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Eminem Unseats Taylor Swift on Album Charts With ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)’
Eminem's ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)' opens at No. 1 on the latest albums chart, unseating Taylor Swift from the top spot after 13 weeks.
Eminem first announced “Death” during the NFL Draft in April, and later published an obituary in the Detroit Free Press bidding adieu to Slim Shady, his career-long alter ego that he’s played as a character in his songs and in videos. It held the post with unrivaled availability in variants — multiple different vinyl, CD or cassette versions of an already-released album or EP — that were released across numerous weeks. This approach is a trending topic for the music industry as, according to Luminate Data’s 2024 mid-year report, the top 10 U.S. physical albums of 2024 carried an average of seven different vinyl variants.
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