The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rihanna helps Eminem reach 10th billion-streaming song
Eminem has notched his 10th song in Spotify’s Billions Club with “The Monster,” his 2013 collaboration with Rihanna.
The song, from his “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” passed the 1 billion streams marker on the streaming service this week. It’s his second song from the album to earn 1 billion streams, follow- ing “Rap God,” and his sec- ond collab with Rihanna to reach the 1 billion marker, after their 2010 smash “Love the Way You Lie.”
“The Monster” topped Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks at the end of 2013 and the begin- ning of 2014. On YouTube, the song’s video has been viewed 929 million times. In March 2022, the song was certified eight-times plati- num by the Recording Indus- try Association of America.
The track, co-written by Bebe Rexha, finds Eminem
confronting his relationship with fame; Rihanna sings the song’s chorus. The pair won a Grammy Award for the song, for best rap/sung collaboration, in 2015.
Following the release of “The Monster,” Eminem and Rihanna hit the road for a short tour that included two August 2014 shows at Detroit’s Comerica Park. To date, they are the last concerts Eminem played in his hometown.
Eminem previously hit 1 billion streams with his songs “Stan,” “Mockingbird,” “Godzilla,” “The Real Slim Shady,” “Lose Yourself,” “‘Till I Collapse” and “With- out Me.”
“The Monster” is Rihan- na’s 14th song to pass 1 bil- lion streams on Spotify, fol- lowing “Work,” “This is What You Came For,” “Needed Me,” “Umbrella,” “Love on the Brain,” “We Found Love,” “Diamonds,” “Stay,” “FourFiveSeconds,” “Wild Thoughts,” “Too Good,” “Only Girl (In the World)” and the aforementioned “Love the Way You Lie.”
“Not Afraid,” Eminem’s 2010 self-empowerment anthem, is currently sitting at 985 million streams and likely is his next entry into the Billions Club.
“Lose Yourself” is his most-streamed song, with 2.1 billion streams, followed by “Till I Collapse,” with 1.9 billion.