Eminem Top-Selling Artist Of 2000s

[Elano]

Even when Eminem achieved multi-platinum success as Dr. Dre's protege in 1999, no one could imagine the success the rapper from Detroit would have in the following decade.

Neilson Soundscan revealed on Tuesday (Dec. , that the rapper was not only the most successful Hip Hop artist of the decade, but the best-selling artist of any kind in the 2000s.

Eminem sold over 32.2 million records in this decade, beating out the Beatles. But fans of the English legends shouldn't fret, as the Beatles landed the number one spot with the decade's best-selling album, 1.

Of the ten albums that sold more than any other this decade, Eminem's were the only ones that placed twice, with 2000's Marshall Mathers LP (10.2 million) and 2003's Eminem Show (9.8 million copies) landing at the fourth and fifth spots, respectively. At the time of its release, Marshall Mathers LP had the fastest-selling solo album debut of all time, with 1.8 million sold in its first week.

Nielsen SoundScan's top-selling albums of the decade:

1. The Beatles, 1,11,499,000 units sold
2. 'NSYNC, No Strings Attached, 11,112,000 units sold
3. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, 10, 546,000 units sold
4. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, 10,204,000 units sold
5. Eminem, The Eminem Show, 9,799,000 units sold
6. Usher, Confessions, 9,712,000 units sold
7. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory, 9,663,000 units sold
8. Creed, Human Clay, 9,491,000 units sold
9. Britney Spears, Oops! ... I Did It Again, 9,185,000 units sold
10. Nelly, Country Grammar, 8,461,000 units sold

Nielsen SoundScan's top-selling digital songs of the decade:

1. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, "Low" 5,214,000 units sold
2. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis, "Just Dance," 4,690,000 units sold
3. Jason Mraz, "I'm Yours," 4,619,000 units sold
4. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, "Apologize," 4,439,000 units sold
5. The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow," 4,349,000 units sold
6. Soulja Boy Tell'em, "Crank That," 4,315,000 units sold
7. Lady Gaga, "Poker Face," 4,200,000 units sold
8. Coldplay, "Viva la Vida," 4,140,000 units sold
9. Taylor Swift, "Love Story," 4,005,000 units sold
10. Katy Perry, "Hot N Cold," 3,945,000 units sold

[GangstaBoogy]

Damn thats crazy. I'm confused tho, I though "Country Grammer" did 10 mill and "Nellyville" did about 8.5?

[3rd Coast]

no outkast...

[Shallow]

MMLP will end up on top when it's all said and done. The Way I Am and Stan will be remembered for years to come and kids of he next generatiom will buy that album to hear what all the fuss was about. By then there'll be a new Beatles comp album to sell.

[Nutty]

MMLP will end up on top when it's all said and done.

Don't know about that, am I reading it wrong, is it 1billion sold or 111mill for the Beatles?

[The Watcher]

it should be 11,499,000 i think

111,499,000 is one hundred and eleven million, which would be fucking insane

[R1ZE]

and they've only sold 170 mill total, which means they tripled their sales this decade

[J$crILLa]

Em doin it big

[NillerTheKid]

it should be 11,499,000 i think

111,499,000 is one hundred and eleven million, which would be fucking insane

the name of the album is 1

[MediumL]

^^^ Lol.

But good to see his best album (imo) sold the most. Sadly we can see which way the music industries going with companies trying to get single downloads to stay afloat.

[TraceOneInfinite]

Props to Eminem, he deserves it, MMLP and Eminem Show were great records.  Dre even said that MMLP was the closest Dre ever came to producing the perfect album.

I predicted this, at the end of my senior year spring 2,000 the school news had us make predictions for the new millenium and I said Eminem would be the #1 selling artist of all-time, which people laughed at because at the time he just had the SSLP and people thought he was was just a one hit wonder.  Even a lot of you people here at the forum that should of known better used to hate on him until the MMLP came out.

[westside159]

Eminem is the man period .

Cant fucc with him , just sit bacc and take notes rappers

[bez]

Crazy Nelly being in there. Talk about starting at the top and ending up at the bottom.

[Chamillitary Click]

artist of the decade?

a classic, a near classic, a shit album & then a recent resurgence?

he's got my vote.