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Eminem's Early Albums Return To The Charts Together
Eminem scores four albums on the U.K.'s Official Hip-Hop and R&B chart this week, with The Marshall ... More Mathers LP and The Slim Shady LP returning. DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JUNE 06: Eminem performs onstage at Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" at Michigan Central Station on June 06, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
Some weeks are better than others for Eminem on the charts – but none of them are bad. When it comes to rankings around the world, the generation-defining rapper never disappears for very long. He usually sees at least one or two of his full-lengths find space on lists in a number of countries, and sometimes, a handful of tracks perform well enough to do the same.
In the United Kingdom, Eminem's albums are performing especially well at the moment, as several classics continue to chart while multiple projects return. It's a somewhat surprisingly busy period for him in the nation, despite the fact that he has nothing brand new out, and he isn't actively promoting anything at the moment.
This week, The Marshall Mathers LP reappears on two charts across the Atlantic. It breaks back onto the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart at No. 31. Simultaneously, it becomes a bestseller again as it reenters the Official Album Downloads list at No. 81.
In the past, The Marshall Mathers LP has ruled the genre-specific tally, but it has only climbed as high as No. 29 on the ranking of top-selling downloads in the U.K.
Joining The Marshall Mathers LP on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart is The Slim Shady LP. The early career effort finds a home at No. 24 after not appearing on the list at all last frame. Like The Marshall Mathers LP, it too has previously dominated the same ranking.
Eminem owns four spaces on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart this frame. As The Marshall Mathers LP and The Slim Shady LP return, they join The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) and Curtain Call: The Hits. Those two titles dip slightly, landing at Nos. 22 and 26, respectively.
Of those two, only Curtain Call: The Hits manages to find space on other rankings in the same country. It also lives on both the Official Albums chart and Official Albums Streaming ranking, and it climbs slightly on the two tallies.
Curtain Call 2, the sequel to the hugely successful original compilation, is also present on a number of rankings in the U.K. Interestingly, it does not find space on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart. Instead, it places on both the Official Albums and Official Albums Streaming rankings, as it's still performing well — just not quite well enough to rank among the 40 bestselling titles in those specific styles.
