Eminem Scores Second Biggest Debut Of The Year In This Week’s Album Sales (11/13/2013)

Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 officially debuts at No. 1. According to Billboard, Em’s new album achieved the second-largest sales week of the year.

On November 5, the LP was released to rave reviews from fans and critics. Since then, the album sold more than its forecasted sales of 750,000. To date, it has sold 792,000 copies and marks Em’s seventh No. 1 album in his career.

Elsewhere, Drake’s Nothing Was The Same holds its spot in the top 10, Lecrae’s Church Clothes Vol. 2 breaks into the top 30 and Tech N9ne’s Therapy Sessions With Ross Robinson makes a solid debut landing at No. 32. Here’s our breakdown of this week’s releases, as well as the rest of the albums that placed on the charts.

Release Dates:

Kool G Rap & Necro, Once Upon A Crime November 19

Krondon, Everything’s Nothing November 19

Yo Gotti, I Am November 19

YG, My Krazy Life November 19

Chris Brown, X November 19

Webbie, Savage Life 4 November 19

MMLP 2 sold more copies than Em’s last album, 2010’s Recovery, which sold 741,000 copies. Outside Em’s biggest achievement is Celine Dion’s Lovef Me Back To Life that landed at No. 2 and sold 77,035 units. Check out the rest of the sales chart below.

2. Celine Dion – Loved Me Back To Life – 77,035
7. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 37,262
8. Lorde – Pure Heroine – 34,440
12. Miley Cyrus – Bangerz – 29,638
14. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience 2 Of 2 – 20,340
31. Lecrae – Church Clothes, Vol. 2 – 9,436
32. Tech N9ne – Therapy Sessions With Ross Robinson – 10,000
39. John Legend – Love In The Future – 8,045
42. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 7,515

[via HHDX, HitsDailyDouble & Billboard]