July 23, 2024 10:31 am IST
Eminem’s latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) became No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200, beating Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department.
Eminem’s latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace), has reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, dethroning Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department after 12 weeks. In its first week, The Tortured Poets Department garnered 891.34 million album streams in the US, the biggest streaming week for an album in history, according to Luminate. (Also read: Coldplay honors Taylor Swift with emotional Everglow dedication. Watch)
Swift’s album debuted at No. 1 in April and spent three months at the top spot. She is the only woman to do so. Swift broke the previous record held by Whitney Houston’s 1987 album Whitney. It spent its first 11 weeks at No. 1.
The Tortured Poets Department tied Morgan Wallen’s 2023 album One Thing at a Time, which also debuted at number one and stayed there for 12 consecutive weeks. (It later returned to the top spot and spent a total of 19 weeks at No. 1.)
The only album to outperform it is Stevie Wonder’s 1976 masterpiece, Songs in the Key of Life. It stayed at No. 1 for 13 weeks after hitting the top spot; a total of 14 weeks.
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) is Eminem’s 12th album and his 11th to reach No. 1. This resulted in The Tortured Poets Department coming in at No. 4. In second place is K-pop boy band Enhyphen’s Romance: Untold and Irreverent country Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene at No. 3.
