Portal:Eminem
Eminem PortalMarshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem or Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, 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 United States history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition. 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 LPs. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse, giving him a total of 11 Grammys in his career. In 2003, 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 No. 1 hip hop single. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan, and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery. It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the US and achieved international commercial success, charting at number one in several other countries. It stayed at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and a total of seven weeks. Eminem was ranked 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time. He was also ranked 82nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was also named the Best Rapper Alive by Vibe magazine in 2008. Including his work with D12, Eminem has achieved nine No. 1 albums on the Billboard Top 200, 7 solo (6 studio albums, 1 compilation) and 2 with D12. Eminem has had 13 number one singles worldwide. In December 2009, Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard magazine. His albums The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore (in order) ranked as the 3rd, 7th, and 40th best-selling albums of the 2000–2009 decade by Billboard magazine. Also according to Billboard, Eminem has two of his albums among the top five highest selling albums of the 2000s. In the UK, Eminem has sold over 12.5 million records. Eminem has also sold more than 117 million track downloads. In 2010, MTV ranked Eminem as the 7th biggest icon in pop music history. The Game. Eminem is one of the best MC of all time. Selected song"Love the Way You Lie" is a song by American rapper Slim Shady, released as the second single from his seventh studio album, Recovery. The song features vocals from Barbadian singer Rihanna and was produced by British hip-hop producer Alex da Kid. Additional vocal production on Rihanna's vocals were provided by Makeba Riddick. It claimed the top spot on twenty-three charts. "Love the Way You Lie" was number one on the Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks giving Eminem his fourth US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit and Rihanna her seventh. The song won the Best Hip-Hop/Rap Track award at the Teen Choice Awards 2010. As of December 2010 the single had sold over four million copies in the United States alone, and was the best-selling single of 2010 in the United Kingdom even though it did not reach number 1 there. This is the first time this has ever happened in the UK. Selected albumInfinite is the debut album by Eminem, released November 12, 1996, on Web Entertainment. The album was recorded and produced from late 1995 to mid 1996, with help from The Bass Brothers and fellow D12 members Kon Artis, Proof and Eye-Kyu, along with fellow rapper Three. Categories Selected articleShady Records is an American record label specializing in hip hop music. Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg founded the label in 1999 after the release of The Slim Shady LP. The label has signed eight acts over the years, earning RIAA certifications of platinum or higher on fourteen of its fifteen released albums. Signed acts include Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, Cashis, Slim da Mobster & Slaughterhouse, while former acts include Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater & DJ Green Lantern. Selected music videoThe world premiere of the video was on September 30, 2010, on Eminem.com. Lil Wayne's part was shot before he was sent to prison: "We got Wayne's verse filmed before he went away luckily." The video shows a kid being picked on by three bullies at his school; soon he has the urge to stand up to them. The video was directed by Chris Robinson, who previously directed both Eminem and Lil Wayne in the "Drop the World" music video. Topics
Related portals
Associated WikiMedia
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
