Did you know who is the best selling and most talented rapper of all time?

Did you know who is the best selling rapper and most talented rapper of all time?

Many people assume that it would be the great one, Jay Z...

And even though he is the one of the richest rapper which made $63 million for 2010, he is not the man...

 

The best selling rapper of all times would 

be Marshall Bruce Mathers III. ^[1] The world knows him by his stage name Eminem , or Slim Shady.

He is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in history.^[2] It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 to mainstream recognition.

Did you know that The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LP's?

He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse, giving him a total of 11 Grammys in his career.

 Did you know that In 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film 8 Mile? in which he also played the lead. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running #1 hip-hop single.^[3] Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. 

Did you know that Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade,^[4] and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world?^[5] Eminem was ranked 82nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.^[6] He was also named the Best Rapper Ever by Vibe magazine.^[7] Including his work with D12, 


Did you know that Eminem has achieved eight #1 albums on the Billboard Top 200 and 12 number one singles worldwide? In December, 2009 Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard Magazine.^[8] His albums The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore (in order) ranked as the 3rd,^[9] 7th,^[10] and 40th^[11] best album of the 2000-2009 decade by Billboard Magazine. According to Billboard, Eminem has two of his albums among the top five highest selling albums of the 2000s.

Did you know that Eminem also is one of 3 artist to win a diamond award? 





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