5 most watched Eminem music videos on YouTube

Rapper Eminem has taken the internet by storm as he dropped Houdini, his first single from his upcoming 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) on Friday, May 31. The album is scheduled to release this summer.

The song is a classic rap number, with multiple references including his 2002 hit single Without Me, the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, and the Steve Miller Band. The song is produced by Eminem and his longtime professional partner Luis Resto.

As Slim Shady gets ready to make new records with his new album and single, here's a look at the 5 most-viewed music videos of the rapper on YouTube. The list is based on the views on the rapper's official YouTube channel, EminemMusic, with 59.8 million subscribers as of writing.

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Rap God (Explicit), and 4 other most-watched music videos of Eminem on YouTube, ranked

5. Mockingbird (1B views)

Eminem's solo release track Mockingbird currently has 1,021,889,743 views on YouTube, making it fifth on the list. The song was first released as a part of his album Encore in 2004, but it later released as a single in April 2005. The music video was uploaded on YouTube in 2009.

It was nominated in the Best Rap Solo Performance award category at the Grammy Awards and also made it to the rapper's greatest hits compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005.

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4. Rap God (Explicit) (1.4B views)

Rap God, with 1,417,616,945 is fourth on the list of the rapper's most-watched music videos on YouTube. The song was released in October 2013 as the third single in Eminem's eighth studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It reintroduced the rapper's popular alter ego, Slim Shady.

The rap contained 1,560 words and made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the song containing most number of words. It was also nominated in the Best Rap Performance at the Grammys.

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3. Not Afraid (1.8B views)

Not Afraid is third on the list, with 1,863,988,879 views on YouTube. The song was a part of the singer's 2010 album Recovery. It was released in April 2010 as the album's lead single. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 as number 1, and was accompanied by a music video directed by Rich Lee.

The single won the Best Rap Video and Best Art Direction awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, the Best Rap Solo Performance award at the 53rd Grammy Awards, the Outstanding National Single and Outstanding Video awards at the Detroit Music Awards.

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2. Without Me (1.9B views)

Without Me, with 1.926,821,412 views and counting, is second on the list of Eminem's most-watched music videos. The song was released as the lead single of the rapper's fourth studio album, The Eminem Show, in 2002.

It ranked No. 2 in the Billboard Hot 100 upon release and held the No. 1 position in 15 different countries, making it one of the rapper's most successful songs.

Without Me went on to win the Best Music Video award at the Grammy Awards, alongside four awards in the MTV Video Music Awards, i.e. Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, and Best Direction.

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1. Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna (2.8B views)

Love The Way You Lie makes it to No. 1 in the list of the rapper's most-watched YouTube videos with 2,805,814,280 views and counting. The song was released as a part of the rapper's seventh studio album, Recovery, and featured singer Rihanna.

The music video for the song was directed by Joseph Kahn and featured Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan as supposed partners involved in an abusive relationship. The video also included Eminem and Rihanna singing in front of a burning house.

The song received five Grammy nominations, and won eight other awards, including Top Rap Song at the Billboard Music Awards

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As of writing, the Monster singer's latest release, Houdini, has garnered over 1 million views on YouTube and counting, within the first three hours of release.