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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (/ˌɛmɪˈnɛm/;

formerly stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Eminem is
among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of over 220 million
records. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is critically acclaimed as one
of the greatest rappers of all time.[2]

Eminem's global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers
for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during
the early 2000s made him hugely controversial, he came to be a representation of popular angst of
the American underclass. He has been influential for many artists of various genres. After his debut
album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's
Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim
Shady LP. His next two releases, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002),
were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
After the release of his next album, Encore (2004), Eminem went on hiatus in 2005, partly due to a
prescription drug addiction.[3] He returned to the music industry four years later with the release of
Relapse (2009) and Recovery was released the following year. Recovery was the best-selling album
worldwide of 2010, making it Eminem's second album, after The Eminem Show in 2002, to be the
best-selling album of the year worldwide. In the following years, he released the US number one
albums The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018) and Music to Be
Murdered By (2020).

Eminem made his debut in the film industry with the musical drama film 8 Mile (2002), playing a
fictionalized version of himself, and his track "Lose Yourself" from its soundtrack won the Academy
Award for Best Original Song, making him the first hip hop artist ever to win the award.[4] Eminem
has made cameo appearances in the films The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009) and The Interview
(2014) and the television series Entourage (2010). He has also developed other ventures, including
Shady Records, a joint venture with manager Paul Rosenberg, which helped launch the careers of
artists such as 50 Cent, Yelawolf and Obie Trice, among others. He has also established his own
channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM Radio. In addition to his solo career, Eminem was a member of the
hip hop group D12. He is also known for collaborations with fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce Da
5'9"; the two are collectively known as Bad Meets Evil.

He was the best-selling music artist in the United States of the 2000s and the best-selling male music
artist in the United States of the 2010s, third overall. Billboard named him the "Artist of the Decade
(2000–2009)". The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, "Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie"
and "Not Afraid" have all been certified Diamond or higher by the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA).[5] Rolling Stone has included him in its lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
and the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He has won numerous awards, including 15 Grammy
Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, an Academy Award and an MTV
Europe Music Global Icon Award. He has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200—which
all consecutively debuted at number one on the chart, making him the first artist to achieve this[6]—
and five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.[7]

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