The album received a platinum certification from the RIAA in 2007 and sold slightly over a million copies in the United States. The following year, Shady Records released Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, a compilation album performed by Eminem along various artists from the record label. Įminem released a greatest hits album titled Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005, which sold almost three million copies in the US. Sales, however, were significantly less than the two previous albums, with over five million sold copies in the United States and eleven million worldwide. In 2004, Eminem's fifth 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 album peaked at number one in the United States, where it sold more than four million of the nine million copies distributed internationally. In the same year, Eminem released the 8 Mile soundtrack, also including songs by various artists. The album was certified Diamond in the United States, Canada and Australia. The Eminem Show was the best-selling album worldwide of 2002, with sales of over ten million copies. In 2002, Eminem's fourth album, The Eminem Show, also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and reached the top spot on various charts internationally, as it went on to sell 27 million copies worldwide. With more than ten million copies sold, the album was certified Diamond and was the third best-selling album of the year in the United States. In 2000, Eminem released his third album, The Marshall Mathers LP, which debuted at number one and sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, 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, Eminem, 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 debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, and was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA. It sold only around 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 albums and 10 number one albums. According to the RIAA, Eminem has sold 227.5 million certified albums and singles in the United States. With sales of over 500 million records worldwide, he is among of the best-selling music artists of all time. Eminem is the best-selling rapper of all time and the best-selling artist of the 2000s with US album sales at over 32.25 million during the decade. His music has been released on record labels Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, along with subsidiaries Web Entertainment and his own Shady Records. American rapper Eminem has released 11 studio albums, two compilation albums, and one extended play.