(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Eminem's "Not Afraid," the first single from his upcoming album Recovery, enters the Hot 100 at #1. It's the first song to debut in the top spot since Britney Spears' "3" did it in October. It's only the second rap song ever to debut at #1, following "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (featuring 112) in 1997. "Not Afraid" is Eminem's third #1 on the Hot 100, following "Lose Yourself," his Oscar-winning smash from 8 Mile, and "Crack A Bottle," his all-star collaboration with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.

"Not Afraid" sold 379,000 copies in its first week. That's the biggest weekly sales tally so far this year. Only three songs in digital history have sold more copies in their first week. All were 2009 releases: Flo Rida's "Right Round" (636,000), the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000) and the aforementioned "Crack A Bottle" (418,000).

"Not Afraid" posted the biggest weekly sales total since Ke$ha's "Tik ToK" rang up sales of 394,000 in the week ending Jan. 3. (That was the final week of the 2009 chart year.)

^^^From Yahoo^^^: I think this is a great milestone. I have loved Eminem's songs since before I could understand what the lyrics to his songs are. He is doing a great job, he is currently my favorite rapper. Post your thoughts.

Too long to read. :\ Anybody " tl;dr " me?

Good for him! I love his music and this song, is currently on my Myspace, Facebook, and my iPod + HTC Hero.

This song is the shit. This album is going to hot when it drops. I can't wait for it.

I didn't know the song was available for purchase though.

I seen this earlier. It's only because it's Eminem, the song aint even that good in my opinion. I hope the entire "Recovery" album don't have the accent in it. Eminem is boss right now, T.I. and Eminem are the two top dogs right now.

I don't like that song much either, I like Lose It, though.

way to long to read haha :/

The song is definately the best I have heard from him recently. He actually made meaningful lyrics this time around.

Do you mean "Just Lose It" from his "Encore" album?

He also has a song to promote his album its called Dispicable.

I love eminem i can fall asleep whilst listening to him Love him love him .(not gay though lmao)