Eminem's "Bottle" Breaks Download Record
Thursday February 12, 2009
How do you set up the most anticipated hip-hop album of 2009? Well, if you're Eminem you simply set a new record for highest first week download sales in the United States. Em debuted his comeback anthem, "Crack A Bottle," at the turn of the year. It has since gone on to shift a cool 418,000 digital sales, thus earning the coveted No.1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. That upstages the record previously set by Rihanna and T.I, who sold 335,000 digital copies of "Live Your Life." This is even more impressive considering that "Crack A Bottle" had no video and very little promotion from Interscope Records.
"Crack A Bottle," which rocketed from 78 to 1 on the Hot 100, features guest turns from 50 Cent and Dr. Dre, who also produced the track. The rap triumvirate of Em, Dre, and 50 Cent are putting finishing touches on their hugely anticipated albums --Relapse, Detox, and Before I Self Destruct -- set to drop in 2009. Word on the street is that the hit single will appear on all three albums
source: rap.about.com