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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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I really like the song alot and am happy that he is not disappearing for another 4 years again. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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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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Here's another new one:
I love the part @ 3:30. "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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"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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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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The lyrics for "Won't Back Down" are insane! No one else can think of stuff like this and actually sound coherent rapping it:
"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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