In December 2009, Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard magazine. Eminem has had 13 number one singles worldwide. 1 albums on the Billboard Top 200, 7 solo (6 studio albums, 1 compilation), 2 with D12 and 1 with Bad Meets Evil. Including his work with D12, Eminem has achieved ten No. He was also named the Best Rapper Alive by Vibe magazine in 2008. He was also ranked 82nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In 2005, Eminem was ranked 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time. With Recovery, Eminem achieved the record for most successive US No.1 albums by a solo artist. Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show which was the best seller of 2002 giving him 2 worldwide year end number 1 albums. Recovery is the best selling digital album in history. Recovery was reported by Billboard to be the best-selling album of 2010, making Eminem the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have two year-end best-selling albums. It stayed at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and a total of seven weeks. It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the US and achieved international commercial success, charting at number one in several other countries. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan, and has sold more than 86.5 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running No. In 2003, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film, 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse and in 2011 for his album Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. As well as being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil (the other member being Royce da 5'9"). It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in United States history. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor.