Thats this years biggest opening number by a healthy margin, leaving U2s 484,000 bow in March far behind.
People werent sure if this guy was ever going to be back, Hart tells the Music Mix.
Its generated hype because of that.
Youve got to let people miss you.
Then again, does Marshall Mathers evengive a proverbialbleephow many CDs he sells at this point in his career?
The guys made a lot in his life.
Read on after the jump for sales results on the rest of this weeks bumper crop of new releases.
Coming in at No.
Kenny Chesneys creatively titledGreatest Hits IItook No.
Method Man and Redman did themselves proud at No.
4 with 63,000 ofBlackout!
5 went toDane Cook, who sold 61,000 of his new comedy set,ISolated INcident.
Busta Rhymes landed at No.
6 with 59,000 of hisBack on My B.S.
Taking a brief breather for familiar faces Miley Cyrus (No.
- and Lady GaGa (No.
8), the march of new releases resumes with Tori Amos at No.
9 with 41,000 copies sold ofAbnormally Attracted to Sin.
Next wasOne Tree Hills Kate Voegele at No.
10, with 37,000 copies sold ofA Fine Mess.
Mat Kearney came in at No.
13 with 26,000 ofCity of Black & White.
Finally, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood sold 23,000 copies ofLive From Madison Square Gardento win the No.
And that, folks, is how the overstuffed Memorial Day sales frame sorted out this year.
What do you think of Eminems commercial performance?
Was it higher or lower than you expected?
And how about all the other albums that made it onto the chart for the first time this week?
Lets hear it, below.
UPDATE:This post originally included incorrect sales data due to a Nielsen SoundScan processing error.
Method Man and RedmansBlackout!
2actually sold 57,000 copies (not 63,000), putting it at No.
7 (not No.
This shift bumped up Dane Cook (to No.
4), Busta Rhymes (to No.
5), and Miley Cyrus (to No.
All other sales totals and chart positions in the Top 20 remained unchanged.
