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Eminem’s “Godzilla” goes platinum in France

Eminem‘s “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, from his 2020 album, Music To Be Murdered By, goes platinum in France, meaning, the song has now sold more than 300,000 units in the country.

“Godzilla” was a commercial success globally. The song debuted at No. 1 in Finland and on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, becoming Eminem’s tenth and ninth number-one single in the UK and Ireland, respectively. It also went to No. 2 in Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, New Zealand, and Slovakia. It went to No. 3 in both artists’ homeland, the United States, and went top ten in 20 regions.

Outside Europe, “Godzilla” saw moderate success in Lebanon and Singapore, peaking inside the top 20 in those regions. As of today the song has sold more than 5 million album-equivalent units and is eligible for 5x platinum in the U.S.

“Godzilla” is also certified 2x platinum in Australia, Canada and Poland. It’s platinum in Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal and United Kingdom and gold in Austria and New Zealand.

Revisit the song below:

“Godzilla” by Eminem & Juice WRLD hits 1 Billion streams on Spotify

Eminem‘s 2020 mega hit song “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. It’s Detroit legend’s 5th song to do so. After “Till I Collapse,” “Lose Yourself,” “Without Me” and “The Real Slim Shady.” Becoming the first artist to have at least one song with +1B streams in each of the last three decades.

Slim Shady’s third verse on “Godzilla” track holds the record for his fastest rap verse, rapping 10.65 syllables per second, or 300 words in 30 seconds, breaking his own records held by his feature on Nicki Minaj and Labrinth’s 2018 song “Majesty” from Queen album, where he rapped 10.3 syllables per second, and his 2013 song “Rap God” from The Marshall Mathers LP 2, where Em rapped 9.6 syllables per second.

On March 6, 2020, Eminem released a snippet of the music video, announcing that he partnered with Lyrical Lemonade company. Three days later, the music video was released, directed by Cole Bennett, which featured guest appearances from Dr. Dre and Mike Tyson. The song currently has over 520 million views on YouTube.

“Godzilla” was a worldwide success. It debuted at No. 1 in Finland and on both the United Kingdom Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, becoming Eminem’s 10th and 9th No.1 single respectively. It also went to No. 2 in Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, New Zealand, and Slovakia. The song went to No.3 in both artists’ homeland, the United States, and went top ten in 20 regions. It also saw moderate success Singapore and Lebanon and Singapore, peaking inside the top 20 in those regions.

The Song is eligible for 5x platinum in the United States for selling more than 5 million units in the country. It’s also double platinum in Australia, Canada and Poland. And platinum in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy and Portugal. “Godzilla” also received Gold certifications in New Zealand and Austria.

You can revisit the song below:

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson uses Eminem’s “Godzilla” as his workout motivation

According to some source, Disney has begun talks with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to play Jinn in the sequel of ‘Aladdin,’ instead of Will Smith.

No matter what kind of movie it is, the famous Rock always prepares for his role with a heavy workout sessions in the gym and often uses Eminem’s songs (especially “Till I Collapse”) to get himself motivated.

Yesterday was no different. Dwayne posted a video on his Instagram story where the Hollywood superstar pumps himself up over Eminem’s “Godzilla” song, featuring late Juice WRLD, from Music To Be Murdered By album.

You can watch the video below:

Drummer takes Eminem’s “Godzilla” challenge on another level

Two years ago, Eminem called on social media followers to take part in the “Godzilla” challenge.

On “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, from “Music To Be Murdered By” album, Eminem raps a staggering 224 words in just 31 seconds of the final verse, as Genius reports before.

Eminem’s fans were subsequently invited to take up the rapid-fire challenge – prompting a huge number of impressive efforts from fans. Later, Eminem announced the winners.

LL Cool J’s radio channel “Rock The Bells” has recently tweeted a video of a drummer taking on “Godzilla,” with the caption: “Drum God! The speed that Hal Drums is hittin’ Eminem’s “Godzilla” on these drums might be as impressive as the speed Em’ was spittin’ rhymes on the original.”

You can check the cover of speed parts of “Godzilla” and “Rap God” below:

Mike Tyson says he really punch Eminem in the face in “Godzilla” video

Mike Tyson has recently sat down with DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45 for Super Bowl special where the two briefly talked about Eminem.

“Eminem is just a beautiful humble person. I know in the past he has been through a lot in life but he overcame it he’s now as healthy as he can. I’m very grateful he was in my podcast.” says one of the greatest boxers of all time.

When Whoo Kid asked about the “Godzilla” video, here is what Tyson replied:

“Did I really punch him? Maybe a little bit but by accident. Not the real full. They told me to do it that way.”

You can listen to the interview and watch “Godzilla,” music video right after the jump below:

R.A. The Rugged Man responds Dr. Dre by sharing Eminem’s “Godzilla” recordbreaker track

Few days ago, Dr. Dre posted a clip of Eminem ripping his 100 m.p.h. finishing verse from 2020’s “Godzilla” with the caption: “Marshall Mathers vs Who???!!”

Since then, many famous faces have responded to Dre’s post, including R.A. The Rugged Man, who thinks he broke Eminem’s “Godzilla” record with “Gotta Be Dope,” featuring A-F-R-O and DJ Jazzy Jeff, a track he released shortly after Eminem’s single dropped.

In “Godzilla” Eminem raps 10.65 syllables per second, or 339 words in 30 seconds. On “Gotta Be Dope,” RA raps at a speed of 11.14 syllables per second.

Suffolk County, New York-born rapper shared the video on his Instagram, with the screenshot of “Godzilla” breaking record article over it and in caption, he wrote: “Easy.”

Matter of fact, Eminem’s “Godzilla” holds a Guinness World Record for “the fastest verse in a hit song,” meaning, the song to be considered for this specific record, must have a charting success on Billboard (must reach at least Top 20 on Hot 100 charts, “Godzilla” debuted at No. 3). Otherwise, a Seattle rapper named NoClue is officially holding the title of the world’s “Fastest Rap MC” by Guinness World Records, for rapping 723 syllables in 51.27 seconds (14.1 syllables per second) on his track “New West.”

Check R.A. The Rugged Man’s post below:

Cole Bennett celebrates 1 year anniversary of Eminem’s “Godzilla” video

Yesterday, exactly 1 year ago, Eminem dropped the music video of “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, from Music To Be Murdered By album, directed by Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett. The video features cameos from hip-hop icon Dr. Dre, legendary boxer Mike Tyson, actress Anna Dahl and actor George Todd McLachlan. Juice WRLD appears in the video as well, using older stock footage.

“Godzilla” video was nominated at 2020 MTV Video Music Awards in two categories: “Video Of The Year” and “Best Hip-Hop Video” but lost to The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” respectively.

To celebrate 1 year anniversary, Cole Bennnett dedicated an Instagram story to the video, saying: “One year ago this [Godzilla] video came out and changed my life in a lot of ways.”

WATCH: Ray J reacts to Eminem namedropping him on “Godzilla”

Ray J has slowly became one of the most popular punchlines in hip-hop music over the years as he is getting mentioned in songs by Eminem, City Girls, and, of course, Kanye West. On a new episode of Genius’ “Between The Lines” Ray J reacted on some of the references, including Eminem namedropping him on “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD.

“Man, you always wanna get an Eminem mention. I do not know, that is at the highest level of it. Somebody get Eminem on the phone. Let me say what is up and let me soak up some knowledge real quick. Let me come learn some s**t or give me some goddamn publishing!” said Ray J.

You can watch the video below:

Eminem’s “Godzilla” is the 3rd most searched lyrics on Google in 2020

Earlier this year, Eminem and late rapper Juice WRLD teamed up for the first time on “Godzilla,” a single from Eminem’s 11th solo studio album, Music To Be Murdered By.

About a month later, Eminem launched the #GodzillaChallenge which encouraged fans to spit the fast verse in creative ways, lip syncing or rapping, on the Triller app in order to win a shout out and signed lithograph.

The song debuted at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100 and officially beat “Rap God”s speed in Guinness World Records book.

Google has also revealed the most searched lyrics of the songs in the United States and “Godzilla” makes it into Top 3. Check out Top 10 below:

  1. Cardi B – “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion
  2. Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
  3. Eminem – “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD
  4. Tekashi 6ixN9ne – “GOOBA”
  5. Matthew Wilder – “Break My Stride”
  6. City Girls – “This Is For Rachel”
  7. Doja Cat – “Say So”
  8. Justin Bieber – “Yummy”
  9. Conan Gray – “Heather”
  10. Arizona Zervas – “ROXANNE”

Bump “Godzilla” below!

 

Eminem talks how skilled and talented artist Juice WRLD was

1 year ago today, in 2019, we lost one of the most talented rappers from the new generation — Juice WRLD.

Earlier this year, Eminem set down with Kxng Crooked for a lengthy interview where the two talked about many things, including Juice.

“Shout out to Juice WRLD, man. That kid was so talented. His freestyle that he did on Tim Westwood where he rapped for 1 hour…I was like, WHAT THE F**K. The way he was freestyling…That’s the s**t that we used to try to do at the Hip-Hop Shop. It was like, we were working on freestyles but to be able to slip in and out of written when you need to…You got a certain punchline to take out this dude.” says Eminem.

“And to be so young. He mastered that so f**king quickly. It’s really sad…His potential was so off the charts.” – adds Eminem

Watch the interview below:

Eminem and late rapper Juice WRLD team up for the first time on “Godzilla” earlier this year. It marks the first collaboration between Juice and Em. Juice had previously named Eminem as one of his biggest influences in numerous interviews. He also freestyled almost an hour over different Eminem beats on Tim Westwood. You can check all of those stories here.

“Godzilla” also serves as Juice WRLD’s first posthumous release since his passing on December 8, 2019 – exactly six days after his 21st birthday. Juice reportedly recorded the chorus for the track before his untimely death, although he was unable to complete his actual verse for the song in time. Revisit the track below:

 

Cole Bennett gives another hint on new video from Eminem ?!

Few days ago, Cole Bennett, who has previously directed Eminem and Juice WRLD’s “Godzilla” video, posted a picture of him heading to 8 Mile, Detroit. That fact instantly gave Eminem fans hope that Cole and Em are teaming up again for another music video.

https://twitter.com/Breakingers/status/1333505160790880267

Yesterday, Cole Bennett did an interview with YouTuber Anthony Fantano, where the director talked about his plans for December: “It’s gonna be a big December. As of right now there are three videos coming out in December. I can’t say what they are but they are all very special in their own way.”

Kxng Crooked also hinted on something coming out in mid-December on Twitter but he was most likely just messing with the fans. You can check out the tweet below:

https://twitter.com/CrookedIntriago/status/1331269409076199425

As you might know Earlier this year, Eminem and late rapper Juice WRLD teamed up for the first time on “Godzilla,” from the Music To Be Murdered By album.

The official music video dropped March 9, 2020. Directed by Cole Bennett, one of the biggest names in music video production in recent year. The clip stars Dr. Dre, legendary boxer Mike Tyson, actor George Todd McLachlan who portrays young Eminem and actress Anna Dahl.

The music video was nominated for MTV Video Music Awards 2020 but lost to The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”

Eminem’s “Godzilla” director Cole Bennett is heading to Detroit at 8 Mile !

Earlier this year, Eminem and late rapper Juice WRLD teamed up for the first time on “Godzilla,” from the Music To Be Murdered album.

The official music video dropped March 9, 2020. Directed by Cole Bennett, one of the biggest names in music video production in recent year. The clip is starring Dr. Dre, legendary boxer Mike Tyson, actor George Todd McLachlan who portrays young Eminem and actress Anna Dahl.

Few minutes ago, Cole Bennett posted a picture him heading to 8 Mile, Detroit. Are Cole and Eminem teaming up again? Check out the post below:

https://twitter.com/Breakingers/status/1333505160790880267

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