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Eminem (often stylized EMINƎM), by his real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, born October 17, 1972 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, is an American rap singer-songwriter, also a producer and actor. In addition to his solo career, he is also a member of the D12 group which he co-founded and composed the duo Bad Meets Evil with Royce da 5'9 ".

Eminem is one of the most sold albums in the history of the music industry (172 million worldwide) and is the largest international record seller in the decade from 1999 to 2009. He has over 600 awards, including 15 Grammy Awards and an Oscar. He is quoted in numerous lists listing the best artists of all time, Rolling Stone magazine having even declared "King of hip-hop". Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, he has ten albums at the top of the US rankings. It has two diamond-certified discs (The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show). His YouTube channel has more than 10 billion views.

Still unknown to the general public, Eminem publishes his first album, entitled Infinite, in 1996. The record is a critical and commercial failure. He only gained worldwide popularity after the release of his second album, The Slim Shady LP in 1999, the first released on the label of producer and rapper Dr. Dre. This album earned him his first Grammy Award, the best rap album. He won the same trophy for his next two albums, The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show, making him the record number of consecutive wins for this award. The rapper goes on in 2004 with the album Encore. After a five-year forced retirement, Eminem returns in 2009 with the album Relapse, leaving behind his drug problems. The following year, he released his seventh studio album, Recovery, which is a worldwide hit. He is the best-selling album of the year 2010, just like The Eminem Show in 2002. At the end of 2013, he publishes his eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 which allows him to win two Grammys Awards, one for The Monster and the second in the category of best rap album of the year. When it came out, the album climbed to the top of the Billboard charts. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is also the second best-selling album of the year in the US although it was released two months before the end of the year. In November 2014 Eminem publishes Shady XV, a compilation to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its Shady Records label. Many rappers from Shady Records are present. Group D12 is also present.
Eminem is also an active entrepreneur. He has created his own label, Shady Records, a radio station, Shade 45 and a charitable foundation. Eminem also began an acting career in 2002 with the role of Jimmy Smith Jr. in director Curtis Hanson's film 8 Mile. For this role alongside Kim Basinger, he won the Oscar for the best original song for the song Lose Yourself. He becomes one of the first hip-hop artists to win this award.