Eminem’s latest album has again taken the bull’s eye: “Recovery” debuted with 741,000 copies sold No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts. This is the new album of the white rapper from the U.S. city of Detroit, the bestselling car of the year, “Billboard” reported online.
The record still holds AC / DC with a launch of 784 000 pieces of her CD “Black Ice” in October 2008. With “Recovery” Eminem succeeded for the sixth consecutive time, to enter at the top of the charts. Only with “The Slim Shady” (1999), the artist had to be content in the first week with the second rank. Parallel to “recovery” the lead single, “Not Afraid”, which also can be heard Rihanna was sold this week another 380 000 time.
“Recovery” provides considerably more vocal than the previous record, “Relapse” (relapse). With her 2009 Eminem’s addiction to sleeping pills and tranquilizers had worked up. Except Rihanna and Lil Wayne and Dr. Dre are heard. Eminem was, according to the magazine “Rolling Stone” of the artist with the best record sales over the past decade.
The 37-year-old U.S. musician comes in July, the first time in seven years to Europe, the Swiss Open Air Frauenfeld (9.7.), The Scottish In The Park (10.7.) And the Irish Oxegen Festival (11.7.).