50 Cent’s debut album was released on Shady Records and produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre. It became an immediate success.
The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, selling over 872,000 copies in its first week of sales. It was the bestselling album of 2003, selling more than 12 million pure copies worldwide by the end of the year.
It has multiplatinum status, with 8,435,000 US pure album sales and over 15 million sales worldwide.
