Eminem ‘The Death Of Slim Shady’ First-Week Sales Projections
Eminem‘s new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is set to make a big splash on the Billboard charts, judging by its first-week sales projections.
HITS Daily Double reported on Monday (July 15) that the project is expected to earn between 270,000 and 290,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week.
This would secure Em a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200, dethroning Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department after a dominant 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart.
It would additionally mark the Detroit rap legend’s eleventh No. 1 album, placing him stage with Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand. Only Drake (13), Swift (14), JAY-Z (additionally 14) and The Beatles (19) have extra.
While the 270-290K ballpark sits on the decrease finish of the spectrum for Eminem, whose 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP opened with a staggering 1.78 million models, The Death of Slim Shady might nonetheless outsell more moderen efforts like Revival (267,000) and Music to be Murdered By (279,000).
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the album has stirred controversy since its launch final Friday. Earlier this week, Eminem obtained a fiery response from conservative commentator Candace Owens after dissing her on the Dr. Dre-produced “Lucifer.”
“And Candace O, I ain’t mad at her / I ain’t gon’ throw the fact bitch forgot she was Black back at her / Laugh at her like them crackers she’s backin’ after her back is turned / In a cute MAGA hat with her brand-new White Lives Matter shirt,” he rapped.
He continued: “Or say this MAGA dirtbag in a skirt / Just opened the biggest can of worms on the whole planet Earth / Call her Grand Wizard, Klandace Grand Dragon or / Like the national anthem, I won’t stand for the tramp / But I can’t diss her ’cause my plans are to get in her pants and I’ll blow my chance if I answer back to her.”
Owens responded to Eminem in a prolonged rant on her YouTube channel, accusing of him being a closeted gay.
“First thing I wanna say is Eminem is obviously a gay man. It’s very sad that Eminem cleaned out his closet but never came out of his closet,” she stated, referencing his 2002 hit.
Eminem Buries Any Remaining Prospects Of His Longevity On ‘The Death Of Slim Shady’
She added: “I just would like to again remind people that he is in fact a struggling internally gay man and we should pray for him.”
Owens additionally claimed that she determined to reply to his lyrics to “help him go viral” as a result of “this is very sad. I want you to feel sad for Eminem ’cause this is just not the way for someone’s career to go down the drain […] He can be relevant just by me speaking about him.”
“It would have meant something if he was at his prime,” she added. “He is not at the peak of his career; he is at the end of it. His career should have ended, like, 15 years ago and he keeps going.”
The Death of Slim Shady additionally noticed Eminem take photographs at Diddy over his alleged historical past of rape and brutal assault of Cassie, in addition to Ja Rule, Lizzo and “corny white rappers.”
