More proof that Eminem's 1.7 million isn't anymore impressive than views 1.04 million.

Nah it is.

People physically left their houses and waited online to fork over $15 for the full Eminem album without even having a chance to stream it.

Early 2000s record industry was a whole different animal. There'll never be another era like it.

didn't TES leak early?

Yeah but leaking was still so relatively niche in 2002 that it didn't hurt his sales, s*** will probably be his overall best selling album, it's 1 mill behind MMLP and it's 2 years younger than it

literally cut in half between 2000 and 2005

no wonder everyone was retiring back then

how old are you?

Its not, because it's different times. They had 7 days to go out and buy it to.

Eminem then if he dropped in 2016 probably wouldn't do more than views.

Encore was when leaks hurt Em's sales a bit

Also the album being assmeat too

You love Eminem but you not even black

Imagine if Prime Wayne with the same hype dropped Tha Carter 3 in 2002.

Dude would've sold like 3 million fw lol.

i bet you aint even use winamp and you talkin bout 2002 internet like you was using dsl

Even Rebirth wouldve done over 500k. Wayne was huge.

Rebirth leaked in FULL then 6 months later still did 175k.

ur right im negus

Em still has youtube videos that have billions of views

The early 2000s music industry was outrageous. The entertainment world's profitability peaked like a d*** in the early 2000s. Gaming was its most profitable, movie budgets were disgusting, albums were selling ludicrous amounts lol. I remember it vividly, everything was over the top in the 2000s lol. Lowkey the most bizarre decade ever

Not in 2021 Yeezy is way bigger than any Eminem song

There y’all go grouping MJ and drake together again

Drake not even remotely close to MJ lol

Em is one of the top selling artist and a world famous figure.
He has made generational wealth for his family.

I dont have no Em albums on my phone

Cmon bruh

Bragging about poverty-tier audio quality lol

The early 2000s were insane dude. It was the peak of western decadence. Leaks were popular, but sales were still on top of the world until the mid 2000s, 2005 specifically being the year the big slump hit (I remember this because of Late Reg breaking sales records that year)

iTunes and the eventual proliferation of the popularity of leaks crippled the music industry. Th damn graph someone posted ITT even shows though that this didn't impact until like 04. 2000-2003 was absolutely bizarre for music.

Yeah because that’s the only way they COULD legally listen to a new album dumb old head

People had to drive for an hour in a car going 15 miles per hour to see a movie in theaters in 1942. Now they see them on Netflix from their home.

It’s called technological evolution.

im not braggin, im sayin you talkin s*** you dont know nor understand.

you look at graphs but you dont know how to read them.

Drake albums still sold on shelves

I hate the 2000s fwiw lol, it's a disgusting, ultra-selfish decade. S*** is better now. The commercial peak of the music industry foretold the horrendous slump the music industry was in between 2007-2009

you think everyone had a f***ing turntable and money to buy vinyls?, what about cassettes... you think they were everywhere right away?

Em was and is the king