Spotify streams&nbsp;per song per day<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Death of Slim Shady&nbsp;<\/td><td>5,157,451&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2&nbsp;<\/td><td>Kamikaze&nbsp;<\/td><td>119,496&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3&nbsp;<\/td><td>Music To Be Murdered By&nbsp;<\/td><td>96,661&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Eminem Show&nbsp;<\/td><td>62,058&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5&nbsp;<\/td><td>Recovery&nbsp;<\/td><td>51,986&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Marshall Mathers LP2&nbsp;<\/td><td>47,393&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Marshall Mathers LP&nbsp;<\/td><td>43,706&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8&nbsp;<\/td><td>Revival&nbsp;<\/td><td>42,660&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9&nbsp;<\/td><td>Encore&nbsp;<\/td><td>24,423&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Slim Shady LP&nbsp;<\/td><td>13,409&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Next on the list is&nbsp;<strong><em>The Eminem Show<\/em><\/strong>, with each song being played&nbsp;<strong>62,058<\/strong>&nbsp;times per day on Spotify.&nbsp;Released in 2002, the album dives deep into Eminem&#8217;s personal life, addressing his relationship with his family, his battles with fame, and his alter ego, Slim Shady.&nbsp;The album&#8217;s intricate lyrics,&nbsp;detailed storytelling, and controversial&nbsp;lines&nbsp;made it widely popular,&nbsp;earning it&nbsp;a Grammy Award.&nbsp;<em>The Eminem Show<\/em>&nbsp;is widely considered as one of Eminem\u2019s best&nbsp;albums, with tracks like&nbsp;<em>Without Me<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Cleanin\u2019 Out My Closet<\/em>&nbsp;becoming anthems.&nbsp;It has more&nbsp;total&nbsp;Spotify streams than any other Eminem album, at over&nbsp;7&nbsp;billion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Inline-Eminem-The-Eminem-Show-FB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Inline-Eminem-The-Eminem-Show-FB.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Inline-Eminem-The-Eminem-Show-FB-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Inline-Eminem-The-Eminem-Show-FB-435x231.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(Eminem, Image credit: Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In fifth place is&nbsp;<strong><em>Recovery<\/em><\/strong>, with&nbsp;<strong>51,986<\/strong>&nbsp;average plays per song per day.&nbsp;This album&nbsp;represented&nbsp;a pivotal moment in Eminem\u2019s career,&nbsp;marked by his journey towards sobriety and personal redemption. It&nbsp;contains&nbsp;themes of&nbsp;self-realization&nbsp;and resilience, especially in tracks such as&nbsp;<em>Going Through Changes<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>You\u2019re&nbsp;Never Over<\/em>, where he references his personal struggles and the death of his best friend, Proof.&nbsp;The album was praised for its honesty and maturity,&nbsp;topping charts worldwide and winning yet another Grammy for Best Rap Album.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">With&nbsp;<strong>47,393<\/strong>&nbsp;daily streams per song,&nbsp;<strong><em>The Marshall Mathers LP2<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;ranks sixth.&nbsp;Released in 2013, this album&nbsp;is&nbsp;a sequel to&nbsp;<em>The Marshall Mathers LP<\/em>,&nbsp;which came out&nbsp;in 2000. It balances&nbsp;emotional tracks that delve into his personal struggles,&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<em>Legacy&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Stronger Than I Was<\/em>, with&nbsp;more energetic and confrontational songs,&nbsp;including the legendary&nbsp;<em>Rap God<\/em>.&nbsp;The album was highly praised, receiving&nbsp;multiple nominations and awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The first&nbsp;<strong><em>Marshall Mathers LP<\/em><\/strong>is next, with&nbsp;<strong>43,706<\/strong>&nbsp;average plays per song per day.&nbsp;This groundbreaking album cemented&nbsp;Eminem\u2019s&nbsp;status as one of the most influential artists of his generation. It&nbsp;contains&nbsp;classics such as&nbsp;<em>The Real Slim Shady<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Stan<\/em>, combining&nbsp;Eminem\u2019s razor-sharp wit with his provocative storytelling skills.&nbsp;The album&nbsp;received widespread critical acclaim for its boldness and creativity, now having over&nbsp;four&nbsp;billion total Spotify streams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>Revival&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>is eighth, with each song being played an average of&nbsp;<strong>42,660&nbsp;<\/strong>times each day.&nbsp;In this album, Eminem collaborated with artists such as&nbsp;Beyonc\u00e9&nbsp;and Alicia Keys,&nbsp;tackling&nbsp;social and political issues while reflecting on&nbsp;his own&nbsp;personal growth and struggles.&nbsp;While&nbsp;<em>Revival&nbsp;<\/em>received&nbsp;extremely mixed reviews from critics and fans, it&nbsp;showcased&nbsp;his lyrical prowess and willingness to take risks, gaining just under&nbsp;two&nbsp;billion total Spotify streams since its release.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In ninth place is&nbsp;<strong><em>Encore<\/em><\/strong>, with an average daily play count of&nbsp;<strong>24,423&nbsp;<\/strong>per song.&nbsp;Released in 2004, the album&nbsp;contains&nbsp;a wide variety of tracks, from&nbsp;<em>Mosh&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Like Toy Soldiers<\/em>, which address&nbsp;personal and political&nbsp;issues, to more&nbsp;amusing&nbsp;\u2018Slim Shady\u2019 style songs such as&nbsp;<em>Big&nbsp;Weenie<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Just Lose It<\/em>.&nbsp;Since its release, it has been played over&nbsp;three&nbsp;billion times in total. It received some criticism for its excessive&nbsp;humor, especially in tracks such as&nbsp;<em>Ass Like That<\/em>, however, it&nbsp;contains&nbsp;a lot of classics and&nbsp;remains&nbsp;a fan favorite.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tenth is&nbsp;<strong><em>The Slim Shady LP<\/em><\/strong>, with&nbsp;<strong>13,409<\/strong>&nbsp;average plays per song per day.&nbsp;This was Eminem\u2019s debut studio album, and the first to be produced by music legend Dr Dre.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was&nbsp;the first introduction of Eminem\u2019s&nbsp;iconic&nbsp;alter ego, Slim Shady,&nbsp;delving into themes of violence, drug use, and societal alienation with a dark sense of humor. Tracks like&nbsp;<em>My Name Is<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Guilty Conscience<\/em>&nbsp;showcased&nbsp;Eminem\u2019s&nbsp;unapologetic, humorous&nbsp;lyricism, with the album&nbsp;receiving&nbsp;widespread&nbsp;critical acclaim for its boldness. It&nbsp;won&nbsp;Eminem&nbsp;his first&nbsp;Grammy,&nbsp;and&nbsp;remained&nbsp;at number one on the&nbsp;<em>Billboard 200<\/em>&nbsp;for eight consecutive weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>A spokesperson from<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/casinossweeps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Casinos Sweeps<\/a><strong>&nbsp;has commented:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt is fascinating to see which albums people are listening to the most\u00a0on a daily basis. It is no\u00a0surprise\u00a0to see\u00a0Eminem\u2019s latest\u00a0masterpiece,\u00a0<em>The Death of Slim Shady<\/em>,\u00a0at\u00a0the top\u00a0of the list, transporting fans back to his older style of music.\u00a0\u00a0From the fearlessness and boldness of\u00a0<em>The Slim Shady LP<\/em>\u00a0to the\u00a0raw and emotional tracks on\u00a0<em>Recovery<\/em>, Eminem is a master in his craft,\u00a0with each album taking his fans through the story of his life.\u00a0His legacy\u00a0truly\u00a0is unmatched by any other hip hop artist today.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhile Eminem has given us plenty of fantastic albums, fans can only hope for more to&nbsp;come&nbsp;in the future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songkick.com\/artists\/182968-eminem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Songkick<\/a>, Eminem has two upcoming concerts, December 7 in Abu Dhabi, and December 10 in Manama, Bahrain.  Released one\u00a0 month ago, and currently with 2.3 million views, you can check out the music video for <em>The Death of Slim Shady<\/em>, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady (Music Video)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M_OPNxXjjZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/casinossweeps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Casinos Sweeps<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today<\/em><em><br>Follow Richard on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;<em>&amp;&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rdwebster54\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to their plays on Spotify, his #1 most popular album has an average of 5,157,451 plays per song, per day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[503,16,595,478,18204,11,6678],"tags":[18314,42,5486,18316,18317,18318,18325,431,297,18320,3128,10551,18323,18326,18315,16572,18319,18321,18324,18322,18327,13713],"class_list":["post-28535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-entertainment","category-feel-good-news","category-music","category-top-10-lists","category-top-news","category-video","tag-casinos-sweeps","tag-celebrities","tag-eminem","tag-eminems-most-played-albums-on-spotify","tag-eminems-most-popular-albums","tag-eminems-most-popular-albums-ranked","tag-encore-album","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-music-to-be-murdered-by","tag-rap","tag-rappers","tag-recovery-album","tag-revival-album","tag-slim-shady","tag-spotify","tag-the-death-of-slim-shady","tag-the-eminem-show","tag-the-marshall-mathers-lp","tag-the-marshall-mathers-lp2","tag-the-slim-shady-lp","tag-top-10-lists","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28540,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28535\/revisions\/28540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}