Release Date was Sunday (May 28th)... (Score 1)

due to its availability on the internet, and Eminem's whining. The original announcement from billboard is here. This breaks the usual trend of CDs being released on Tuesdays.

And, even though everyone in the industry seems to be complaining about how bootleg copies of his CD are hurting sales, early predictions will still put him on top of this week's Billboard 200 with over 300,000 albums sold. And since SoundScan tallies sales from Monday thru Sunday, this CD has only one legitimate day of sales to reach that level (minus the usual street date violations -- the album has been in the hands of the record stores since at least last Friday). This article focuses on some early sales reports.