EMINEM

Eminem, the biggest selling music artist of the decade, officially announced the street date of his eagerly awaited new album; his first original studio album in over four years. "Relapse" will be released on May 18, 2009 through Interscope/Aftermath/Shady. The first single from the album is "We Made You" which was released digitally on April 13th, with a physical release on May 11th. Anticipation for "Relapse" has been building since the fall, when Eminem first announced the album title and debuted the freestyle "I'm Having A Relapse", during an interview on his Shade 45 satellite radio station. Last month, the release of "Crack A Bottle" from Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent brought the anticipation to a head. The track soured to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Eminem's second No. 1 after 2002's "Lose Yourself") and set a Nielsen SoundScan record for opening week download sales (418,000).