Eminem and Dr. Dre‘s Super Bowl LVI Pepsi Halftime Show appearances are proving to be a big boon to their respective catalogs, with both rap legends re-entering the upper echelon of Billboard’s albums chart.
According to Billboard, Eminem’s Curtain Call: The Hits has soared from No. 126 to No. 8 on the Billboard 200, marking its first time in the top 10 since March 2006.
The compilation project, which debuted at No. 1 upon its release in December 2005, earned almost 31,000 album-equivalent units in the week since the Super Bowl, a 256 percent increase in sales.
.@Eminem's 'Curtain Call: The Hits' jumps 118 spots to #8 on this week’s Billboard 200, up 256% in sales. It earns its first week in the top 10 since 2006.
— chart data (@chartdata) February 20, 2022
Featuring hits such as “Stan,” “My Name Is” and “Lose Yourself,” the latter of which Eminem performed at the Super Bowl, Curtain Call: The Hits continues to be a jewel in the Detroit rap icon’s commercially successful catalog.
Last week, it became the first rap album to spend over 500 weeks on the U.K.’s albums chart, while the project was the 49th best-selling album in the U.S. in 2021 after adding 673,000 units to its 7 million-and-counting tally.
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Eminem and Dre aren’t the only Super Bowl performers enjoying a sales spike. According to HITS Daily Double, Kendrick Lamar‘s good kid, m.A.A.d city has jumped from No. 36 to No. 21 on the Billboard 200, up 32% in sales. The TDE MC briefly performed “m.A.A.d city” during the Super Bowl halftime show before launching into “Alright.”
2Pac‘s Greatest Hits, which includes the Super Bowl-performed “California Love,” re-enters the top 50 at No. 24 after moving an additional 19,000 album-equivalent units, while Mary J. Blige’s brand new album Good Morning Gorgeous debuts at No. 14 behind 25,000 first-week sales.
when i watched there performances i was really impressed.
ReplyDeletethey deserved to be on the billboard list