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. With more than ten million copies sold, the album was the third best-selling record of the year in the United States.

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 record label Shady Records. After signing a contract with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, the rapper released The Slim Shady LP in 1999, which reached the number two spot on the Billboard 200, and received four platinum certifications from the RIAA. It sold about a thousand copies and failed to rank on the national charts. Įminem's debut album, Infinite, was released by Web Entertainment in 1996. In his home country, he has earned 50 platinum album certifications and 10 number one albums. According to RIAA, Eminem has sold 154 million certified albums and singles in the United States. With record sales of over 220 million sold worldwide, he is listed as one of the best-selling music artists worldwide. 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 and his own Shady Records. American rapper Eminem has released eleven studio albums, one compilation album, and one EP.

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