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Drake would have to sell another 57,000,000 albums to even match current Eminem and by the time he does that Eminem would likely have sold 30-40 million more and I don’t think Drake is gonna keep up steam past 2040 I don’t think he has that longevity for that lol.
Especially after losing the beef to Kendrick and the allegations. Drake will retire in the top 10 but Eminem will retire in the top 5. Em’s got 3 more good eras in him I think and he seems to sell 20 mil each one so… I can see him passing 300 million by the time he retires which I don’t think will be any time soon and then sell records post retirement to pass Elvis.
i think we sometimes forget how huge can peaks and relevancy can be, and how fast someone's sales can collapse when their time is due
I said it over five years ago that Drake would lose steam and Em would either maintain or gain in the 2020s, and no one believed me, I say it now and some people believe me but most don't. Guess we'll wait till 2029 to know if my predictions hold further true.
But Drake is still selling 17-20 million eas per year. Eminem is like 7 million was a year. That gap reduces in five years.
I find Eminem's record sales very curious. My first thought would be: Where'd his money go? And who did it go to?
During the biggest year of Eminem's sales, shortly after the release of The Marshall Mathers LP, it was Dr. Dre that made year-end cash lists, not Eminem. He's outsold everyone else by so much that you'd expect to look at "richest" lists and see him all over the place, but 52 year-old Eminem is still sitting at the same net worth he had a decade ago and is nowhere to be found on the A-list tier of richest musicians:
Jay-z- $2.5 billion
Rihanna- $1.4 billion
Taylor Swift- $1.3 billion
Selena Gomez- $1.3 billion
Dr. Dre- $798 million
Beyonce- $760 million
Celine Dion- $550 million
Kanye West- $400 million
Katy Perry- $350 million
Justin Bieber- $300 million
Drake- $250 million
Ariana Grande- $240 million
Eminem- $230-250
The question would be how could a guy that sells that many records, runs a Sirius XM radio station, owns a clothing company, and has his own record label end up in a boat with 31 year-old Ariana Grande instead of Jay-z, Dr. Dre, or even Justin Bieber (freshly turned 30 and young enough to be Eminem's son- in other words, just getting started)? His record sales would suggest that he's the biggest artist on the planet, but his apparel doesn't sell (I haven't seen anyone wearing a non-Goodwill Shady shirt since 2002), his record label consistently flops, and his radio station doesn't seem to bring him any money either.
So someone might want to investigate that. The guy who claims he has no ghostwriters shed about $1 billion off what his net worth should be. He also claims to produce and ghostwrite for people, but if so, why ain't he getting paid for that? Very... shady.
Hi Wbrab!
You seem confused with the record sales and money gross correlation. These two things have very little to do with each other. Just look at P Diddy sales and money to understand that. Some tips:
- these Forbes list are grossly inaccurate to start with. They are estimates, very poorly done in general
- record sales do not bring that much money, even a top star will get only 15% ish of royalties, 100m sales at $10 would cash in $1b, out of these $700m go to the label (the $300m to the distributor), and 15% of these are 'only' $105 million
- albums sold through the 1st contract (usually 3-5 albums, haven't check Em's newbie contract in detail) bring next to no money to the artist, as starters they get a very low % on royalties, if any. It's logical that Dre, a household name back then, was the one milking the money from the 1999-2004 top sellers
- Eminem has never done large, high grossing tours
- what makes artists (& in truth anyone) go through the roof in these Forbes lists are actionaries of companies. And owning shares of a perfume fragrance (most female singers) or an alcohol brand (most rappers) is way, way more profitable than a record label or a radio station, which are used for their influence rather than to make money
Selling a lot of records with a bad contract, a bad manager or without investing cleverly won't make anyone a billionaire. There's a reason why both Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson had financial issues for most of their life, yet their estate sky rocketed once they passed away!
Net worth stats is fake. He makes tens of millions from his catalog. He just doesn't do pr like other celebs to forbes etc. note many actor n celebs r way rich than what is reported because they don't allow their worth to be reported. Eminem is mega rich but hasn't updated his net worth. Take this list with pinch of salt
That's... Not how it works.... Guillaume explained well but seriously dude. Think about things before you say something that's going to make you look bad.
Eminem need to keep releasing yearly at this point. Yes we have 60 million gap with Drake. But that dude moved 27 million eas in a year..Eminem moves like 7-8 million eas or more? The distance will be covered in no time by him. :/
