By October 2011, the album had sold approximately 10 million copies worldwide. It also peaked inside the top ten of several other countries and was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide. The album debuted at Number one on the U.S Billboard 200, selling 741,000 copies in its first week and stayed at number one for seven non-consecutive weeks. Upon release, Recovery received generally positive reviews, who complimented Eminem's rapping and performance on the album, although some criticized its inconsistency and production. For the promotion of the album, he featured in TV shows and performed the album's songs live on televised shows, at awards ceremonies, musical events and also headed The Recovery Tour. The album features more introspective and emotional lyrics and themes than on Relapse, talking about his drug addiction, anxiety, and emotional drives. Dre, who only produced one song off the album, guest appearances include Pink, Lil Wayne and Rihanna. Production for Recovery took place from 2009 to 2010 with production mainly taken by Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. Originally planed to be released as Relapse 2, Eminem re-titled the album to Recovery when he found the music of the new album to be different Relapse. Recovery is the seventh studio album by American hip hop artist Eminem that was released of Jby Interscope Records' subsidiaries Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records.

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