{"id":121131,"date":"2024-07-18T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=121131"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:35:24","slug":"eminem-and-taylor-swift-are-facing-off-for-the-number-one-album-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/eminem-and-taylor-swift-are-facing-off-for-the-number-one-album-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem and Taylor Swift are facing off for the number one album in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eminem and Taylor Swift are gearing up for an epic chart showdown on the Billboard 200<\/strong>. With Taylor\u2019s &#8220;<em><strong>The Tortured Poets Department<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; reigning supreme for 12 weeks, it&#8217;s now Eminem&#8217;s turn to challenge her dominance with his album, &#8220;<em><strong>The Death of Slim Shady<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1813314340893987225\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eminem&#39;s &#39;The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Gr\u00e2ce)&#39; aiming for #1 debut on the Billboard 200 with updated 285K units first week (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HITSDD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HITSDD<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It will mark his eleventh #1 album. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dp9WceXSfl\">pic.twitter.com\/Dp9WceXSfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chart data (@chartdata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1813314340893987225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s album has been untouchable, beating competitors like<strong> Zach Bryan<\/strong> and <strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong>. But Eminem, one of the top-selling solo artists ever, might be able to change things. The rap icon is currently aiming for an 11th number-one album in the United States, a streak he has held since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Although the physical album drops in September, the digital editions and streaming success might just be enough for &#8220;The Death of Slim Shady&#8221; to have a strong start. &#8220;<em><strong>Houdini<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; was able to top at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and most album tracks are making moves on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Taylor-swift-stevie-wonder-record.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Taylor-swift-stevie-wonder-record.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Taylor-swift-stevie-wonder-record-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Taylor-swift-stevie-wonder-record-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Taylor-swift-stevie-wonder-record-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet, Taylor Swift fans should not lose all hope, as &#8220;Tortured Poets Department&#8221; could get a record if it holds the spot for another week. It might tie Stevie Wonder\u2019s historic 13-week run with &#8220;<em><strong>Songs in the Key of Life<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221; Let&#8217;s see what the numbers say: will Eminem top the charts or will Taylor Swift continue her reign?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eminem and Taylor Swift are gearing up for an epic chart showdown on the Billboard 200. With Taylor\u2019s &#8220;The Tortured Poets Department&#8221; reigning supreme for 12 weeks, it&#8217;s now Eminem&#8217;s turn to challenge her dominance with his album, &#8220;The Death of Slim Shady.&#8221; Taylor Swift\u2019s album has been untouchable, beating competitors like Zach Bryan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":121135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353,2264],"tags":[22],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charts","8":"category-entertainment","9":"tag-taylor-swift"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121131"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=121131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}