Biggest-selling rap album (USA)

Eminem’s (USA, b. Marshall Mathers III) fourth studio album, The Eminem Show (2002), has been certified 12x multi-platinum (12 million units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Aftermath/Interscope set and its predecessor, 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP (11 million units), are the USA’s biggest-selling rap albums. Both releases collected their latest awards from the RIAA on 8 March 2022.

The Eminem Show features the singles “Without Me”, “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” and “Business”, and also “’Till I Collapse” (feat. Nate Dogg) – reportedly the most streamed track on Spotify that was never released as a single. It had been streamed 1.36 billion times as of 27 June 2022.