It spawned two top ten and four top fifteen singles with "Without Me", "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Sing For The Moment" and "Superman", which managed to reach the top ten without a video counterpart. The Eminem Show was Eminem's most successful album in terms of charting singles. The Eminem Show debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, generally considered the most awaited album of 2002, and stayed there for five consecutive weeks. The record became Eminem's third to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and also swept the MTV Music Video Awards winning four awards for Best Male Video, Video of the Year, Best Direction, and Best Rap Video. The Eminem Show was known at the time as Eminem's most intimate album and a step back from the Slim Shady alter ego because of its less cynical and lyrical shock factor approach. The album was met with both critical and commercial success. Despite the confusion over the exact release date, the album still managed to have a wildly successful debut on the charts. Interscope decided to release the album early on May 28 to combat bootlegging.
The Eminem Show was first scheduled for a June 2002 release, however pirated and bootleg copies appeared online on peer-to-peer networks and began surfacing on the streets. In 2003, the album was ranked number 317 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It has been certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA, has sold over 9.2 million copies in the U.S., and over 19 million albums worldwide.
At the Grammy Awards of 2003 it was nominated for Album of the Year and became Eminem's third straight LP to win the award for Best Rap Album.
The Eminem Show was the best-selling album of 2002. Dre), 'White America' finds Eminem ferociously mauling the hand that feeds him. The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by Eminem, released in 2002. Any lingering doubts as to the depth of Eminems skills or his potential for raw yet compelling honesty are dispelled on The Eminem Shows first track.Armed with a quicksilver flow and a thundering rhythm track (the record was exec produced by longtime mentor and partner Dr.