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Eminem's 'Not Afraid' Enters Billboard Hot 100 At #1

Eminem will join a very elite club tomorrow when the new Billboard Hot 100 singles chart is unveiled.

The hip-hop king's new single, "Not Afraid," will be just the 16th to debut at No. 1 on the nearly 52-year old chart.

Released digitally last Monday (May 3) just four days after its radio premiere, "Not Afraid" busts out of the gate with 380,000 first-week digital downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan -- the biggest sales week for a digital track this calendar year. The song also debuts at No. 24 on the radio-based Rap Songs chart, and is bubbling under the Radio Songs chart with 10.3 million listener impressions, according to Nielsen BDS.

"Not Afraid" is the lead single from Eminem's new album "Recovery," due out on June 22. The single is the first to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Oct. 17, 2009, when Britney Spears' "3" danced in at No. 1. "Afraid" is only the second rap single to start at No. 1 following "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112, which began its 11-week run at the summit on the chart dated June 14, 1997.

"Not Afraid" is Eminem's third chart-topper. He first led the list for 12 weeks with "Lose Yourself" in 2002-03 and made an impressive 78-1 jump with "Crack A Bottle," along with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, on the list dated Feb. 21, 2009. "Bottle" set a then-record for selling the most downloads in its first week of release (418,000), a mark shattered the following week when Flo Rida's "Right Round" started with 636,000.

Of the 16 debuts at No. 1, a full 10 of them came between 1995 and 1998. Until the end of 1998, a song could only chart on the Hot 100 if it was released as a commercially available single. The bevy of debuts was prompted by singles being withheld from the market in order to maximize chart position on the tally -- which is based on combining airplay with sales information. At the end of 1998, the Hot 100 changed its formula, allowing airplay-only, or non-commercially available songs to chart.

Thus, it's much harder now for a single to enter at No. 1, as radio airplay will usually enable a song to debut at lower rank. But as Spears and Eminem have proven, instant reaction with a huge sales number can trigger a perfect storm and prompt a No. 1 entry right out of the gate.

Billboard Hot 100 Number One Debuts:

1. Michael Jackson
"You Are Not Alone"
Chart Debut Date: September 2, 1995


2. Mariah Carey
"Fantasy"
Chart Debut Date: September 30, 1995


3. Whitney Houston
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Chart Debut Date: November 25, 1995


4. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
"One Sweet Day"
Chart Debut Date: December2, 1995


5. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112
"I'll Be Missing You"
Chart Debut Date: June 14, 1997


6. Mariah Carey
"Honey"
Chart Debut Date: September 13, 1997


7. Elton John
"Candle in the Wind 1997/ The Way You Look Tonight"
Chart Debut Date: October 11, 1997


8. Celine Dion
"My Heart Will Go On"
Chart Debut Date: February 28, 1998


9. Aerosmith
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Chart Debut Date: September 5, 1998


10. Lauryn Hill
"Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Chart Debut Date: November 14, 1998


11. Clay Aiken
"This Is the Night"
Chart Debut Date: June 28, 2003


12. Fantasia
"I Believe"
Chart Debut Date: July 10, 2004


13. Carrie Underwood
"Inside Your Heaven"
Chart Debut Date: July 2, 2005


14. Taylor Hicks
"Do I Make You Proud"
Chart Debut Date: July 1, 2006


15. Britney Spears
"3"
Chart Debut Date: October 24, 2009


16. Eminem
"Not Afraid"
Chart Debut Date: May 22, 2010
http://www.billboard.com/...tag=hpfeed
[Edited 5/12/10 15:59pm]
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Reply #1 posted 05/26/10 6:10pm

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I really like the song alot and am happy that he is not disappearing for another 4 years again.
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Reply #2 posted 05/26/10 6:15pm

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"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #3 posted 06/04/10 10:42am

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Here's another new one:

I love the part @ 3:30. lol

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #4 posted 06/04/10 11:09am

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eek

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #5 posted 06/04/10 11:45am

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I wonder where is Nick Canon talking shit about how "Eminem" is finished is right now....eating some words, taking his foot out of his mouth.


"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #6 posted 06/04/10 12:08pm

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lastdecember said:

I wonder where is Nick Canon talking shit about how "Eminem" is finished is right now....eating some words, taking his foot out of his mouth.

lol

The lyrics for "Won't Back Down" are insane! No one else can think of stuff like this and actually sound coherent rapping it:

WON'T BACK DOWN

(Verse 1)

Cadillacs appeals, Coupe Deville’s
Brain dead rims, yeah stupid wheels
Girl I’m too for real, lose your tooth and nails
Try to fight it, try to deny it, stupid you will feel
What I do, I do it well
Shooting from the hip, yeah boy I shoot to kill
Half a breath left on my death bed
Screaming F that, yeah super ill
Baby what the deal, we can chill
Split a half a pill and a happy meal
Fuck a steak slut, I’ll cut my toes off
And step on the receipt before I foot the bill
Listen garden tool, don’t make me introduce you to my power tool
You know the fucking drill
How you douche bags feel knowing you’re disposable?
Summer’s eve massingale
Shady’s got the mass appeal, baby crank the shit
Cause it’s your god damned jam
You said you wanted your punclines a little more compact
Well shorty I’m that man
These other cats ain’t metaphorically where I’m at man
I gave Bruce Wayne a valium
And said settle your fucking ass down, I’m ready for combat man
Get it, calm Batman? Nah, ain’t nobody who’s as bomb and as
Nuts, lines are like mom’s cat scans
Cause they fucking don’t ???????
Honey I applaude that ass, swear to god man
These mobs can’t dance, maa show ‘em how it’s done
Spaz like a god damn Taz, yeah


(Hook)

You can sound the alarm, you can call out your guards
You can fence in your yard, you can pull all the cards
But I won’t back down, oh no I won’t back down, oh no

(Verse 2)

Girl shake that ass like a donkey with parkinsons
Make like Michael J Fox in the jaws playing with an etcha-sketch
Bet ya that you’ll never guess who’s knockin’ at your doors
People’s hit the floors, yeah tonight ladies you gon’ get divorced
Girl forget remorse, Imma hit you broads with
Chris’ force like you pissed him off
Talented with the tongue motherucker, you ain’t got a lick in yours
Hittin’ licks, like I’m robbin’ liquor stores
Making cash registers shit their drawers
Think you spit the rawest?
I’m an uncooked slab of beef laying on your kitchen floor
Otherwords, I’m off the meat rack, bring the beat back
Bring it to extension cords
Imma measure my dick, shit I need six inches more
Fuck my dick’s big bitch, need I remind you
That I don’t need the fucking swine flu to be a sick pig
You’re addicted, I’m dope, I’m the longest needle around here
Need a fix oc? I’m the big shot, get it dick snots?
You’re just small boats, little pricks
Girl you think that other prick’s hot?
I’ll drink gasoline and eat a lit match
Before I sit back and let him get hot
Better call the cops on him quick fast
Shady’d right back on your bitch ass
White trash with a half a six pack in his hatchback
Trailer hitch if tats to the back, quick dispatch


(Hook)

You can sound the alarm, you can call out your guards
You can fence in your yard, you can pull all the cards
But I won’t back down, oh no I won’t back down, oh no

(Verse 3)

Bitch am I the reason that your boyfriend stopped rappin’
Does a bird chirp, Lil’ Wayne slurps syrup til he burps
And smokes purp, does a wordsearch, get’s circles wrapped around him
like you do when I come through, I’d like you to remind yourself
Of what the fuck I can do when I’m on the mic
Oh you’re the kinda girl I can take a liking to
Psych I’m spiking you, like a football
Been this way since I stood a foot tall
You’re a good catch, with a shitty spouse
Got a pretty mouth and a good jaw
Gimmie good brain, watch the woodgrain
Don’t want no cum-stain, bitch you listening?
Try to turn me down, slut I’m talking to you
Turn me back up, are you insane
Try to talk over me in the car, shut the fuck up while my shit’s playing
I’m a shit stain on the underwear of life
What’s the saying? when there’s thunder then there’s light-ening
And they say that it never strikes twice in the same place
Then how the fuck have I been hit six times
On three different locations on four seperate occasions?
And you can bet your stinking ass
That I’ve come to smash everything in my path
Fork was in the road, took the psychopath
Poison Ivy wouldn’t have me thinking rash
So hit the dancefloor cutie, while I do my duty
On this microphone, shake your booty shorty
I’m the shit, why you think Proof used to call me doodie?

(Hook)

You can sound the alarm, you can call out your guards
You can fence in your yard, you can pull all the cards
But I won’t back down, oh no I won’t back down, oh no

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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