Released December 6, 2005 Length 77:55 Release date 6 December 2005 | Recorded 1998-2005 Label Aftermath Entertainment | |
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Producer EminemDr. DreJeff & Marky BassMike ElizondoThe 45 KingMel-Man Curtain CallThe Hits(2005) Eminem PresentsThe Re-Up(2006) Awards Echo Award for Best Hip Hop/Urban Artist (International) Similar Eminem albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
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Curtain Call: The Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The album collects Eminem's most popular singles, as well as four new songs, including a live version of "Stan", featuring English singer and songwriter Elton John from the 43rd Grammy Awards, plus new songs "Fack", "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg.
Contents
- 01 intro curtain call curtain call the hits 2005
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- Chart performance
- Clean version
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The album was certified seven times platinum in the United States and quadruple platinum in New Zealand. It reached number one on several charts, including the UK and US Albums Chart.
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Chart performance
Curtain Call: The Hits debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and Billboard 200, after two sales days, in a similar fashion to Eminem's previous album Encore. The album racked up first-week sales of nearly 441,000 and with close to 324,000 scans the second week for a two-week stay at number one. It slipped from no. 1 to no. 4 in its third week but surged 33 percent to finish with sales close to 430,000. The disc scored nearly 1.2 million scans in its first three weeks of release. It also gave Eminem his fifth straight number 1 album in the US and UK when including the 8 Mile soundtrack. Curtain Call was certified triple-platinum by the RIAA in the United States. As of November 2013, the record has sold 3,782,000 copies in the United States.
The album's two singles, "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That", peaked at numbers 8 and 6 respectively in the US Billboard Hot 100. Only "When I'm Gone" qualified for the charts in the UK, where it peaked at #4.
Clean version
A clean version of the album is also available. It has 15 tracks with both "Intro" and "Fack" removed and "My Name Is" put to track one. The tracks appear exactly how they appeared on the clean versions of their respective albums except for the song "Guilty Conscience", which adds a chorus. Certain profanities remain on several tracks, as words including "shit", "bitch", and "ass" were not censored on The Slim Shady LP or The Marshall Mathers LP. However, on "Just Lose It", the clean version leaves "ass" uncensored, while on the album Encore, the word "ass" was replaced with "thing".
Personnel
Songs
1Intro0:34
2FACK3:26
3The Way I Am [Clean]4:50