Yesterday, Eminem‘s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) debuted atop The US Billboard 200 charts with 282,000 first week sales, giving the Detroit icon his 11th No. 1 album. It ends the 12-week reign of Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department, leaving her a week short of tying a nearly 50-year-old record. Only Stevie Wonder’s Grammy-winning classic Songs in the Key of Life spent more weeks on top (13) after debuting at No. 1. It later added a 14th nonconsecutive week.
Eminem was the first artist to score 10 straight No. 1-debuting albums. The Death of Slim Shady is the 15-time Grammy winner’s first album in 4 years, since Music to Be Murdered By. The new set’s lead single, “Houdini,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Billboard Global 200.
After the commercial success of the album, Eminem announced Slim Shady VS Marshall Mathers faceoff in collaboration with Complex magazine. Even though we are not completely sure what’s coming, it looks like Eminem is about to battle his alter ago, Slim Shady, directed by Mano A Mano production, brought by one and only, KEN KANIFF.
“i have no idea what this means but i LOOOVE IT” one of the fans commented. Another said: “This album is never going to end and I’m here for every second of it.” Someone replied: “Interview, short film, battle rap between the two, a full article, a photo shoot?! What the heck is this @ComplexMusic ?! This is driving me loco!”
EM, WHATEVER IT IS, BRING IT ON! Check the announcement below:
