Eminem earns his 10th billion-streaming song, with hand from Rihanna


Eminem has notched his 10th song in Spotify’s Billions Club with “The Monster,” his 2013 collaboration with Rihanna.

Eminem and Rihanna perform onstage at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 13, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

The song, from Em’s “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” passed the 1 billion streams marker on the streaming service this week. It’s his second song from the album to earn 1 billion streams, following “Rap God,” and his second collab with Rihanna to reach the 1 billion marker, after their 2010 smash “Love the Way You Lie.”

“The Monster” topped Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks at the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. On YouTube, the song’s video has been viewed 929 million times, and in March 2022 it was certified 8-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The track, which was co-written by Bebe Rexha, finds Eminem confronting his relationship with fame, while Rihanna sings the song’s chorus. The pair won a Grammy Award for the song, for Best Rap/ Sung Collaboration, in 2015.

Following the release of “The Monster,” Eminem and Rihanna hit the road for a short tour that included two August 2014 shows at Comerica Park. To date, they are the last concerts Eminem played in Detroit.



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