Reception
D12 World debuted at the top of the US, UK, Irish, Canadian and NZ album charts. It debuted at number 2 in Germany and Australia, and also in the top 5 in Switzerland, Norway and Australia. It debuted in the top 10 in Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It sold over 500,000 records in its first week of release in the US alone. "My Band", the first single, also has been successful reaching number one in Australia and the US rhythmic top 40, top 5 in the UK and Germany and top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Upon release, D12 World received mixed to positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 58, based on 13 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews."
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