Eminem Dominates Billboard Chart

Rapper Eminem sold 792,000 copies of his new album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 its first week of release.  That gives him the Number One spot on this week’s Billboard 200 chart and the second-biggest sales week of 2013.  Only Justin Timberlake opened with a higher number.  His 20/20 Experience sold 968,000 copies.  The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is Eminem’s seventh Number One album.

In addition to Eminem’s Number One debut, three other albums make Top 10 entries on this week’s Billboard 200 chart.  Celine Dion comes in at Number 2 with Loved Me Back To Life, Avril Lavigne’s self-titled fifth album debuts at Number 5, and PTX: Vol. II by Penatonix lands on the list at Number 10.