Eminem Receives His Soundscan 'Artist Of The Decade' Award

Left to right: Jimmy Iovine (Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records), Dr. Dre, Eric Weinberg (President, Nielsen Entertainment), Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg (back row), Chris Muratore (VP, Retail Relations, Nielsen Entertainment), Eminem, Steve Berman (Vice Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records) (Photo credit: Jacky Sallow)

Eminem receives the Nielsen SoundScan “Artist of the Decade” award, recognizing him as the top-selling artist of the decade with sales exceeding 32,000,0000 units. The award was presented to Eminem by Nielsen Entertainment President Eric Weinberg and Nielsen Entertainment’s Retail Relations Vice President Chris Muratore.

Eminem is the biggest selling artist for the decade with more than 32 million album sales followed by The Beatles (30.2 million), Tim McGraw (24.8 million), Toby Keith (24.5 million) and Britney Spears (22.9 million), according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Beatles’ Beatles 1 album was the biggest selling album for the decade with 11.6 million album sales. N’Sync’s No Strings Attached is the second biggest selling album with 11.1 album sales and Come Away with Me by Norah Jones lands at #3 with 10.6 million sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Eminem’s upcoming Aftermath/Interscope release, Recovery, is scheduled for a June 22 release.

Source: SoHood