Circles vs Music to be murdered by
Last Friday, January 17, something unique happened. In addition to the launch of circles, the new Mac Miller album that we already had, another rapper decided to release an album, this time without warning. On the same Friday that Mac Miller's relatives released his posthumous album, Eminem released his 11th studio album: Music to be murdered by. The question is tempting: who has won? Mac Miller or Eminem?
Go ahead, the question is also unnecessary: ​​here the only one who has won is the listener. But, you know… Difficult to resist the temptation of the figures debate. Even more so when it comes to Eminem and Mac Miller.
Both are white-skinned superstars in a predominantly African-American genre, both at birth and in most of their current first spades. Eminem is 47 years old and has energy until his last days, as he himself has warned. Unfortunately, Mac Miller left us too soon. The Pennsylvania rapper met his death a year and a half ago when he was 26 years old from an accidental overdose (Just like Juice Wrld, whose final autopsy results have been published this week). Both Em and Mac represent two clearly differentiated generations of hip hop. So let's break down the unintentionally synchronized release of two of 2020's biggest rap albums.
Eminem vs Mac Miller: who has sold more records?
The sales figures for both Circles and Music to be murdered by in their first week they are stratospheric. Evidence that Eminem and Mac Miller (and perhaps also Logic) are the undisputed kings of white rap in the United States. circles, (the start of a trilogy, according to producer Jon Brion) has sold a total of 175.000 records (or equivalent units, which is what the music industry now calls the total computation including digital sales and streams). Music to be murdered by he has sold 275.000 records. Eminem is the winner of this first round.
Eminem vs. Mac Miller: YouTube
Eminem gave the bell by launching the video clip of one of the best songs from his new album: darkness. The video accumulates in its first week 20 million clicks and 1,2 million positive votes. Mac Miller's single, circles, It has 3,5 million views and 140.000 likes after a week. It so happens that we already had a first advance two weeks ago with Good news (beautiful and emotional song in which it almost seems that Mac speaks to us from the grave «maybe I lay down for a little…).
Good News it has amassed 14 million views and nearly a million upvotes in two weeks. Although Mac Miller fans have stood up, Eminem also demonstrates in this section all the muscle of his fan base. For something he is still the most popular rapper in the world after two decades of experience.
This week, Spotify is a matter of two: Eminem and Mac Miller
Both Eminem and Mac Miller have literally invaded Spotify's most streamed songs chart this week. The collaboration of the late Juice Wrld in Godzilla (from whom gossips say that Eminem bought the collaboration after the rapper's death) has reached 2nd place with 2.574 million views, surpassed only by the 3.781 reproductions of the intractable the box of the sensation of the moment: Roddy Ricch.
As we read in headlineplanet, in the third place of the most listened to Spotify songs this week we find life is good, by Future in collaboration with the almighty Drake (an alchemist who turns everything he touches into gold). Good News by Mac Miller is in 4th place, followed by Circles, Blue World, Complicated y I can see, all belonging to his posthumous album. Eminem occupies 9th place with the second cut of his new album, which includes the collaborate from Young MA: unaccommodating and Miller closes the table in 10th with Hand Me Downs).
Other songs from Music to be murdered by in the list of the most listened to Spotify are You Gon' Learn (featuring Royce Da 5'9″ & White Gold) (#11), Those Kinda Nights (featuring Ed Sheeran) (#12), Premonition – Intro (# 13) Darkness (#17) And In Too Deep (#19).