latest album, 鈥淭he Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Gr芒ce),鈥� has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating "The Tortured Poets Department" after 12 weeks.
In its first week, 鈥淭he Tortured Poets Department鈥� hit 891.34 million album streams stateside, according to Luminate, for an album in history.
Swift's album debuted at No. 1 in April and held the top spot for three months. She is the only woman to have done so; Swift beat the previous record held by Whitney Houston's 1987 album, 鈥淲hitney.鈥� It spent its first 11 weeks at No. 1.
tied Morgan Wallen's 2023 album which also debuted at No. 1 and stayed there for 12 consecutive weeks. (It would later remerge at the top spot, spending 19 weeks total at No. 1.)
The only album to outperform them is 1976 masterpiece, 鈥淪ongs in the Key of Life.鈥� It spent 13 weeks at No. 1 after debuting in the top spot; 14 weeks there in total.
鈥淭he Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Gr芒ce)" is Eminem's 12th album and his 11th to hit No. 1. 鈥淭he Tortured Poets Department鈥� dropped to No. 4 as a result. In the second slot is 鈥淩OMANCE:UNTOLD鈥� and irreverent country star Zach Bryan's 鈥淭he Great American Bar Scene鈥� is at No. 3.
Maria Sherman, The Associated Press
