This is a banner year for Eminem. His most recent album, Death of Slim Shady, has received rave reviews. Both the rapper’s entertaining promotional tour and his achievement of a significant streaming milestone were successful in attracting fans who had previously given up on his non-Slim branding. According to HipHopAllDay, Em’s Spotify stream count has topped 50 billion. With this, Eminem moves up to second place among rappers and sixth overall in terms of platform streaming.

Regarding the success of crossovers, Eminem is among great company. He is preceded by four non-hip-hop artists: The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Justin Beiber. However, with 54 billion streams each, the Detroit rapper is getting closer to Sheeran and Beiber. If Eminem keeps up his current rate of success, he might end up with more streams than The Weeknd (67 billion). The list’s top artist, Drake, is ironically the only rapper to appear on it. With an incredible 101 billion streams, the Toronto superstar has become the first artist in history to do it.Despite Eminem’s allegiance to Kendrick Lamar, he has previously praised Drake. During an interview with Sway in 2019, he expressed his eternal respect for the artist. “Drake will always be in my good graces,” said he. “Because he did something for one of my daughters that I will never forget.” The people would turn on Drake, according to Eminem’s 2020 prediction in the song “Zeus.” He was ahead of his time, but he wasn’t entirely wrong. “Drake, they’re gonna turn on you (You) one day, too (Too),” raps Eminem.And the more victories you rack up, the faster they’ll start referring to you as a garbage can.

Eminem has more albums sold than Drake does, even though Drake is dominating the streaming market. The best-selling artist in the history of the genre is still the Detroit rapper. Joining the ranks of performers such as Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones, he has sold over 220 million units since his debut in 1996. Not only was he the most popular musician of the 2000s, but he also ranked third for the 2010s. In contrast, Drake’s sales since 2009 total 170 million units. He can play catch-up later on, but Eminem’s durability and success are commendable. It will be difficult to depose him.