Eminem’s new single has brought record-breaking numbers and has already proven to be Marshall’s biggest debut week in years. Here are the numbers to demonstrate the song’s success.
Eight days since the release, “Houdini” is going strong on all streaming platforms. On the home soil, in the US, the track currently holds the following positions:
iTunes: No.1
Youtube: No.1
Amazon: No.2
Spotify: No.4
Apple Music: No.4
Shazam: No.10
Talking about Shazam, “Houdini” was looked up 245,000 on the platform over the week, which makes this week the biggest for any Eminem song in history.
The song’s presence on Spotify stays strong. “Houdini” broke Marshall’s personal streaming record on the first day of release and has continued to do so since. The most recent available number shows “Houdini” hitting 9 million daily streams — a new personal best for Eminem.
1st day: 7.9 million
2nd day: 7.2 million
3rd day: 6.8 million
4th day: 8.5 million
5th day: 8.7 million
6th day: 8.8 million
7th day: 8.9 million
8th day: 9.1 million
In 8 days, it has brought the total count to 66.1 million streams (combined for both explicit and clean versions).
Of course, the single’s success and the increased attention to Eminem’s back catalogue positively affected his ranking as an artist. He stays in the Top 5 of most streamed artists on Spotify Global and in the Top 10 in other countries, including:
US: No.10
UK: No.3
Australia: No.3
Canada: No.6
Germany: No.7
He has also reached a new career peak of 75.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify, getting over 1.2 million listeners to his count yesterday, June 7. Eminem is currently ranked the 11th artist with the most monthly listeners, surpassing Justin Bieber and David Guetta.
Meanwhile, on YouTube, “Houdini” holds the title of the fastest-viewed rap song of 2024. “Houdini” has become Eminem’s second fastest music video to reach 50 million views, following closely behind “Godzilla”. The visuals have achieved this result in a week. Now, on day 8, “Houdini” has over 56 million views and over 3 million likes.
It all translates into a charting success for “Houdini”. We have confirmed reports of the single topping the charts from Australia, Iceland, and the UK.
The UK case is especially impressive.
“Houdini” topped the Official Chart UK with 104,800 units moved in the first week (including 13.3 million streams). It is the best selling week for a single in the UK in a year, and even more importantly, it is the biggest opening week of Marshall’s career since “Without Me” in 2002. “Houdini” has become Em’s first solo No.1 single in the UK in 19 years. The last time he achieved this feat was with “Like Toy Soldiers” in 2005.
“Houdini” is also scheduled to debut at No.1 in Canada.
Eminem — “Houdini” Heads for No.1 in Canada
In the US, “Houdini” is challenging No.1, having secured No.2.
No.2 – is the single’s result in New Zealand, where the top has remained blocked by Tommy Richman.
Talking about TikTok stars, Eminem did well on this platform as well. “Houdini” has landed at No.10 on the Viral 50 Music Chart ad generated over 114,000 video posts on the platform in the first week.
More national charts will show how well “Houdini” did around the world, but even this short review shows that Shady’s back and he is stronger than ever.
