artist stats According to Billboard, Eminem sold 172 Million Albums WW

[Rap God]

 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7973935/fans-invest-royalties-eminem-catalog-royalty-exchange

 

KING! 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2017 by Rap God

[Pure Adrenaline]

a king. a legend. a talent

[mariahcarey]

No he hasn't

 

[DatChickDoe]

He was everywhere with his debut. I worked in a music store and we couldn't keep it in stock and it was always on back order. Oops I Did It Again, Jagged Little Pill, Come On Over and Millenium were the same 

[Misguided Ghost]

Huge!  

[Emperor]

Legend 

[Movimento Perpétuo]

King of Everything  

Eminem used to have a receipts thread on the OLDTRL. Not sure if he still has in here @RapGod

[franklin]

Only the most successful rapper ever  

[Calypso]

He is without doubt the most commercially successful rapper of all time and one of the most legendary rappers ever. He's such a legend. Though I doubt he's sold so many albums.

[UnusualBoy]

Those numbers aren't accurate at all, he's huge but 172 m, it means he's outsold Mariah and Céline  

[Cap10Planet]

1 hour ago, UnusualBoy said:

Those numbers aren't accurate at all, he's huge but 172 m, it means he's outsold Mariah and Céline  

It's possible that he outsold Mariah, at least.

[PrettyHurts]

I'm sure he's sold over 100m but 172 seems extremely inflated...

 

how could he have sold over 120m outside the US? 

Edited September 25, 2017 by PrettyHurts

[Michael21]

Its probably albums and singles together

[Music Is Heaven]

Wouldn't be surprised. He's the King.

[slw84]

1 hour ago, Michael21 said:

Its probably albums and singles together

that or that trick they do when they take 100M singles and count that as 10M albums or something and then other additions 

[Rawr]

legend 

[sadnews]

probably "record" sold.

[stevyy]

On 25.9.2017 at 10:43 PM, Cap10Planet said:

It's possible that he outsold Mariah, at least.

that's actualy impossible. At the low end, Mariah had sold 146 million albums according to chartsmasters very conservative estimates. 

 

chartsmasters has both on track, here are the stats:

 

1990 - 14,050,000 - Mariah Carey - 1999 - 10,100,000 - The Real Slim Shady

1991 - 8,100,000 - Emotions - 2000 - 22,900,000 - The Marshall Mathers LP

1993 - 26,100,000 - Music Box - 2002 - 21,400,000 - The Eminem Show

1994 - 13,400,000 - Merry Christmas - 10,200,000 - 8 Mile

1995 - 19,900,000 - Daydream - 2004 - 11,400,000 - Encore

1997 - 9,650,000 - Butterfly - 2009 - 4,400,000 - Relapse

1999 - 7,250,000 - Rainbow - 2010 - 8,200,000 - Recovery

2001 - 1,900,000 - Glitter - 2013 - 4,700,000 - TMMLP2

= 100,350,000 versus 93,300,000

 

6 more studio albums alone are missing for Mariah if we stop just here: (minus another 15,750,000 studio albums sales)

 

2002 - 2,800,000 - Charmbracelet

2005 - 8,600,000 - The Emancipation of

2008 - 2,150,000 - E=MC²

2009 - 1,050,000 - Memoirs of an imperfect Angel

2010 - 850,000 - Merry Christmas II You

2014 - 300,000 - Me. I am Mariah

 

so technically, Eminem would need to outsell 22,800,000 studio albums with whatever he got in his catalogue on compilations and what not to only equal her studio albums total.

 

Mariah also released compilations: missing two more of Mariah's compilations if we stop just here, accounted for another 375,000 copies sold

 

1992 - 6,500,000 - MTV Unplugged - 2001 - 3,900,000 - Devil's Night

1998 - 15,950,000 - #1's - 2004 - 3,100,000 - D12 World

2001 - 4,100,000 - Greatest Hits - 2005 - 10,900,000 - Curtain Call

2003 - 500,000 - The Remxes - 2006 - 2,200,000 - Eminem presents the Re-Up

2008 - 800,000 - The Ballads - 2011 - 1,650,000 - Hell: The Sequel

2010 - 50,000 - The Playlist - 2014 - 400,000 - Shady XV

= 27,900,000 compilations versus 22,150,000 compilations for Eminem:

 

In short:

 

Studio albums:

116,100,000 - Mariah Carey (14)

93,300,000 - Eminem (8)

 

Compilations:

28,275,000 - Mariah Carey (8)

22,150,000 - Eminem (6)

 

Totals:

144,375,000 - Mariah Carey

115,450,000 - Eminem