He is also reportedly the best selling rapper of all-time.
Eminem has made the top 10 list of the best selling music artists of all time, according to a ranking system that collates data from the industry.
Chart Masters uses its methodology to accurately estimate the success of any artist across all formats and determine their rankings using two systems.
The first one they use is a CSPC (commensurate sales to popularity concept) method to give balance to the different types of records that an artist has sold, while the second system is an ASR (artist success rate) model.
And through this, Eminem has entered the top 10 in history.
Eminem makes history by becoming 10th ‘best selling artist of all-time’
The Detroit rapper had been stuck in 11th behind Led Zeppelin, but has now overtaken the band with his 207,262,000 sales.
He has got some way to go to reach the top spot though, which is predictably occupied by The Beatles with 423,619,000 sales.
There’s no surprises in second and third, which are Michael Jackson (338 million) and Elvis Presley (321 million), with Queen and Madonna rounding off the top five in fourth and fifth respectively.
The other artists in the top 10 are The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra and Elton John.
Eminem is streets ahead of the next biggest selling rapper, which is Drake at number 41.
This is as Kanye West sits at 61 and 2Pac sits at 73rd.
Over a legendary career, Eminem has released 11 studio albums, featuring several chart-topping singles.
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