Review of The Year

Narrowly ahead of Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 in the rap album of the year rankings, both have been nominated in that category for this year’s Grammy’s.

Eminem has garnered a further nine nominations, including one as record of the year for Love The Way You Lie featuring Rhianna.

Here he comes up against Jay-Z again with Empire State Of Mind featuring Alicia Keys being one of his further five potential awards.

While he may lose out in the record of the year honour, overall Eminem looks the more likely to triumph. His return to form on Recovery is simply stunning and it earned him the position of second best selling album of the year after Lady Gaga.