On June 10, 2000, Eminem’s third studio album “The Marshal Mathers LP” debuted atop the Billboard 200 with record-breaking 1,760,000 album copies sold.
This is the highest result for the first week sales in hip hop history.
MMLP remains the highest-selling hip hop album in the Nielsen-Soundscan era, and judging by how the sales structure has changed, its title will stay unchallenged.
Listen to the album below: