(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.

I thought the song was well written. A friend of mine who is pretty much obsessed with him showed it to me, and I got into it. There's a few sub-par versions of it on YouTube in terms of quality, so I went and bought it myself.

It's good. I'm glad he's not using his little accent in it.

Eminem and T.I are the only good mainstream rappers.