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Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem’s “Forever” goes platinum in UK

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem’s “Forever” song is now a platinum seller in the United Kingdom as the song has now sold over 600,000 units in the country.

“Forever” was released as a single from the soundtrack to LeBron James’s More Than A Game documentary. The song was also placed on the re-release of Eminem’s album Relapse, titled Relapse: Refill.

The track was produced by Boi-1da and was originally for Kardinal Offishall featuring Rock City in early 2008, as “Bring It Back”. Kardinal did not use the song for his album and it was later re-sold to Drake, who released it in late 2008 as “I Want This Forever” featuring Lil Wayne and Kidd Kidd.

The 2009 version of “Forever” features Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. Rapper Jay-Z called it the best posse cut of the decade. Kanye West also revealed that he had to re-write his verse for two days after hearing Eminem’s verse.

Eminem helps popularity of hip hop reach record levels in UK

As the new research by the BPI reveals, the popularity of rap and hip hop soared in the United Kingdom in 2020. The rise has been powered by streaming, with rap and hip hop tracks topping 50 million plays in the UK last year, the music trade body reports in its All About Music 2021 yearbook.

Rap and hip hop’s market share in the United Kingdom is now over six times greater than at the start of the Millennium; in 1999 the genre’s share of the albums market was just 2%.

In 2020 Top Selling 5 Rap & Hip Hop albums in UK where the followings:

1. Stormzy – “Heavy Is The Head”
2. Pop Smoke – “Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon”
3. Eminem – “Music To Be Murdered By”
4. Post Malone – “Hollywood’s Bleeding”
5. Juice WRLD – “Legends Never Die”

For the full stats, visit Official UK Charts website here.

Eminem’s “Curtain Call: The Hits” goes 8x Platinum in UK

Eminem’s greatest hits album “Curtain Call: The Hits” has just went 9x Platinum in the United Kingdom which means the album has now sold more than 2,400,000 copies in the country.

https://twitter.com/BRITs/status/1322204112184877058

You can check other certifications for Eminem’s album in the United Kingdom below:

1. “The Marshall Mathers LP” – 8x Platinum

2. “Curtain Call: The Hits” – 8x Platinum

3. “The Eminem Show” – 6x Platinum

4. “Encore” – 4x Platinum

5. “Recovery” – 3x Platinum

6. “The Slim Shady LP” – 3x Platinum

7. “Relapse” – 2x Platinum

8. “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” – 2x Platinum

9. “Revival” – 1x Platinum

10. “Kamikaze” – 1x Platinum

11. “Music To Be Murdered By” – Gold

NOTE: The certification needs an update, each of the albums besides “Curtain Call: The Hits,” “The Eminem Show” and “The Marshall Mathers LP,” might be eligible for higher certifications.

The list is taken from BRIT Certified’s official website.