Eminem's latest album "Relapse"

Eminem's latest studio album "Relapse" has set a record in the US for the biggest first week sales in 2009. The rehabbed rapper has returned to No. 1 as Relapse sold 608,000 copies for his fifth straight chart-topper.

The record pipped Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown," which topped the charts last week, to land the first spot. "21st Century Breakdown" sold 215,000 copies in first three days, according to BBC reports.

Nearly five years since his last studio album, the rehabbed rapper has returned to No. 1 as "Relapse" sold 608,000 copies for his fifth straight chart-topper.

Eminem last crowned the charts with 2004's "Encore" - which sold 711,000 copies in its first week - and his retrospective "Curtain Call: The Hits" in 2005.

"Relapse" also beats U2's "No Line on the Horizon" (484,000 back in March) as the year's biggest bow.

(CRI/Agencies June 1, 2009)