Eminem dropped his fourth studio album on May 26, 2002. “The Eminem Show” has become an instant classic and arguably his best and factually best-selling record.
The album has featured D12, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg and Obie Trice, but more importantly, it showed the public more mature, socially conscious Eminem, who stepped forward as both producer and lyricist, leaving his Slim Shady alter ego behind on many songs.
The album brought such hits as “Without Me”, “Cleanin’ Out My Closet”, “Superman”, and “Sing for the Moment”. And even more importantly, “Till I Collapse” that has never been released as a single but proceeded to be one of Marshall’s most iconic and universally loved songs.
“Till I Collapse” is the highest certified song on the album with 5 Platinum plaques. It is also the most-streamed one on this record. Its Spotify count goes up to 1.06 billion streams, with the gap of over 190 million between it and “Without Me” that sits on second place with 815 million streams on Spotify.
“The Eminem Show” sold over 1.3 million copies in its second week in the US, debuting atop the Billboard 200 and the UK Official Album Chart.
Eventually, the album has sold 27 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time and Eminem’s best-selling album. It has been certified Diamond in the US in Canada and Double Diamond in Australia.
Listen to the album below:
