Eminem is a popular American singer who has millions of fans around the world. He is the best-selling musician of all time and has sold over 170 million records during his career to date. The singer makes his own music and albums and works under the label of Shady Records. Eminem became popular in the year 2004 and his success remains unshakable to date. His total career earnings to date are approaching $400 million.
Early Life
Eminem was born as Marshall Bruce Mathers III and later changed his name to Eminem when he entered the music. He was born on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He spent his youth in Missouri and spent his early life with his single mom. They moved to Warren, Michigan, and settled there. Â His parents Marshall Sr. and Deborah “Debbie” Rae Nelson were in a band called Daddy Warbucks together before they got a divorce.
After the divorce, Eminem and his mom moved back and forth between Michigan and Missouri, and they did not stay in one place for more than a year. They lived primarily with family his other members. As a child, Eminem was a loner and he was bullied frequently at school. In his teenage years, he lived in a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit.
Eminem wanted to become a comic book artist, but he changed his thoughts when he first heard the rap song, Reckless – Featuring Ice-T, which is the soundtrack to the movie “Breakin'”.
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Shady Records/50 Cent
In 1999, Eminem founded his own label that he called Shady Records. The first singer to sign with the company was D12. They were a group of rappers Eminem was friends with from Detroit.
In 2002, when he was filming a movie called “8 Mile” Eminem he was introduced to an underground New York rapper named 50 Cent. Eminem has listened to his mixtapes and was interested to sign him to the label.
50 Cent soon was the first solo artist who was signed by Shady Records. Shady Records released the soundtrack of the 8 Mile movie which would be sold more than 11 million copies worldwide.
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Eminem’s Net Worth
Eminem has a total net worth of $280,000,000. The singer earned his assets from working in the entertainment industry. He owns his own record label Shady Records and is also a famous musician and songwriter. Eminem sold over 50 million records during his peak years and performed 88 solo concerts when he was signed with the Anger Management Tour.
During those years Eminem managed to earn at least $100 million from record sales, touring and merchandise. His total career earnings ended up totaling $380 million, conservatively. The breakdown of his earning in different years is as follows:
| Eminem Earnings By Year: | |
| ·        Year | Earnings |
| ·        2004 | $10,000,000 |
| ·        2005 | $14,000,000 |
| ·        2006 | $16,000,000 |
| ·        2007 | $18,000,000 |
| ·        2008 | $12,000,000 |
| ·        2009 | $14,000,000 |
| ·        2010 | $8,000,000 |
| ·        2011 | $14,000,000 |
| ·        2012 | $15,000,000 |
| ·        2013 | $10,000,000 |
| ·        2014 | $18,000,000 |
| ·        2015 | $31,000,000 |
| ·        2016 | $11,000,000 |
| ·        2017 | $16,000,000 |
| ·        2018 | $23,000,000 |
| ·        2019 | $50,000,000 |
| ·        Total: | $280,000,000 |
