: It was the first album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with only one day of sales (due to an early release to combat pirating).
Originally scheduled for June 4, 2002, Interscope Records was forced to move the release date up by nine days. This was a direct response to the album leaking onto Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks like Napster and LimeWire. In an era before streaming, a ".zip" file of an unreleased album was a massive threat to physical sales, yet The Eminem Show defied the odds. Production and Artistic Shift Eminem The Eminem Show 2002 Album.zip
Some notable tracks from the album include: : It was the first album to debut at No