The figures were released by Eminem's record label, Interscope, on Tuesday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan. It's actually the best album debut since October 2008, when AC/DC's "Black Ice" topped the charts with sales of 784,000.
Eminem released the CD "Relapse" last year, but "Recovery" has gotten much better reviews.
The 37-year-old rapper was named the best-selling artist of the last decade by Billboard.
