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Sales, however, were significantly less than the two previous studio albums, with over five million sold copies in the United States and eleven million worldwide. In 2004, Eminem's fifth studio album Encore became the rapper's third consecutive studio album to reach number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom. The 8 Mile soundtrack peaked to the number one position in the United States, where it sold more than four million of the nine million copies distributed internationally.

The song also reached the top of various national charts worldwide. In the same year, Eminem's " Lose Yourself", from the 8 Mile soundtrack, became the rapper's first number one song on the Hot 100 and remained on the top for twelve weeks. The album received eight platinum certifications from New Zealand's Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. The album also received a diamond certification in Canada, equivalent to the shipment of one million units. The album received a diamond certification from the RIAA in 2011. In the United States, The Eminem Show was the highest-selling album of the year, with sales of almost ten million copies. In 2002, Eminem's fourth album, The Eminem Show, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and reached the top spot on various charts internationally, as it went on to sell over nineteen million copies worldwide. " Stan" was the most successful single outside of the States, while it failed to reach the top fifty in the rapper's home country. The lead single " The Real Slim Shady" became Eminem's first song to enter in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. With more than ten million copies sold, the album was the third best-selling record of the year in the United States, where it also earned nine platinum certifications. In the subsequent year, Eminem released his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP, which sold 1.76 million copies in its first week of distribution, breaking records for the fastest-selling hip hop album of all-time and the fastest-selling solo album in the United States. In the same year, the rapper, along with manager Paul Rosenberg, founded the imprint label Shady Records. After signing a contract with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, the rapper released his sophomore and commercial debut album The Slim Shady LP in 1999 and reached the number two spot on the Billboard 200, and received four platinum certifications in the United States from the RIAA. The album sold about a thousand copies and failed to rank on the national charts.

In 1996, Eminem released his first studio album, Infinite, under Web Entertainment. In this discography, music videos and collaborations are included as well. He has earned forty-two platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His worldwide albums sales stand at 86 million.

Eminem has sold over 41 million albums in the United States as a solo artist. Eminem is the best-selling hip-hop artist of all-time and the best-selling artist of the 2000s with US album sales at over 32.2 million during the decade. His music has been released on record labels Web Entertainment and Interscope Records, along with subsidiaries Aftermath Entertainment, Goliath Artists and Shady Records. Eminem performing live at the DJ Hero Party 2009Įminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, has released seven studio albums, four compilations, six extended plays (two solo, one as Bad Meets Evil and three with Soul Intent), thirty-one singles, five video albums and one soundtrack.