Even though Eminem’s ‘Revival’ album was originally underwhelming for many, he somehow found a way to make history with it. Em became the first artist ever with eight consecutive No. 1 album debuts, after ‘Revival’ topped the charts in its first week.
‘Revival’ marks his ninth album overall, but eighth major studio LP. It debuted on Billboard’s 200 chart at No. 1 with 276-thousand units sold, making it his eighth in-a-row. Of the 276-thousand copies sold, 197-thousand of them came from pure album sales, marking an impressive showing in this digital age of streaming-dominated media.
Marshall was able to accomplish this even though ‘Revival’ was the lowest first week total of his major career, not counting his debut album, ‘The Slim Shady LP’. His massive cult-like following still came through on a week where G-Eazy, Jeezy, N*E*R*D, among others released their albums.
His reign at the top of No. 1 debuts began in 2000 with ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ and followed with ‘The Eminem Show’ in 2002, ‘Encore’ in 2004, the best-of set ”Curtain Call: The Hits’ in 2005, ‘Relapse’ in 2009, ‘Recovery’ in 2010, The Marshall Mathers LP 3 in 2013, and ‘Revival’ this year.
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