Eminem's "Kamikaze" Brings In $1.8M In First Week Song Revenue: Report

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Eminem performs on stage during the MTV EMAs 2017 held at The SSE Arena, Wembley on November 12, 2017 in London, England.
Eminem's new project brought in over a million dollars in its first week.

It's been two weeks since Eminem released his album, Kamikaze and a lot of things have happened since then. The rapper's been accused of homophobia (which he said he regrets), dissed a whole generation of "lil" rappers and sparked a massive feud between himself and Machine Gun Kelly. Clearly, controversy sells because the rapper brought in a whole lot of money from his 13-track project.

According to Hits Daily Double, Eminem's new album, Kamikaze has generated roughly $1.8M in its opening week of song revenue. The rapper currently has six songs sitting in the top 10 of the Song Revenue Chart including "Lucky You" with Joyner Lucas, "The Ringer," "Greatest," "Not Alike," "Fall" and "Kamikaze." 

The chart reveals that the album intro, "The Ringer" was the highest grossing song of the week with $254,400 while "Lucky You" with Joyner Lucas comes at second with $248,053.

Aside from his first-week revenue, Eminem just fired shots back at Machine Gun Kelly today on his song, "KILLSHOT." The song comes a few days after Em explained his beef with Machine Gun Kelly in part two of his Kamikaze interview with Sway. The fact that Eminem actually responded is interesting. He acknowledged the fact that despite people wanting him to respond to Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil," he knew that all it would do is help Machine Gun Kelly's career even further. Peep the full interview here.


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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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