Eminem set for record album sales

Eminem's latest album, Encore, looks like being the fastest seller of the year according to record shops.

Encore is on target to sell more than 300,000 copies in the UK and is tipped to top the album chart on Sunday.

What's more amazing is that the album was only released on Friday, but is still likely to sell more copies than Britney Spears and Westlife.

The album could even challenge the 320,000 first-week sales of Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits from October.

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The first single from the album, Just Lose It, is already number one in both the singles chart and the download chart.

A spokesperson from the rapper's record company, Interscope, said his fourth album was selling "incredibly well".

Spokespeople for both Virgin Megastores and HMV said they thought the album would top the chart on Sunday.

HMV head of music Mark Noonan said: "To grab the number one spot with just two days of sales, especially ahead of such a strong release as Britney's Greatest Hits, would be pretty unprecedented."