HELL: THE SEQUEL — THE EP FROM BAD MEETS EVIL

HELL: THE SEQUEL — THE EP FROM BAD MEETS EVIL, FEATURING EMINEM AND ROYCE DA 5’9” — BOWS AT NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUM CHART & NO.3 ON THE ARIA CHARTS

BAD MEETS EVIL DEBUT MARKS TWO SEPARATE NO. 1 DEBUTS IN THE US FOR EMINEM WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD

Continuing a remarkable year for Eminem, during which he released a best-selling album, Recovery, that has spawned two No. 1 singles and earned 11 Grammy Award nominations, the superstar hip-hop artist has landed at No. 1 for the second time within 12 months with Hell: The Sequel, the debut album from Bad Meets Evil, Eminem’s collaboration with fellow Detroit native Royce Da 5’9”, having sold 171,000 albums. This marks the first time in the last five years an artist has scored two No. 1 albums within a 12-month period. The album debuted at No. 3 in Australia.

Eminem and Royce Da 5’9,” who first teamed up on the 1999 single “Scary Movies,” debuted two tracks from Hell: The Sequel — “Fast Lane” and “Lighters” (featuring Bruno Mars) — during Eminem’s critically hailed headlining June 11th performance at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in front of 80,000 fans, during which the crowd “poised on the brink, positively lost their collective minds,” during the “hard-hitting, hit-packed” set, as MTV.com reported. The video for “Fast Lane” has racked up more than 6.2 million views on VEVO.

Watch it here: http://www.vevo.com/watch/bad-meets-evil/fast-lane/USUV71100957

Eminem premiered the new video exclusively on iTunes for “Space Bound” from the album Recovery last week. The clip, filmed in Los Angeles in February, was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously directed the clips for “Without Me, “We Made You,” and “Love The Way You Lie.” Click here to see the video.

The chart-topping bow of Hell: The Sequel, which includes production from long-time collaborator and D12 member, Mr. Porter (a/k/a Kon Artis), Havoc from Mobb Deep, DJ Khalil, and Bangladesh, occurs the same week one year ago that Eminem’s seventh studio album, Recovery was released. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart marking the beginning of a triumphant comeback for the artist. The best-selling digital album of all-time, Recovery has now sold more than 5.7 million copies worldwide.
Eminem’s new single “Lighters” is at radio now and already flying into Top 40 singles chart in Australia.

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EP – Hell The Sequel – out now
Single – “Lighters” – out now

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