Mariah Carey - Chart Accomplishments, Sales, & Awards

[HeatSeeker]

Biography according to her official website:


The best-selling female artist of all time - whose eighteen #1 singles rival all but The Beatles - Mariah Carey has made an indelible impact on the global music industry and audiences everywhere. Blessed with a stunning five-octave range and signature vocal abilities, the singularly talented superstar continues to reach new heights of artistic growth and popularity. As a singer and songwriter, she has been recognized with five Grammy Awards, nine American Music Awards, Billboard's "Artist of the Decade" Award and the World Music Award for "World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium," to name but a few honors.

Released in April 2005, The Emancipation of Mimi (Island Def Jam) strongly resonated with audiences, becoming that year's best-selling album in the U.S. and selling more than eight million units worldwide to date. While capturing three Grammys for Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, Carey broke milestones with the album's three singles. "We Belong Together" (which spent an astonishing fourteen weeks at #1) and "Shake It Off" made her the only female artist ever to occupy the Billboard Hot 100's #1 and #2 spots in the same week. Her subsequent stand-alone single "Don't Forget About Us" became the biggest American radio hit of the year.

With a mother who shared both talent and a love of music, Mariah Carey was named after "They Call the Wind Mariah," a song from the popular Lerner and Loewe musical Paint Your Wagon. She began singing at the age of four, and her extraordinary and innate talent quickly progressed. As a young teenager she began honing her songwriting skills; upon high school graduation, Carey headed straight to New York to pursue a musical career. A luminous talent, her vocals were immediately in demand. Her major break came while singing backup for Brenda K. Starr, who gave her demo tape to then-Sony Music Entertainment Chief Tommy Mottola. Soon after, Mottola signed Carey to her first recording contract with Columbia Records.

With an angelic allure and a vocal intensity never heard before, Mariah Carey exploded upon the scene with the debut of her self-titled album in 1990. Mariah Carey was an immense hit, spawning an extraordinary four #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry." It also brought two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Vision of Love"). Carey continued her early success with a series of singles from her subsequent Emotions (1991) and MTV Unplugged (1992) albums that consistently placed her at the top of the charts.

With the 1993 release of Music Box, which included the chart-topping hit singles "Dreamlover" and "Hero," Mariah Carey produced her most commercially successful album to date, selling an astounding 30 million units. She hit a new milestone with a holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994), which contained the instant classic "All I Want for Christmas is You." The next year, with the release of Daydream (1995), its single "Fantasy" debuted at #1, making Mariah Carey the second artist in history and the first female performer to accomplish that feat. The album's other single, "One Sweet Day," recorded with Boyz II Men, stayed at the top of the charts for a mind-blowing sixteen weeks. She followed with the hip-hop and R&B-infused Butterfly, which introduced a new chapter in her career, teaming her with the hottest names in the music business including Sean Combs and Missy Elliott.

In 1998, eight years after her debut, Carey released #1's, a compilation of her chart-topping hits. The album also included a new song, "When You Believe" (from the film The Prince of Egypt), a duet with Whitney Houston that paired two of the most successful female recording artists in pop history. Rainbow followed in 1999 with startling success. With the album's first single, the popular "Heartbeaker," Carey became "the first artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s; the record also pushed her ahead of The Beatles as the artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop the Hot 100 singles chart," as affirmed by AllMusic.com. Mariah Carey subsequently sparked the interest of Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam Records, which signed her to an exclusive recording contract in May 2002. Later that year she made her label debut with the release of the multi-platinum Charmbracelet.

Evoking a nickname used by those closest to her, The Emancipation of Mimi marked Mariah Carey's tenth studio album with its release in April 2005. Entirely written and co-produced by Carey, and executive produced by Island Def Jam Music Group Chairman Antonio Reid, Mimi revealed an evolved musical sensibility in its tracks and a sophisticated new look on its cover. The album earned three Grammys from eight nominations across multiple categories, following a string of wins at the Vibe Awards, the American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards.

Apart from her musical achievements, Mariah Carey has generously donated her time and energy to a range of philanthropic causes near to her heart. They include Save the Music, The National Adoption Center and The Make-A-Wish Foundation, which recently bestowed its 2006 Wish Icon Award upon her, permanently rechristening it the Mariah Carey Wish Icon Award. Her active involvement with the Fresh Air Fund resulted in Camp Mariah, the Fund's first camp named in honor of an individual. Through this prism, Mariah Carey's legacy transcends the music industry to leave an indelible imprint upon the world at large.

Approximate album sales worldwide: 148,000,000
Approximate single sales worldwide: 52,000,000
Approximate video/DVD sales worldwide: 2,000,000
Approximate record sales worldwide: 202,000,000
*Updated 4/13/10*

[Wayne]

Yep. I generally agree with those estimations. For the record, here is my breakdown:

ALBUMS:

Mariah Carey - 14million
Emotions - 9million
MTV Unplugged - 6.5million
Music Box - 27.5million
Merry Christmas - 13million
Daydream - 20.5million
Butterfly - 10million
#1's - 16million
Rainbow - 8.5million
Glitter - 2.5million
GH (2001) - 3million
Charmbracelet - 4million
Remixes - 0.5million
The Emancipation of Mimi - 9.5million
E=MC2 - 2million

Mariah Carey's total album sales: 146,500,000

Mariah Carey's total single Sales: 50,000,000

Mariah Carey's total DVD sales: 1.5-2million

= 199,000,000 (Gilly is going to hate me for that)

[HeatSeeker]

Some of her awards from her debut in 1990 to 2008:

1990
Soul Train Music Awards (3)
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of The Year - Female ("Mariah Carey")
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single - Female ("Vision of Love")
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist


1991
American Music Awards (1)
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

Billboard Music Awards (5)
Hot 100 Singles Artist 1991
Top Female Album Artist ("Mariah Carey")
Top Female Single Artist ("Vision Of Love")
Top Adult Contemporary Artist
Top Pop Album Artist

BMI Pop Awards (5)
Song of the Year ("Love Takes Time")
Songwriter Award ("Love Takes Time")
Songwriter Award ("Vision of Love")
Songwriter Award ("Someday")
Songwriter Award ("I Don't Wanna Cry")

Grammy Awards (2)
Best Pop Vocal Performance Female ("Vision of Love")
Best New Artist

Rolling Stone Magazine's Readers Pick Awards (1)
Best New Female Artist

New York City Music Awards (1)
Best Female Pop Vocalist


1992
American Music Awards (1)
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

Billboard Music Awards (2)
Top Female Album Artist ("Emotions")
Top Female Single Artist

BMI Pop Awards (1)
Songwriter of The Year

1993
American Music Awards (January 26) (3)
Pop/Rock Female Artist
Top Contemporary Album ("MTV Unplugged")
Special Award for Worldwide Sales of over 55 million

BMI Pop Awards (3)
Songwriter Award ("Emotions")
Songwriter Award ("Can't Let Go")
Songwriter Award ("Make It Happen")

ASCAP Pop Music Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Can't Let Go")


1994
ARIA Music Awards (Australia) (3)
Most Popular International Album of the Year ("Music Box")
Most Popular International Solo Female Artist
Take 40 Australia Best Chart Album Performance ("Music Box")

Billboard Music Awards (1)
Female Artist of The Year

MTV European Music Awards (1)
Favorite Female Artist

Rockefellar Center Awards (2)
Worldwide Sales of over 20 million copies ("Music Box")
Worldwide Sales of over 55 Million since 1990

BMI Pop Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Dreamlover")

Bravo Magazine Awards (Germany) (1)
Golden Otto Award - Best Female Artist

Smash Hits Magazine Awards (UK) (1)
Best Female Solo Artist

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Hero")


1995
American Music Awards (1)
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1)
Top Pop Female

Bravo Magazine Awards (Germany) (1)
Silberner Otto Award - Second Best Female Artist

Smash Hits Magazine Awards (UK) (1)
Best Female Solo Artist

Echo-Preis Awards (Germany) (1)
Beste International Künstlerin (Best International Artist)

World Music Awards (3)
Best Selling American Recording Artist
Best Selling World Recording Artist
Best Selling Pop Artist

BMI Pop Awards (3)
Songwriter Award ("Hero")
Songwriter Award ("Dreamlover") - Second Award
Songwriter Award ("Anytime You Need A Friend")

ASCAP Pop Music Awards (3)
Songwriter Award ("Hero")
Songwriter Award ("Dreamlover")
Songwriter Award ("Anytime You Need A Friend")

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Hero") - Second Award


1996
American Music Awards (2)
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

Billboard Music Awards (4)
Hot 100 Singles Artist of The Year
Hot 100 Airplay
Hot Adult Contemporary Artist of The Year
Special Hot 100 Billboard Award - Record 16 weeks at #1 ("One Sweet Day")

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2)
Favorite Single ("Fantasy")
Favorite Adult Contemporary Single Female ("One Sweet Day")

World Music Awards (4)
World's Best Selling Female R&B Artist
World's Best Selling Overall Female Recording Artist
World's Best Selling Female Pop Artist
Best Selling American Female Recording Artist

Bravo Magazine Awards (Germany) (1)
Bronzener Otto Award: For Third Best Female Artist

Winter Music National Dance Awards (2)
Dance Record Of The Year ("Fantasy")
Dance Artist Of The Year

BMI Pop Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Anytime You Need A Friend") - Second Award

Gold Disc Awards (Japan) (2)
International Artist Of The Year
International Pop Album Of The Year ("Daydream")

TMF Awards (Holland) (1)
Best International Female Singer


1997
VH1 Viewers Poll Awards (1)
Artist of The Year

BMI Pop Awards (5)
Song of the Year ("One Sweet Day")
Songwriter Award ("One Sweet Day")
Songwriter Award ("Fantasy")
Songwriter Award ("Always Be My Baby")
Songwriter Award ("Forever")

ASCAP Pop Music Awards (3)
Songwriter Award ("One Sweet Day")
Songwriter Award ("Fantasy")
Songwriter Award ("Forever")

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards(1)
Songwriter Award ("One Sweet Day")
Bravo Magazine Awards (Germany) (1)
Silberner Otto Award - Second Best Female Artist


1998
American Music Awards(1)
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1)
Favorite Female - Pop ("Butterfly")

Billboard Music Awards (1)
Special Billboard Hot 100 Award - Most #1 singles by a female solo artist (13)

World Music Awards (2)
World's Best Selling Female Soul/R&B Artist
Legend Award - World's Best Selling Artist of the 90's

Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (1)
The Aretha Franklin Award - Female Entertainer of The Year

International Achievement In Arts Awards (1)
Entertainer of The Year

Long Island Music Awards (1)
Best Female Singer

BMI Pop Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Always Be My Baby") - Second Award


1999
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1)
Favorite Pop Female

Billboard Music Awards (1)
Artist of The Decade

BMI Pop Awards (4)
Songwriter Of The Year
Songwriter Award ("Butterfly")
Songwriter Award ("Honeyl")
Songwriter Award ("My All")

Critics Choice Awards (1)
Best Song ("When You Believe")

ASCAP Pop Music Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Honeyl")

NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Duo or Group (Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston for "When You Believe")

Congressional Awards (1)
Horizon Award For Founding Fresh Air Fund's Camp Mariah

NABOB Awards (1)
Entertainer of The Year

Bravo Magazine Awards (Germany) (1)
Silberner Otto Award - Second Best Female Artist

BFCA Award (1)
Best Film Song ("When You Believe")


2000
American Music Awards (1)
Lifetime Of Achievement Award

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1)
Favorite Female Artist R&B

World Music Awards (2)
World's Best Selling R&B Female
World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium

DMX Music Awards (1)
Ultimative Diva

NRJ Radio Music Awards (France) (1)
Best International Artist


2001
BMI Urban Awards (1)
Songwriter Award ("Thank God I Found You")

The Make-A-Wish Foundation's Chris Greicius Awards (1)
Celebrity Wish Granter of the Year

Radio Music Awards (1)
Most Requested Artist


2002
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards (1)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales ("Loverboy")


2003
The Fresh Air Fund's Salute to American Heroes Awards (1)
The American Hero Award - Ongoing contributions to the Fresh Air Fund

MTV's Total Request Live Awards (1)
The Free Ride Award - Best Vehicle Hook-Up ("Loverboy" Hot Rod)

RIAA Certification Awards (1)
Commemorative Award - Blue Diamond Award For 100th RIAA Certification

Soul Train Awards (1)
Quincy Jones Award - Outstanding Career Achievements in Entertainment, Female

NRJ Radio Music Awards (Sweden) (1)
Most Played Artist (1993-2003)

Z100 New York Achievement in Music Awards (1)
Achievement Award - Musical and Philanthropic contributions to New York City

World Music Awards (1)
Diamond Award - For over 100 million album sales worldwide


2004
MTV Asia Awards (1)
Lifetime Achievement Award

GrooveVolt Music & Fashion Awards (4)
Best Female Pop Album ("Charmbracelet")
Best Female Pop Song Performance ("Through The Rain")
Best Unreleased Pop Album Track ("My Saving Grace")
Best Hip-Hop Collaboration ("I Know What You Want")


2005
MTV Japan Video Music Awards (1)
International Video Icon Award

Capital Awards 2005 (1)
Outstanding Contribution to Music

World Music Awards (4)
World's Best Selling Pop Female Artist
World's Best Selling R&B Artist
Female Entertainer of the Year
Most Played Single ("We Belong Together")

Teen Choice Awards (2)
Choice Music: R&B Artist
Choice Love Song ("We Belong Together")

Lady of Soul Awards (2)
Best R&B/Soul Album, Solo ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo ("We Belong Together")

Kiss Awards (UK) (1)
Best Female Artist

VIBE Awards (4)
Artist of the Year
Album of the Year ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Best R&B Song ("We Belong Together")
R&B Voice of the Year

American Music Awards (1)
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

Bambi Awards (Germany) (1)
Pop International Artist

Billboard Music Awards (5)
Female Billboard 200 Album Artist of the Year
Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
Hot 100 Song of the Year ("We Belong Together")
Hot 100 Airplay of the Year ("We Belong Together")
Rhythmic Top 40 Title of the Year ("We Belong Together")

Recording Academy (NY Chapter) Honor (1)
Honored for outstanding achievements

XM Nation Music Awards (1)
On the Rebound - Best Comeback of the Year

Radio Music Awards (4)
Artist of the Year - Urban and Rhythmic Radio
Song of the Year - Mainstream Hit Radio ("We Belong Together")
Song of the Year - Urban and Rhythmic Radio ("We Belong Together")
Radio Legend Award


2006
GrooveVolt Music & Fashion Awards (6)
Album of the Year ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Song of the Year ("We Belong Together")
Best Female Pop Album ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Best Female Pop Song Performance ("We Belong Together")
Best Unreleased Pop Album Track ("Circles")
Best Female R&B Song Performance ("We Belong Together")

Grammy Awards (3)
Best Contemporary R&B Album ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Best R&B Song ("We Belong Together")
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("We Belong Together")

Total Request Live Awards (1)
First Lady of TRL

NAACP Image Award (1)
Best Album ("The Emancipation of Mimi")

Soul Train Awards (2)
Best Female R&B-Soul Album ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Best Female R&B-Soul Song ("We Belong Together")

BMI Urban Awards (6)
Song of the Year ("We Belong Together")
Songwriter of the Year
#1 Billboard Song ("We Belong Together")
Most Performed Song ("We Belong Together")
Most Performed Song ("Shake It Off")
Most Performed Song ("Don't Forget About Us")

Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards (5)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album ("The Emancipation of Mimi")
Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist- Female
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artist

Wish Night 2006 Awards (1)
Wish Icon Award (for generosity/contributions to Make-A-Wish)


2007
BMI Pop Awards (2)
Most Performed Song ("Shake It Off")
Most Performed Song ("Don't Forget About Us")

VH1 Save The Music Foundation Award (1)
Honored for her contribution to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation


2008
Choice FM Awards
Hall of Fame Award

Basenotes Award
Best Celebrity Women's Fragrance for M by Mariah Carey

TIME Magazine
Named one of the "100 Most Influential People In The World"

MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Video Vanguard

BET Awards
Beautiful Healthy Smile

Long Island Music Hall of Fame
Inductee

20th Annual World Music Awards
Special Achievement Award

2008 American Music Awards
Honorary Award (in recognition of being the solo artist with the most number one hits of all time, and more weeks at number one than any other artist in the history of recorded music)

* Mariah is the artist who has received the most World Music Awards (17)

[Wayne]

Mariah Carey USA:

Mariah Carey: 9x Multi-Platinum
Emotions: 4x Multi-Platinum
MTV Unplugged: 3x Multi-Platinum
Music Box: 10x Multi-Platinum
Merry Christmas: 5x Multi-Platinum
Daydream: 10x Multi-Platinum
Butterfly: 5x Multi-Platinum
#1's: 5x Multi-Platinum
Rainbow: 3x Multi-Platinum
Glitter: Platinum
Charmbracelet: Platinum
Greatest Hits: Platinum
The Emancipation of Mimi: 6x Multi-Platinum
E=MC2: Platinum

Total: 62.5million RIAA Shipments

Actual album sales are around 68,000,000

Her RIAA Singles total - digital & physical is in excess of:

20million records

Actual single sales are around 26.5million US.

Therefore, total US record sales are an astounding 94,500,000 or thereabouts

[Wayne]

UK:

BPI Certifications

Mariah Carey: Platinum
Emotions: Platinum
MTV Unplugged: Gold
Music Box: 5x Multi-Platinum
Merry Christmas: Gold
Daydream: 2x Multi-Platinum
Butterfly: Gold
#1's: Platinum
Rainbow: Gold
Charmbracelet: Gold
The Emancipation of Mimi: 2x Multi-Platinum
Greatest Hits: Platinum
E=MC2: Gold

TOTAL UK CERTIFICATIONS: 4,800,000

Mariah's total UK album sales amount to around 7.5million

So as you can see, she's a bit undercertified

Her total UK single sales amount to around 5.085million (Feb 09)

Total UK record sales of: 12.6million

Her most successful album is the 1.4m+ selling Music Box

Her most successful single is the 600k+ selling All I Want For Christmas Is You or Without You (which has also sold 600k+)

Of all time, Mariah is the 35th biggest-selling UK albums artist and the 48/49th biggest-selling UK singles artist

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Australia:

MARIAH CAREY

Mariah Carey – 140,000
Emotions – 70,000
MTV Unplugged – 70,000
Music Box – 770,000
Merry Christmas – 210,000
Daydream – 350,000
Butterfly – 140,000
#1’s – 70,000
Rainbow – 35,000
Greatest Hits – 35,000
The Emancipation Of Mimi – 70,000
E=MC² - 35,000

Total shipments: 1,995,000

Certifications
Multi-platinum: 5
Platinum: 4
Gold: 3

Chart histories
http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Celine+carey&cat=a

Notes
Australia is, in my opinion, one of her biggest markets. She was a catalog heavily certified, with certain exception, and three #1 albums.

-Although some certifications are now old, I don't know if many albums are ready for a further platinum but they all shipped further thousands which boost her total sales.

Estimations
Ce1ine Carey 170
Emotions 100
MTV Unplugged 120
Music Box 800
Merry Christmas 300
Daydream 400
Butterfly 150
#1’s 140
Rainbow 50
Greatest Hits 70
The Emancipation Of Mimi 100
E=MC² 35
Others 50
Total: 2,485,000

Thanks HUR!

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Mariah Carey Album Sales: JAPAN

Name of Album | Total Oricon Sales | First Week Sales in ( )

Mariah Carey: 355,020 (11,460)
Emotions: 485,900 (44,120)
Music Box: 1,589,270 (79,820)
Merry Christmas: 2,090,244 (169,750)
Daydream: 2,202,730 (487,270)
Butterfly: 1,083,090 (408,970)
#1's: 2,808,630 (1,046,710)
Rainbow: 570,010 (256,870)
Glitter: 261,900 (70,260)
Greatest Hits: 219,268 (68,670)
Charmbracelet: 240,440 (63,365)
Emancipation of Mimi: 250,000+ (49,456)

Total = 12,431,531

However, Mariah has seen her album sales increase dramatically through imports. When you factor in imports, her total album sales equate to around 17.8million albums. Phenomenal...Her #1's album is the most successful international release in Japanese history - over 3.5million copies sold

Japan:

Her success in Japan is well documented; over 18m albums sold there (including imports). What we don't read much about though, is her singles success there! Well these are the singles that Mariah charted on the Oricon Singles Chart during the 90's and early 00's:

PK | WKS ON CHART | SALES | DATE

# 90 , 1 week , 2,850 , 91/09/12 " Emotions "
# 2 , 17 weeks , 1,241,160 , 94/11/03 " All I Want For Chrustmas Is You "
# 18 , 6 weeks , 91,640 , 95/09/21 " Fantasy "
# 87 , 2 weeks , 6,980 , 95/11/30 " One Sweet Day "
# 79 , 2 weeks , 7,390 , 96/03/07 " Always Be My Baby "
# 39 , 3 weeks , 18,760 , 97/08/27 " Honey "
# 45 , 8 weeks , 36,250 , 98/11/26 " When You Believe "
# 37 , 5 weeks , 24,850 , 99/09/22 " Heartbreaker "
# 78 , 1 week , 2,360 , 00/09/27 " Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me Now) "
# 43 , 1 week , 4,250 , 00/12/23 " All I Want For Christmas Is You 2000 [Japan Only] "
# 52 , 2 weeks , 6,120 , 01/07/18 " Loverboy "
# 26 , 8 weeks , 21,793 , 02/11/13 " Through The Rain "

Sometimes, singles are treated as EP's (extended plays), and therefore they chart on the Albums Chart instead! :p But these are still singles:

# 48 , 3 weeks , 16,340 , 91/02/21 " Someday Dance Special[EP] "
# 42 , 5 weeks , 29,000 , 94/01/01 " Hero[EP] "
# 34 , 10 weeks , 68,610 , 94/08/21 " Anytime You Need a Friend [EP] "


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FRANCE:

Album Sales figure Certifikation
Rainbow 359.813 1x Platinum
#1's 678.105 2x Platinum
Butterfly 272.330 Gold
Daydream 608.000 2x Platinum
Merry Christmas 50.099 -
Music Box 1.177.600 Diamond
MTV Unplugged 192.600 Gold
Emotions 85.000 -
Mariah Carey 139.600 Gold

Single Sales figure Peak
Heartbreaker 292.730 4
My All 195.900 6
Honey 48.500 39
Butterfly 42.500 43
Open Arms ? 29
One Sweet Day 200.200 5
Fantasy 161.750 ?
Always Be My Baby 36.650 ?
Endless Love (with Luther Vandross) 72.650 ?
Hero 162.600 ?

http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/France.htm

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[Wayne]

Thanks to stevvy for this:

US DIGITAL SALES:

1992: I'll be there 67.094
1993: Hero 234.297
1994: All I want for Christmas is you 1.215.663
1996: Always be my Baby 295.567
2005: It's like That 409.800
2005: We Belong Together 1.157.000
2005: Shake it off 620.285
2005: Don't forget about us 452.410
2006: Say Something 104.455
2006: Fly Like a Bird 56.355
2008: Touch my Body 1.226.000
2008: Bye Bye 427.380
2008: I'll be loving you long time 106.560
2008: I stay in Love 26.370
2009: My Love 99.796
2009: Obsessed 180.699

= 6.679.731

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"The Emancipation Of Mimi" US chart run w/ sales:

US chart run: 1-2-2-2-3-3-3-1-5-4-2-4-4-5-2-3-3-4-3-3-5-5-9-11 -13-18-15-14-17-15-15-4-6-7-8-7-6-8-6-10-16-14-7-15-22-34- 37-47-51-56-73-83-79-78-83-95-95-110-99-110-131-131-120-133 -147-152-164-160-168-164-178-197-190-out

Week-by-Week sales US

403,755 copies (No.1 debut)
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185,000 copies (re-edition)
204,000 copies (Thanksgiving week)
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For retrospective purposes, I'll post old Mariah figures/articles I have! :) Here are catalogue sales for her studios/compilations, from 04-06:

Mariah Carey
2004: 4,693
2005: 5,968
2006: 4,983
Total sales to date: 4,834,070 (post 1991)

Emotions
2004: 1,978
2005: 1,799
2006: 1,822
Total sales to date: 3,570,669

MTV Unplugged EP
2004: 3,193
2005: 1,369
2006: 1,096
Total sales to date: 2,728,403

Music Box
2004: 16,351
2005: 11,555
2006: 8,076
Total sales to date: 7,161,794

Merry Christmas
2004: 111,264
2005: 174,180
2006: 139,828
Total sales to date: 4,799,978

Daydream
2004: 7,801
2005: 7,924
2006: 5,999
Total sales to date: 7,540,711

Butterfly
2004: 14,028
2005: 16,072
2006: 13,356
Total sales to date: 3,703,764

#1's
2004: 54,032
2005: 88,930
2006:37,172
Total sales to date: 3,559,266

Rainbow
2004: 9,500
2005: 9,706
2006: 7,425
Total sales to date: 2,924,160

Glitter
2004: 10,945
2005: 11,061
2006: 19,693
Total sales to date: 630,952

Greatest Hits
2004: 104,310
2005: 186,483
2006: 122,846
Total sales to date: 901,915

Charmbracelet
2004: 16,747
2005: 17,363
2006: 11,145
Total sales to date: 1,143,194

Remixes
2004: 62,596
2005: 29,477
2006: 18,274
Total sales to date: 246,098

The Emancipation of Mimi
2005: 4,968,606
2006: 782,116
Total sales to date: 5,750,722

2005: 49,166,808
2006: 49,495,696

This is to give an indication of just how 'in tatters' her catalogue is. She represents the typical 90's legend - same situation for Celine, Shania, Alanis, Backstreet Boys, Christina, Britney ... Unsurprisingly, her biggest seller is her Seasonal Merry Christmas CD

====================================

As of: April 1st 2009:

Key
position sep 2005
position 1st jan 2006
position 1st jan 2007
position 1st jan 2008
position 1st jan 2009
artist
soundscan total (albums) 1991-2008
soundscan total in 2008
soundscan total in 2007
soundscan total in 2006

(1) - (1) - (1) - (1) - 1 - Garth Brooks - 68.143m - 0.741m - 1.371m - 0.047m

(2) - (2) - (2) - (2) - 2 - The Beatles - 57.088m - 1.393m - 1.994m - 2.813m

(5) - (3) - (3) - (3) - 3 - Mariah Carey - 51.569m - 1.632m - 0.331m - 1.181m

(3) - (5) - (5) - (5) - 4 - Metallica - 51.136m - 2.466m - 0.800m - 0.904m

(4) - (4) - (4) - (4) - 5 - Celine Dion - 50.571m - 0.879m - 1.297m - 0.559m

Thanks to Basil at UKMix

[HeatSeeker]

Other Accomplishments

Mariah Carey sold more than any female artist in the 1990's, selling over 150 million albums and singles worldwide (115M albums + ~ over 35M singles).

Mariah Carey is the best selling female artist of the Soundscan era (US sales since 1991).

Mariah Carey is the only female artist to have 8 albums sell 5 million (5x Platinum) or more in the US.

Mariah Carey is the only female artist to have 9 consecutive albums sell 3 million (3x Platinum) or more in the US.

Mariah Carey is the fastest selling female artist in the US of all time, selling over 63 million albums in the US in 16 years.

Mariah is one of three women (Madonna and Barbra Striesand are the others) to sell in excess of 60 million albums in the US.

Mariah Carey is the best selling (non Japanese) artist of all time in Japan, selling over 17 million albums. She's sold more than twice as much as any other non-Japanese female artist (Madonna, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston are in order the 2nd, 3rd and the 4th best selling non-Japanese female artists in Japan).

Mariah Carey is the only (non-Japanese) artist in Japan to sell 1 million copies of an album in a single week, with '#1's'

Mariah Carey is one of the two (non-Korean) women (Whitney Houston is the other) to have a million seller in Korea, with 'Music Box'.

Mariah Carey is one of the five women (Madonna, Shania Twain, Delta Goodrem, Alanis Morissette are the others) to have an album sell in excess of 700,000 copies in Australia (10x Platinum).

'Music Box' is the best selling studio album by a R&B female artist of all time.

'Music Box' was the best selling album of 1994 in Australia.

'Music Box' is one of the two (non-Dutch) female albums (Celine Dion's Falling Into You is the other) to sell in excess of 600,000 copies (6x Platinum) in the Netherlands.

Mariah Carey has more #1 singles (18) on the Billboard Hot 100 than any female or active artist ever.

Mariah Carey's #1 singles have cumulatively spent 79 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, more than any music act ever.

Mariah Carey is the only artist to have her first five singles reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Mariah Carey is the only artist to have a #1 single for every year of a single decade.

Mariah Carey has more #1 airplay hits (13) than any artist.

Mariah Carey has the #1 and #2 longest running #1 singles of all time, spending 16 and 14 weeks at #1, respectively, with 'One Sweet Day' and 'We Belong Together.'

Mariah Carey is the only artist to have 3 singles debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Mariah Carey has the longest running #1 airplay hit by a solo artist spending 16 consecutive weeks on top, with 'We Belong Together'.

Mariah Carey holds the record for the most heard single in radio history getting more than 200 million listeners in a single week, with 'We Belong Together'.

Mariah Carey is the only artist to hit #1 on four formats (Pop, Urban, Rhythmic and Adult Urban) simultaniously, with 'We Belong Together'.

Mariah Carey was the first female artist to have a single debut at #1 with 'Fantasy'.

Mariah Carey is the first artist to have a seasonal ringtone certified by the RIAA with All I Want For Christmas Is You going Gold (500,000).

Mariah Carey is the only female to simultaneously top the Billboard 200 and Pop Catalog chart, with 'Daydream' and 'Merry Christmas'.

Mariah Carey is the only female artist to have her singles from one album spent over 25 weeks at #1.

Mariah Carey is the only female artist to occupy the #1 and #2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 in week with 'We Belong Together' at #1 and 'Shake It Off' at #2.

Mariah Carey is tied with Janet Jackson for the most #2 singles for a R&B female artist.

Mariah Carey has more #1 singles on the New Zealand singles chart than any female artist ever with seven.

Mariah Carey is the only (non-Japanese) to have 6 albums debut and reach #1 on the Overall Japanese Charts.

[Nichu94]

Biography according to her official website:


The best-selling female artist of all time

:roll: :lol:

Sorry I had to do it

[Wayne]

Biography according to her official website:


The best-selling female artist of all time

:roll: :lol:

Sorry I had to do it

hahaha. I chose to ignore it ;)

[gimme1mimi]

she's this immovable monument in america.

She's got great chart runs-if not enough sales and i think it matters when it comes to measuring the legends against each other.

Her airplay hits,chart achievements are just incredible.

Someone(stevvy from Ukmix) said that Rihanna is the one who's gonna surpass the beatles,not Mimi.

That just made worry a bit.But just for a bit.But then,I realised the vast difference which can never be spanned.

Most #1s this decade by a female artist or not,it's NO JOKE to even surpass Michael Jackson's no 1s hits...

[Wayne]

Mariah Carey is one of the five women (Madonna, Shania Twain, Delta Goodrem, Alanis Morissette are the others) to have an album sell in excess of 700,000 copies in Australia (10x Platinum).

Falling Into You (Celine) sold over 840,000 copies in Aus.

[Gillyberto]

= 199,000,000 (Gilly is going to hate me for that)
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

I cannot believe you just dont say 200 million.... :roll: :roll: :cry: :cry:

[HeatSeeker]

Ask Billboard: Madonna vs. Whitney vs. Mariah

This e-mail is a follow up to last week's entry from Neil Massey, who asked about album sales of Whitney Houston and Madonna. I'm curious as to how Mariah Carey stacks up against her two fellow superstars. I know Madonna and Houston began their careers earlier than Carey, but Carey has been very productive with her albums, especially in the '90s. —Leo del Castillo - Baguio City, Philippines

Bill Trust of Ask Billboard replies:

Accounting for certain complexities in how soundtracks are categorized by each source, Madonna's totals top Houston's. As noted last week, according to the RIAA, Madonna ranks 15th all-time with 63.5 million units certified. Houston places 20th with 54 million.

According to Nielsen SoundScan - whose data begins in 1991, after the two stars had begun their careers - album sales since that year stand at 26,347,000 for Madonna and 23,786,000 for Houston (again, including soundtrack sets such as "The Bodyguard," which is officially considered a soundtrack to Nielsen SoundScan).

With Madonna and Houston having head starts in the '80s over Carey, who arrived with the release of her self-titled debut collection in 1990, how does the lattermost artist fare against the other two? Like last week, let's compare using figures from both the RIAA (where longevity gives a potential edge to Madonna and Houston) and Nielsen SoundScan, where a span of 1991 to date covers a period in which all three performers have actively released product.

The RIAA places Carey just one spot below Madonna, in 16th place among all artists with 62.5 million units certified. So, per the RIAA, it's Madonna (63.5 million), Carey (62.5) and Houston (54) in this comparison.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Carey is the clear winner by a wide margin, actually topping the total album sales - again, since 1991 - of Madonna and Houston combined. Carey's sum stands at 51,833,000.

Here is a look at Mariah Carey's top-selling albums, according to Nielsen SoundScan:

7,556,000, "Daydream" (1995)
7,189,000, "Music Box" (1993)
5,912,000, "The Emancipation of Mimi" (2005)
4,993,000, "Merry Christmas" (1994)
4,845,000, "Mariah Carey (1990)
3,719,000, "Butterfly" (1997)
3,703,000, "#1's" (1998)
3,584,000, "Emotions" (1991)
2.946,000, "Rainbow" (1999)
2,731,000, "MTV Unplugged EP" (1992)

Again, the numbers will change in upcoming weeks, as all three stars will serve up new product and add to their extraordinary sales totals. Houston's "I Look to You" is due Aug. 25, while on Sept. 29, Madonna releases the best-of collection "Celebration" and Carey offers "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel."

[Wayne]

Her most impressive sales total is probably Mariah Carey, which has sold over 9.1m copies. Obviously, Music Box has its 10m shipments RIAA award, but its sales are not that much. For the record, here are Mariah's Sony BMG Record Club Sales:

39. MARIAH CAREY - #1's (SONY) (1.00 million units)
65. MARIAH CAREY - DAYDREAM (SONY) (848,000 units)
76. MARIAH CAREY - MUSIC BOX (SONY) (735,000 units)
93. MARIAH CAREY - RAINBOW (SONY) (443,000 units)

The first number is where she ranks in the all time top 100 selling BMG club albums. To those that have researched, there were two big record club sellers during the 90's, and they were Sony BMG and Colombia House. Mariah always reportedly sold a bit more at Colombia House with each release, but their figures have never leaked to my knowledge. Anyway, Colombia House was a smaller record club than BMG overall. If we add Carey's BMG sales to her Soundscan sales:

8,404,000, "Daydream" (1995) (10xP)
7,924,000, "Music Box" (1993) (10xP)
4,703,000, "#1's" (1998) (5xP)
3,389,000, "Rainbow" (1999) (3xP)

Her two highest certified albums are way overshipped. Even if we factor in Colombia House figures, which are likely to be less than a million copies apiece, Mariah is very overcertfied in the USA. And so her RIAA grand total, whilst being incredibly impressive, is not accurate of her actual sales.

[stevyy]

Latest soundscan figures for The Greatest Hits (2001)
2008: 1.015.900 (1x platinum for 500.000)

2009: #1's_ 3.680.617


Music Week reports for some of Mariahs Albums:

2006: year of data
#1's - 651.115
The Remixes - 39.487
The GH - 635.660

2008:
Glitter - 54.645
Charmbracelet - 122.010
TEOM - 621.352
EMC2 - 106.909

2009:
The Ballads - 132.324

Just to my estimation, i assume that The Greatest Hits Album has become Mariahs 3rd biggest selling Album in England with approx 800.000 copies sold, because of stable chart appearance throughout the years 2007 and 2008.

The Ballads has sold between 160.000-180.000 copies.

[Wayne]

Yep. I have The Ballads down at roughly 172,500. And wow @ her GH sales. Last figure I saw was just over 700k so that is an impressive figure!

It goes Music Box > Daydream > GH

:D

[stevyy]

Yep. I have The Ballads down at roughly 172,500. And wow @ her GH sales. Last figure I saw was just over 700k so that is an impressive figure!

It goes Music Box > Daydream > GH > #1's > TEOM (they are all over 600k)

:D


its quite sad that her cataloge is so much undercertified..

[Wayne]

Yeah, its the same for all those in Mariah's range - Whitney, Kylie, Celine - all are extremely undercertified

[HeatSeeker]

*1. BLACK EYED PEAS - I Gotta Feeling = 119.947 (+ 0.399) =
2. TAYLOR SWIFT - You Belong With Me = 118.797 (- 0.111) =
3. DRAKE - Best I Ever Had = 114.449 (- 0.487) =
4. KERI HILSON - Knock You Down = 109.107 (- 0.308) =
5. KINGS OF LEON - Use Somebody = 79.618 (+ 1.248) =
6. KATY PERRY - Waking Up In Vegas = 70.435 (- 0.596) =
7. PITBULL - Hotel Room Service = 61.027 (+ 0.883) ¡ø
8. LADY GAGA - LoveGame = 59.989 (- 1.044) ¨‹
9. JAY SEAN - Down f/ Lil Wayne = 59.555 (+ 1.498) ¡ø
10. MARIAH CAREY - Obsessed = 58.964 (+ 1.584) ¡ø

It would be awesome if she could be #7 on next week's Hot 100 Airplay!

[AyuM]

Well my estimations for the one and only MC are:

Mariah Carey (1990): 12,5 million
Emotions (1991): 7 million
Unplugged (1992): 5 million
Daydream (1993): 25 million
Merry Christmas (1994): 12,5 million
Daydream (1995): 19 million
Butterfly (1997): 9,5 million
#1's (1998): 15 million
Rainbow (1999): 7 million
Glitter (2000): 2 million
Greatest Hits (2002): 3 million
Charbracelet (2003): 2,5 million
The Remixes (2004): 0,2 million
The Emancipation of Mimi (2005): 9 million
E= mc2 (2008): 2 million
The Ballads (2009): 0,6 million

Total Album Sales: 131,8 million

Single Sales: 46 million

DVD Sales: 2 million

Total Record Sales: 179,8 million (without DVD 177,8 million)

She is the third best selling female artist of all time, behind Madonna at #1 and Celine at #2. She has surpassed Barbara, Janet, Whitney and Cher and will probably remain in the top 3 of the female best sellers for ever! 8-) ;)

[stevyy]

Just some stats for all our considerations:

SONY Press releases:

9/1995
Music Box 23.000.000
Merry Christmas 8.000.000

01/1996
Daydream 12.000.000
Merry Christmas 10.000.000

03/1997
Total album sales 80.000.000

03/1998
Butterfly 8.000.000

10/1998
Total Album Sales 90.000.000

04/1999
Total Album Sales 100.000.000

11/1999
Mariah Carey 12.000.000
Emotions 8.000.000
Unplugged 7.000.000
Music Box 24.000.000
Merry Christmas 11.000.000
Daydream 19.000.000
Butterfly 10.000.000
#1's 11.000.000

2001
150.000.000+ records sold

07/2002
Music Box 25.000.000

2005:
Total albums sales 120.000.000+

05/2006
TEOM 9.000.000

interpretation:
Music Box is over 25 million
merry christmas has sold over 1 million copies in the us alone from 2000-2009 = Merry Christmas has sold 13m+ copies worldwide (it was most recently re-certified in australia for example)

[Wayne]

DIVA DOMINANCE, ROUND 3

Hi Gary,

I have found your recent analysis of album sales for Madonna, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey to be very interesting. If you look at the statistics of singles sales, as opposed to those of albums, who leads then?

I would guess that Madonna would have definitely had the most singles released by a wide margin, but that Whitney and Mariah have both had some huge selling-singles in the U.S.

Many thanks,

Robert Cooper
London, United Kingdom

Hi Robert,

Our discussion of albums sales of three of music biggest female stars has certainly prompted many e-mails and reader comments. Yours is the first, however, to inquire about singles sales.

Again, before we run the numbers, a major point to remember: sales data for Nielsen SoundScan dates to 1991. So, any singles released by Madonna and Houston in the '80s (or by Carey in 1990) only show sales since 1991 in SoundScan's database. We can only guess at the number of singles that Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," for example, actually sold while they were current hits in the '80s.

Still, the 18-year span of SoundScan data is a hefty sample size, and Madonna, Houston and Carey have all released material in that stretch.

Ultimately, all we can do is present the figures and explain as clearly as possible the parameters of each statistic cited.

With that in mind, here are the singles sales totals for each artist. Nielsen SoundScan separates totals for physical singles from digital tracks, so we'll present the sums of both configurations:

Physical singles:
17,172,000, Mariah Carey
14,744,000, Whitney Houston
10,554,000, Madonna

Digital tracks:
11,120,000, Mariah Carey
10,307,000, Madonna
3,320,000, Whitney Houston

Carey, thus, leads in both categories, while Houston has sold more physical (CD, cassette) singles than Madonna since 1991. Madonna, however, has moved a significantly higher number of digital tracks in that span than Houston, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That should not come as a surprise, as Madonna has been more prevalent on radio than Houston this decade, when digital sales overtook those of physical singles. (Since 2000, Madonna has logged nine top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 vs. Houston's two).

What are the biggest-selling hits for each artist?

Whitney Houston
Physical single: "I Will Always Love You," 4,591,000
Digital track: "I Will Always Love You," 575,000

Mariah Carey
Physical single: "One Sweet Day" (& Boyz II Men), 2,334,000
Digital track: "All I Want for Christmas Is You," 1,156,000

Madonna
Physical single: "Music," 1,136,000
Digital track: "4 Minutes" (featuring Justin Timberlake), 2,476,000

And, since all three artists are also currently charting with new singles, let's look at the digital sales of each title to date:

Mariah Carey, "Obsessed": 526,000
Madonna, "Celebration": 64,000
Whitney Houston, "I Look to You": 32,000

Want more comparisons of women wielding great power on Billboard charts? Read on.

Hi Gary,

I get what you're saying about the album sales of Carey, Houston and Madonna, but can you please break down the number of albums released by each artist, so people can understand that, yes, Madonna has sold more albums than Houston, but Madonna and Carey have both offered at least four more albums than Houston. Even with less product, Whitney still has the numbers to be up there in the discussion. In other words, the other two artists have sold more albums, but Whitney perhaps averages better sales per album.

Thanks,

John Harris
Seattle, Washington

Hi John,

Interesting angle. Let's count studio albums, soundtracks, holiday sets and greatest hits/remix collections that have charted on the Billboard 200 in the SoundScan era (1991 to date) to come up with an average sales sum for each.

Since 1991, Carey has released eight studio albums, one soundtrack, one holiday set and four greatest hits/remix collections (14 total).

Madonna's count stands as such: seven studio albums, two soundtracks and three greatest hits/remix collections (12 total).

And, Houston's: two studio albums, two soundtracks, one holiday set and one greatest hits/remix collections (six total).

Tallying the totals, here is the average sales number for each artist's Billboard 200 charted studio, soundtrack, holiday and greatest hits/remix efforts in the SoundScan era:

Whitney Houston: 3,308,000
Mariah Carey: 3,151,000
Madonna: 1,645,000

Here, Houston is tops - and averaging even 1.6 million in sales per album over almost two decades is no small feat for any artist. Among the three performers, Houston's "The Bodyguard" soundtrack is the only set to pass 10 million in sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, since 1991. The album has sold 11,808,000 copies.

[HeatSeeker]

I wonder what the sales per album comparison would look like if they took Mariah's "The Remixes" out of the equation.

[Wayne]

New Mariah Carey million selling figures from Billboard's Q&A:


Mariah Carey is once again mentioned in Billboard’s Q & A this week:

Question: Hey Gary! How’s everything?

In the last Ask Billboard column, you wrote that “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is Mariah’s biggest-selling digital song, but I had recently accessed the sales for almost all her singles, and there were at least two that sold more: “We Belong Together” and “Touch My Body.” Maybe the numbers you cited did not account for remixes of each of the latter two titles?

Thank you for the work you do on the column. I love reading about Nielsen SoundScan figures. You’ve been providing much information, with precise numbers. I really appreciate that and had to let you know!

Have a nice week!

Vagner Coser
Bento Goncalves, Brasil

In response Billboard writes:


Answer: Thanks very much Vagner.

You are correct. I used the numbers of Carey’s top individual tracks, as opposed to songs (combining all versions of each title). When adding up all tracks, Carey’s top-selling downloaded songs, according to Nielsen SoundScan, rank as follows:

1,361,000, “Touch My Body”
1,253,000, “We Belong Together”
1,235,000, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”

Thanks for the catch. And, with Labor Day weekend upon us in the U.S., the holiday season is fast approaching. That will give an edge to “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in the coming weeks and perhaps push it to the top in the tight race among Carey’s best-selling digital songs.

Source: Billboard

[Wayne]

Mariah Carey USA:

Mariah Carey: 9x Multi-Platinum
Emotions: 4x Multi-Platinum
MTV Unplugged: 3x Multi-Platinum
Music Box: 10x Multi-Platinum
Merry Christmas: 5x Multi-Platinum
Daydream: 10x Multi-Platinum
Butterfly: 5x Multi-Platinum
#1's: 5x Multi-Platinum
Rainbow: 3x Multi-Platinum
Glitter: Platinum
Charmbracelet: Platinum
Greatest Hits: Platinum
The Emancipation of Mimi: 6x Multi-Platinum
E=MC2: Platinum

Total: 62.5million RIAA Shipments

Actual album sales are around 66million.

Her RIAA Singles total - digital & physical is in excess of:

20million records

Actual single sales are around 23.5million US.

Therefore, total US record sales are an astounding 89.5million or thereabouts

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UK:

BPI Certifications

Mariah Carey: Platinum
Emotions: Platinum
MTV Unplugged: Gold
Music Box: 5x Multi-Platinum
Merry Christmas: Gold
Daydream: 2x Multi-Platinum
Butterfly: Gold
#1's: Platinum
Rainbow: Gold
Charmbracelet: Gold
The Emancipation of Mimi: 2x Multi-Platinum
Greatest Hits: Platinum
E=MC2: Gold

TOTAL UK CERTIFICATIONS: 4,800,000

Mariah's total UK album sales amount to around 7.5million

So as you can see, she's a bit undercertified

Her total UK single sales amount to around 5.085million (Feb 09)

Total UK record sales of: 12.6million

Her most successful album is the 1.4m+ selling Music Box

Her most successful single is the 600k+ selling All I Want For Christmas Is You or Without You (which has also sold 600k+)

Of all time, Mariah is the 35th biggest-selling UK albums artist and the 48/49th biggest-selling UK singles artist

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Australia:

MARIAH CAREY

Mariah Carey – 140,000
Emotions – 70,000
MTV Unplugged – 70,000
Music Box – 770,000
Merry Christmas – 210,000
Daydream – 350,000
Butterfly – 140,000
#1’s – 70,000
Rainbow – 35,000
Greatest Hits – 35,000
The Emancipation Of Mimi – 70,000
E=MC² - 35,000

Total shipments: 1,995,000

Certifications
Multi-platinum: 5
Platinum: 4
Gold: 3

Chart histories
http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Celine+carey&cat=a

Notes
Australia is, in my opinion, one of her biggest markets. She was a catalog heavily certified, with certain exception, and three #1 albums.

-Although some certifications are now old, I don't know if many albums are ready for a further platinum but they all shipped further thousands which boost her total sales.

Estimations
Ce1ine Carey 170
Emotions 100
MTV Unplugged 120
Music Box 800
Merry Christmas 300
Daydream 400
Butterfly 150
#1’s 140
Rainbow 50
Greatest Hits 70
The Emancipation Of Mimi 100
E=MC² 35
Others 50
Total: 2,485,000

Thanks HUR!

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Mariah Carey Album Sales: JAPAN

Name of Album | Total Oricon Sales | First Week Sales in ( )

Mariah Carey: 355,020 (11,460)
Emotions: 485,900 (44,120)
Music Box: 1,589,270 (79,820)
Merry Christmas: 2,090,244 (169,750)
Daydream: 2,202,730 (487,270)
Butterfly: 1,083,090 (408,970)
#1's: 2,808,630 (1,046,710)
Rainbow: 570,010 (256,870)
Glitter: 261,900 (70,260)
Greatest Hits: 219,268 (68,670)
Charmbracelet: 240,440 (63,365)
Emancipation of Mimi: 250,000+ (49,456)

Total = 12,431,531

However, Mariah has seen her album sales increase dramatically through imports. When you factor in imports, her total album sales equate to around 17.8million albums. Phenomenal...Her #1's album is the most successful international release in Japanese history - over 3.5million copies sold

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FRANCE:

Album Sales figure Certifikation
Rainbow 359.813 1x Platinum
#1's 678.105 2x Platinum
Butterfly 272.330 Gold
Daydream 608.000 2x Platinum
Merry Christmas 50.099 -
Music Box 1.177.600 Diamond
MTV Unplugged 192.600 Gold
Emotions 85.000 -
Mariah Carey 139.600 Gold

Single Sales figure Peak
Heartbreaker 292.730 4
My All 195.900 6
Honey 48.500 39
Butterfly 42.500 43
Open Arms ? 29
One Sweet Day 200.200 5
Fantasy 161.750 ?
Always Be My Baby 36.650 ?
Endless Love (with Luther Vandross) 72.650 ?
Hero 162.600 ?

http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/France.htm


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The Emancipation Of Mimi - Country-by-Country:

US - 6,000,000
UK - 700,000
Canada - 350,000
Japan - 250,000
Australia - 85,000
Phillipines - 25,000
Singapre - 15,000
Taiwan - 50,000
Malaysia - 30,000
France - 100,000
Germany - 125,000
Italy - 40,000

= 7,785,000

Which fits in with what the IFPI reported at the end of 2005 - sales of more than 7.7million.

When you add in the obligatory extra 7.5% that covers other parts of the world, you get sales of 8,368,875

So sales are between the two

===As of: April 1st 2009:

Key
position sep 2005
position 1st jan 2006
position 1st jan 2007
position 1st jan 2008
position 1st jan 2009
artist
soundscan total (albums) 1991-2008
soundscan total in 2008
soundscan total in 2007
soundscan total in 2006

(1) - (1) - (1) - (1) - 1 - Garth Brooks - 68.143m - 0.741m - 1.371m - 0.047m

(2) - (2) - (2) - (2) - 2 - The Beatles - 57.088m - 1.393m - 1.994m - 2.813m

(5) - (3) - (3) - (3) - 3 - Mariah Carey - 51.569m - 1.632m - 0.331m - 1.181m

(3) - (5) - (5) - (5) - 4 - Metallica - 51.136m - 2.466m - 0.800m - 0.904m

(4) - (4) - (4) - (4) - 5 - Celine Dion - 50.571m - 0.879m - 1.297m - 0.559m

Thanks to Basil at UKMix
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22680

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Here are the most recent REAL sales we have for the US and some UK too. Thanks Stevvy (http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=62543&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25)

USA:

Album/Soundsccan/RIAA
Mariah Carey: 4.838.110 (9.000.000)
Emotions: 3.571.934 (4.000.000)
MTV Unplugged: 2.729.188 (1.500.000)
Music Box: 7.168.034 (10.000.000)
Merry Christmas: 4.908.155 (5.000.000)
Daydream: 7.544.076 (10.000.000)
Butterfly: 3.708.697 (5.000.000)
#1's: 3.680.617 (5.000.000)
Rainbow: 2.926.700 (3.000.000)
Glitter: 635.277 (1.000.000)
Greatest Hits: 1.015.900 (500.000)
Charmbracelet: 1.146.604 (1.000.000)
The Remixes: 253.928 (0.000.000)
The Emancipation of Mimi: 5.857.518 (6.000.000)
E=MC²: 1.253.373 (1.000.000)
The Ballads: 106.470 (0.000.000)

Some United Kingdom sales (Music Week sales):

#1's: 651.115 (2006)
Glitter: 54.645 (2008)
The Greatest Hits: 635.660 (2006)
Charmbracelet: 122.010 (2008)
The Remixes: 39.487 (2006)
The Emancip. of Mimi: 621.352 (2008)
E=MC²: 106.909 (2008)
The Ballads: 132.324 (2009)

===

For retrospective purposes, I'll post old Mariah figures/articles I have! :) Here are catalogue sales for her studios/compilations, from 04-06:

Mariah Carey
2004: 4,693
2005: 5,968
2006: 4,983
Total sales to date: 4,834,070 (post 1991)

Emotions
2004: 1,978
2005: 1,799
2006: 1,822
Total sales to date: 3,570,669

MTV Unplugged EP
2004: 3,193
2005: 1,369
2006: 1,096
Total sales to date: 2,728,403

Music Box
2004: 16,351
2005: 11,555
2006: 8,076
Total sales to date: 7,161,794

Merry Christmas
2004: 111,264
2005: 174,180
2006: 139,828
Total sales to date: 4,799,978

Daydream
2004: 7,801
2005: 7,924
2006: 5,999
Total sales to date: 7,540,711

Butterfly
2004: 14,028
2005: 16,072
2006: 13,356
Total sales to date: 3,703,764

#1's
2004: 54,032
2005: 88,930
2006:37,172
Total sales to date: 3,559,266

Rainbow
2004: 9,500
2005: 9,706
2006: 7,425
Total sales to date: 2,924,160

Glitter
2004: 10,945
2005: 11,061
2006: 19,693
Total sales to date: 630,952

Greatest Hits
2004: 104,310
2005: 186,483
2006: 122,846
Total sales to date: 901,915

Charmbracelet
2004: 16,747
2005: 17,363
2006: 11,145
Total sales to date: 1,143,194

Remixes
2004: 62,596
2005: 29,477
2006: 18,274
Total sales to date: 246,098

The Emancipation of Mimi
2005: 4,968,606
2006: 782,116
Total sales to date: 5,750,722

2005: 49,166,808
2006: 49,495,696

This is to give an indication of just how 'in tatters' her catalogue is. She represents the typical 90's legend - same situation for Celine, Shania, Alanis, Backstreet Boys, Christina, Britney ... Unsurprisingly, her biggest seller is her Seasonal Merry Christmas CD

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Japan:

Her success in Japan is well documented; over 18m albums sold there (including imports). What we don't read much about though, is her singles success there! Well these are the singles that Mariah charted on the Oricon Singles Chart during the 90's and early 00's:

PK | WKS ON CHART | SALES | DATE

# 90 , 1 week , 2,850 , 91/09/12 " Emotions "
# 2 , 17 weeks , 1,241,160 , 94/11/03 " All I Want For Chrustmas Is You "
# 18 , 6 weeks , 91,640 , 95/09/21 " Fantasy "
# 87 , 2 weeks , 6,980 , 95/11/30 " One Sweet Day "
# 79 , 2 weeks , 7,390 , 96/03/07 " Always Be My Baby "
# 39 , 3 weeks , 18,760 , 97/08/27 " Honey "
# 45 , 8 weeks , 36,250 , 98/11/26 " When You Believe "
# 37 , 5 weeks , 24,850 , 99/09/22 " Heartbreaker "
# 78 , 1 week , 2,360 , 00/09/27 " Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me Now) "
# 43 , 1 week , 4,250 , 00/12/23 " All I Want For Christmas Is You 2000 [Japan Only] "
# 52 , 2 weeks , 6,120 , 01/07/18 " Loverboy "
# 26 , 8 weeks , 21,793 , 02/11/13 " Through The Rain "

Sometimes, singles are treated as EP's (extended plays), and therefore they chart on the Albums Chart instead! :p But these are still singles:

# 48 , 3 weeks , 16,340 , 91/02/21 " Someday Dance Special[EP] "
# 42 , 5 weeks , 29,000 , 94/01/01 " Hero[EP] "
# 34 , 10 weeks , 68,610 , 94/08/21 " Anytime You Need a Friend [EP] "

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The Emancipation of Mimi marked a return to popularity for Miss Carey. Especially in the UK, where she had suffered from a string of flops. Her prominent return to the UK music scene saw her TEOM album garner double-platinum status for shipments in excess of 600,000...It represented her biggest sales since Daydream I believe which has shipped close to a million copies in the UK

Singles:

Its Like That - 85k
We Belong Together - 185k
Get Your Number - 55k
Dont Forget Abous Us - 40k
Say Something - 20k

= 365k

+ 650k of TEOM

= 1m era for Mimi in the UK!

====

2006 US SoundScan sales:

Mariahs 2006 Yed soundscan sales:

Album 2006 2005 Variance
Greatest Hits 114,520 186,485 -38.6%
Merry Christmas 112,635 174,180 -35.3%
#1s 34,895 88,930 -60.8%
Glitter 18,845 11,060 +70.4%
Remixes 17,325 29,475 -41.2%
Butterfly 12,790 16,075 -20.4%
Charmbracelet 10,500 17,365 39.5%
Music Box 7,535 11,555 -34.8%
Rainbow 7,040 9,705 -27.5%
Daydream 5,595 7,925 -29.4%
Mariah Carey 4,635 5,970 -22.4%
Emotions 1,705 1,800 -5.3%
MTV Unplugged EP 1,025 1,370 -25.2%

Total 2006: 330.200

From Jan 1st-Dec 23rd

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"Mariah Carey" chart-run in Australasia:

Australia
MARIAH CAREY
08/12/1990: 60, 24, 19, 15, 12, 12, 10, 12, 12, 15, 18, 24, 24, 35, 36, 52, 48, 53, 48
01/06/1990: 56, 33, 11, 8, 7, 6, 10, 11, 8, 7, 8, 6, 8, 9, 9, 13, 15, 19, 26, 37, 39, 41, 50, 44, 45, 37, 23, 13, 10, 11, 9, 10, 9, 12, 14, 16, 29, 27, 33, 36, 43, 41, 56, 56, 62, 71, 82, 81, 89, 87

New Zealand
MARIAH CAREY
9/2/90: 12, 6, 4, 7, 5, 8, 7, 7, 12, 15, 20, 26, 21, 22, 21, 19, 23
1/20/91: 10, 8, 11, 10, 14, 11, 13, 11, 16, 14, 19, x, 24, 20, 41, 46, 34, 37, 26, 29, 21, 26, 17, 11, 9, 6, 7, 11, 17, 10, 17, 25, 25, 28, 42, 36, 41, 45, 41, 44, 48

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EUROPEAN SHIPMENTS:

Mariah Carey - 1,200,000
Emotions - 1,300,000
MTV Unplugged - 1,150,000
Music Box - 7,750,000
Merry Christmas - 1,300,000
Daydream - 3,300,000
Butterfly - 1,250,000
#1's - 2,850,000
Rainbow - 1,600,000
Glitter - 500,000
Greatest Hits - 1,250,000
Charmbracelet - 650,000
Remixes - 150,000
The Emancipation of Mimi - 1,250,000
E=MC2 - 300,000
The Ballads - 250,000

Total: 26,050,000

UK: 6,880,000
France: 4,500,000
Germany: 3,400,000
Italy: 1,935,000
Netherlands: 1,505,000
Spain: 1,225,000
Sweden: 780,000
Switzerland: 535,000
Austria: 250,000
Norway: 250,000
Belgium: 250,000 (at least)

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"The Emancipation Of Mimi" US chart run w/ sales:

US chart run: 1-2-2-2-3-3-3-1-5-4-2-4-4-5-2-3-3-4-3-3-5-5-9-
11 -13-18-15-14-17-15-15-4-6-7-8-7-6-8-6-10-16-14-7-15-22-34-
37-47-51-56-73-83-79-78-83- 95-95-110-99-110-131-131-120-133
-147-152-164-160-168-164-178-197-190-out

Week-by-Week sales US

403,755 copies (No.1 debut)
226,000 copies
197,000 copies
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179,000 copies
171,519 copies (no1)
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37,000 copies
43,000 copies
42,000 copies
185,000 copies (re-edition)
204,000 copies (Thanksgiving week)
110,000 copies
151,000 copies
191,000 copies
290,000 copies (Xmas sales)
103,000 copies
74,000 copies
50,000 copies
39,896 copies
38,814 copies
53,000 copies
90,000 copies (Grammy efect)
56,000 copies
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Thanks to stevvy for this:

US DIGITAL SALES:

1992: I'll be there 67.094
1993: Hero 234.297
1994: All I want for Christmas is you 1.215.663
1996: Always be my Baby 295.567
2005: It's like That 409.800
2005: We Belong Together 1.157.000
2005: Shake it off 620.285
2005: Don't forget about us 452.410
2006: Say Something 104.455
2006: Fly Like a Bird 56.355
2008: Touch my Body 1.226.000
2008: Bye Bye 427.380
2008: I'll be loving you long time 106.560
2008: I stay in Love 26.370
2009: My Love 99.796
2009: Obsessed 180.699

= 6.679.731

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Mariah Carey - Chart Run, United States: (113 weeks)

80-41-31-15-13-10-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-5-5-5-4-5-5-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-6-
6-8-8-11-13-14-19-17-20-20-21-22-25-25-25-31-33-42-49-53-60-63-62-62-64-71-65-65-64-62-49-53-63-71-68-73-72-65-85-96-
99-109-117-117-114-115-119-130-137-133-134-125-146-156-160-158-157-162-168-175-175-184


Emotions - Chart Run, United States (54 weeks)

4-4-7-6-7-7-8-11-11-10-10-11-11-11-11-9-9-10-12-13-16-14-13-16-17-21-23-20-26-
25-29-33-36-39-45-42-43-58-66-72-80-88-93-104-118-131-132-151-156-167-179-189-194


MTV Unplugged - Chart Run, United States (57 weeks)

8-5-3-3-3-3-4-3-4-5-6-7-12-17-23-27-35-46-52-50-49-62-73-66-63-67-64-66-71-70-62-61-67-71-44-68-70-69-
71-75-85-103-111-127-132-143-156-161-181-159-140-152-165-166-174-191-199


Music Box - Chart Run, United States (128 weeks)

2-2-2-3-4-4-5-7-5-5-5-6-3-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-5-6-5-9-6-9-9-11-13-13-13-13-13-16-21-25-25-28-29-34-34-33-34-39-44-51-53-53-60-61-
71-84-83-87-86-87-83-84-83-84-79-76-72-82-81-84-86-87-76-85-93-101-107-115-129-130-143-145-
142-152-158-166-161-159-167-148-152-170-169-181-170-178-191-188-197-197-195-199-152-152-165-165-
153-152-167-158-160-151-156-175-176-174-181-194-180-200-176-183-192-190-171-196


Merry Christmas - Chart Run, United States (21 weeks)

30-13-7-4-3-4-5-6-17-44-72-87-162-197-164-149-189-163-115-152-170


Daydream - Chart Run, United States (81 weeks)

1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-4-3-4-4-5-4-6-6-7-7-5-8-11-12-15-13-14-14-19-19-19-21-22-20-18-
19-24-26-27-27-35-39-47-49-54-64-72-71-76-85-
86-83-86-85-72-68-70-75-84-94-102-93-91-98-114
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Butterfly - Chart Run, United States (51 weeks)

1-3-5-6-6-4-4-7-9-13-12-11-10-10-8-15-14-16-19-17-18-21-24-26-29-33-33-32-38-40-30-40-46-
50-48-53-49-60-62-64-71-76-84-98-105-112-116-129-136-163-155-160-170-184-199


#1's - Chart Run, United States (62 weeks)

4-7-7-6-7-6-4-8-14-14-15-20-17-23-29-32-31-41-45-48-55-56-58-69-80-90-99-111-114-127-137-153-158-159-169-177-191-179-186-175-184-
186-180-173-189-195-186-191-188-200-183-187-180-177-168-187-188-167-178-194-200-193


Rainbow - Chart Run, United States (35 weeks)

2-2-7-12-12-12-8-9-9-17-21-23-27-29-37-44-54-69-75-84-95-108-109-112-111-129-152-149-164-170-165-176-180-185-196


Glitter - Chart Run, United States (12 weeks)

7-17-21-31-34-50-59-80-112-154-176-198


Greatest Hits - Chart Run, United States (11 weeks)

52-74-81-94-110-123-128-145-168-164-187


Charmbracelet - Chart Run, United States (22 weeks)

3-14-18-25-30-31-37-34-40-53-66-64-78-77-100-116-152-161-182-131-169-199


The Remixes - Chart Run, United States (5 weeks)

26-80-102-139-175


The Emancipation of Mimi - Chart Run, United States (72 weeks)

1-2-2-2-3-3-3-1-5-4-2-4-4-5-2-3-3-4-3-3-5-5-9-11-13-18-15-14-17-15-15-4-6-7-86-8-6-6-10-16-14-7-15-22-34-37-47-
51-56-73-83-79-78-83-95-95-110-99-110-131-131-120-133-147-152-164-160-168-164-178-190-197


E=MC^2 - Chart Run, United States (27 weeks)

1-1-2-5-6-7-8-13-21-23-25-33-31-47-52-52-60-62-76-86-102-122-141-170-196-132-154


The Ballads - Chart Run, United States (9 weeks)

10-31-46-61-79-114-137-165-190

[gimme1mimi]

Yahoo! Music lists the top 20 songs that have the biggest worldwide sales numbers,
released as singles since the year 2000, and with sales of over 5 million units worldwide.
Mariah is at #14 with "We Belong Together."

[Wayne]

Yes, thats a blog by someone that is completely fake! WBT didn't sell that WW

[gimme1mimi]

so celine sold +6 M digitally in the USA alone ???? hmmm..very PRECISE and very True. :rofl:


anyway,do YOU have the actual sales of WBT ??? Like ACTUAL sales.

[AyuM]

Actual Sales in the US (as far as I remember)

Mariah Carey: 8.700.000 (Soundscan has reported about 4.500.000)
Emotions: 3.570.000
MTV Unplugged: 2.730.000
Music Box: 7.150.000
Merry Christmas: 4.900.000
Daydream: 7.550.000
Butterfly: 3.700.000
#1's: 3.650.000
Rainbow: 2.900.000
Glitter: 630.000
Greatest Hits: 1.000.0000
Charmbracelet: 1.150.0000
The Remixes: 250.000
The Emancipation of Mimi: 5.850.000
E=MC²: 1.250.000
The Ballads: 100.000+

Total Sales in the USA: 54,990,000

Pretty staggering. :shock: And just imagine that her shipments are at about 64,000,000 albums. 8-)

[Wayne]

Your sales exclude her club sales, which would take her total real sales soaring above 60m

[AyuM]

Oh, I see. ;)

[Wayne]

Her club sales should be added onto her Soundscan sales to work out her actual over the counter US sales. Her biggest BMG club sellers are:

39. MARIAH CAREY - #1's (SONY) (1.00 million units)
65. MARIAH CAREY - DAYDREAM (SONY) (848,000 units)
76. MARIAH CAREY - MUSIC BOX (SONY) (735,000 units)
93. MARIAH CAREY - RAINBOW (SONY) (443,000 units)

The first number represents the album's place in BMG's all-time list. Mariah was reportedly a bigger seller at Colombia House (the other big US club seller). But Colombia have never released an official list of their biggest sellers

[Wayne]

Ignore the page width issue for a second (above) - its in the process of being sorted out! :)

Following on from X Factor last night, Mariah on UK iTUNES:

Through The Rain - #159
Hero - #678

:D

[Wayne]

Mariah's 10 most downloaded songs:- thanks Stevvy!

1.361.000 Touch my Body
1.253.000 We Belong Together
1.235.000 All I want for Christmas is you
876.110 Obsessed
620.285 Shake it off
452.410 Don't forget about us
427.380 Bye Bye
409.800 It's like That
358.080 Always be my Baby
273.625 Hero

[Wayne]

Mariah's SoundScan Debuts:

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Mariah Carey 167,912 #1 10/17/09
E=MC2 Mariah Carey 468,000 #1 05/03/08
The Emancipation Of Mimi Mariah Carey 404,000 #1 04/30/05
Charmbracelet Mariah Carey 241,200 #3 12/21/02
Greatest Hits Mariah Carey 54,000 #52 12/22/01
Glitter Mariah Carey 116,339 #7 09/29/01
Rainbow Mariah Carey 323,000 #2 11/20/99
#1's Mariah Carey 211,000 #4 12/05/98
Butterfly Mariah Carey 235,000 #1 10/04/97
Daydream Mariah Carey 224,000 #1 10/21/95
Merry Christmas Mariah Carey 45,000 #30 11/19/94
Music Box Mariah Carey 174,500 #2 09/18/93

[Wayne]

Denmarks

Trought The Rain #13
I Know What You Want #7
It's Like That #19
We Belong Together #3
All I Want For Christmas Is You #4
Touch My Body #20
I Want To Know What Love Is #28 (1st week)

Glitter #12
The Emancipation Of Mimi #2
Greatest Hits #10
E=MC² #18
The Ballads #25
Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel #29 (1st week)

[Wayne]

Hot Digital:

-- 194 CAREY*MARIAH ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YO 7952 83 4353 1257272

Started already! :P

[Wayne]

And so the domination of All I Want For Christmas Is You begins!

It currently sits at #98, with Obsessed sitting at #99! :P

[Wayne]

All the Mariah songs in the Top 1000 (UK) :

50 - I Want To Know What Love Is
74 - All I Want For Christmas Is You
75 - Obsessed (remix)
84 - I Want To Know What Love Is
108 - Obsessed (album version)
146 - All I Want For Christmas Is You
261 - Hero (X Factor finalists version)
317 - We Belong Together
482 - Always Be My Baby
486 - My All
631 - Hero
709 - Without You
714 - Fantasy
870 - Hero
893 - H.A.T.E.U.
947 - I'll Be There

[Wayne]

UK
Top 200 Singles Chart

51. (77) All I Want For Christmas Is You

[Wayne]

Obsessed certified Platinum by the RIAA. About time!!

List of Carey certified singles:

GOLD
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*Physical Singles*
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Vision of Love
Love Takes Time
Someday
Emotions
Without You/Never Forget You
Endless Love
When You Believe
Heartbreaker
Thank God I Found You
Loverboy

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*Digital Singles*
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It's Like That
All I Want for Christmas is You
Shake it Off
Don't Forget About Us

PLATINUM

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*Physical Singles*
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DreamLover
Hero
Always Be My Baby
Honey
My All
I Still Believe

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*Digital Singles*
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We Belong Together
Touch My Body
Obsessed

MULTI-PLATINUM

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*Physical Singles*
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Fantasy (2xp)
One Sweet Day (2xp)

Mariah Carey is the most successful RnB artist and remains the female artist with most Platinum singles in the United States. She has a total of 25 Gold, 11 Platinum and 2 Multi-Platinum singles.

[Neil]

Obvs waiting for AIWFCIY to go 2x platinum before they certify it :p

[Wayne]

Mariah Carey graces the list of the Top 10 artists with most airplay in the United States, since 1998

Artists With Most Airplay Since 1998 In USA

Here is a partial list of the total number of spins by artists (solos and compilations) on all formats of radio compiled from Mediabase from March 1, 1998.

1. George Strait: 5,176,624 (first single 3/98)
2. Nickelback: 4,875,363 (first single 11/99)
3. Alan Jackson: 4,631,629 (first single 3/98)
4. Usher: 4,343,470 (first single 3/98)
5. Beyonce: 3,766,246 (first single 4/01)
6. Kelly Clarkson: 3,676,476 (first single 9/02)
7. Shania Twain: 3,626,432 (first single 3/98)
8. Mariah Carey: 3,576,990 (first single 3/98)
9. Rascal Flatts: 3,436,779 (first single 1/00)
10.Nelly: 3,291,972 (first single 3/00)

[Wayne]

Holiday Charts Update

Billboard magazine, Dec. 12th issue.

Merry Christmas
Billboard Holiday Albums: #47 (Re-entry)
Billboard Top Catalog Albums: #64 (Last week #137)
Sales this week: 5,969 (+184%)
Total sales: 5,011,690
Billboard Top Digital Albums: #64 (Re-entry)
Downloads this week: 2,415 (+999%)
Total Downloads: 66,830

"All I Want For Christmas Is You"
Billboard Holiday Songs: #5 (Last week #6)
Billboard Hot Singles Sales (Remixes Bundle): #6 (New)
Sales this week: 419 (+999%)
Total sales: 423
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #18 (Last week #94)
Downloads this week: 62,682 (+320%)
Total Downloads: 1,334,880

Top Singles Charts Worldwide:
Austria - #41 (Re-entry) 12/2 issue
Denmark - #26 (Re-entry) 12/4 issue
Germany - #85 (Re-entry) 12/4 issue
Ireland - #26 (Re-entry) 12/3 issue
Norway - #19 (Re-entry) 12/1 issue
Sweden - #41 (Re-entry) 12/3 issue
United Kingdom - #29 (Last week #51) 12/6 issue

Mediabase
Airplay as of week ending Dec. 5th.

Audience impressions: 34.029 Million (+5.076M)
Total Spins: 5,236 (+986)
Spins by Format:
AC: 4,172 (+608)
Hot AC: 453 (+107)
Pop: 447 (+230)
Rhythmic: 51 (+17)
Country: 50 (-6)
Urban AC: 24 (+18)
Smooth Jazz: 20 (+1)
Urban: 19 (+11)

Merry Christmas breaks 5 million mark in the USA this week.

[Neil]

YAY get that smash hit, Mimi :p

[Wayne]

'Together' Forever
From this week's Ask Billboard:

According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), which electronically monitors radio stations in more than 140 U.S. markets and provides the data that powers Billboard's radio airplay charts, "We Belong Together" has been played 743,758 times through Wednesday (March 24).

I asked BDS Director of Data Services Adam Foster how that sum stacks up against other hit songs released five years ago.

Here is what Adam found:

"We Belong Together" began a 10-week run at No. 1 on the Pop Songs chart for the week of July 2, 2005. Here are the to-date detection totals at BDS-monitored U.S. terrestrial radio stations for Carey's smash and the other songs that were in the top 10 (in order) that week:

All-Format To-Date Plays, Artist, Title
743,758, Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
399,636, Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl"
513,149, Kelly Clarkson, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
226,340, the Black Eyed Peas, "Don't Phunk With My Heart"
160,319, Will Smith, "Switch"
279,099, Ciara featuring Ludacris, "Oh"
374,941, 3 Doors Down, "Let Me Go"
358,332, Papa Roach, "Scars"
244,448, 50 Cent, "Just a Lil Bit"
356,973, the Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes, "Don't Cha"

The total for "We Belong Together" is more 200,000 plays higher than its closest title ("Behind These Hazel Eyes") and twice the to-date average of the rest of that week's top 10 (323,693).

Not surprisingly, and even though it wasn't released until halfway through the decade, "We Belong Together" earned the honor of top title of the 2000s on the Billboard Hot 100 (a feat Carey proudly touted to the audience when I saw her in concert in January).
Source: Gary Trust - Billboard

[HeatSeeker]

^ I wonder what Gary thought of her in concert.

[HeatSeeker]

Mariah Carey’s Angels Cry Remix (feat. Ne-Yo) rockets on the Official UK Singles Chart this week:
Official UK Singles Chart

81. Angels Cry - Mariah Carey featuring Ne-Yo (up 80 - new peak)

Once again, we have been unable to find the remix available to purchase from any digital outlet. Currently you can only buy the album version of the track or the video from: iTunes | iTunes (video) | 7 Digital | HMV Digital | Play Digital | Nokia Music

Source: Mariah Connection UK | Thanks to Ju Miguel

[Wayne]

That's terrific! :eek: I can't believe that only now are the songs peaking lol. I love Angels Cry

[HeatSeeker]

^ Ditto. It's still really mysterious that the remix doesn't seem to be downloadable anywhere in the UK.

[Wayne]

E=MC² certified Gold (30,000) in Brazil (http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Mariah%20Carey), along with Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

Thanks JMS!

[Wayne]

Cumulative audience impressions in the USA (Mediabase) *update*

MARIAH CAREY - Shake It Off: 3,792.866

MARIAH CAREY - Don't Forget About Us: 3,251.386

MARIAH CAREY - Hero: 3,073.093

MARIAH CAREY - All I Want For Christmas Is You: 2,293.308

MARIAH CAREY - Always Be My Baby: 2,240.135

MARIAH CAREY - I'll Be There: 1,997.382

(March)

MARIAH CAREY - Dreamlover: 1,428.530

MARIAH CAREY - Heartbreaker: 1,240.514

MARIAH CAREY - Fantasy: 1,140.599

MARIAH CAREY - Emotions: 819.601

MARIAH CAREY - My All: 601.498

MARIAH CAREY - Vision Of Love: 496.988

MARIAH CAREY - Love Takes Time: 474.506

MARIAH CAREY - I Don't Wanna Cry: 235.025

MARIAH CAREY - Someday: 102.038

(February)

Thanks JMS!

[HeatSeeker]

Mariah Carey’s cover of the Foreigner classic, “I Want To Know What Love Is” dominates Billboard Brazil’s Hot 100 Chart for the fifth month:

Billboard Brazil Hot 100 (April) Top 10
1. “I Want To Know What Love Is”, Mariah Carey
2. “E Daí?”, Guilherme e Santiago
3. “Pode Ir Embora”, Bruno & Marrone
4. “Na Base do Beijo”, Ivete Sangalo
5. “Rebolation”, Parangolé
6. “Bad Romance”, Lady Gaga
7. “As Máscaras”, Cláudia Leitte
8. “Tik Tok”, Kesha
9. “Halo”, Beyoncé
10. “Sem Esse Coração”, João Bosco e Vinícius

Below you can find a list of number one singles on the Billboard Brazil Hot 100 chart from late 2009 to present. Note that Billboard publishes a monthly chart:

October: “Halo”, Beyoncé
November: “Halo”, Beyoncé
December: “I Want To Know What Love Is”, Mariah Carey
January: “I Want To Know What Love Is”, Mariah Carey
February: “I Want To Know What Love Is”, Mariah Carey
March: “I Want To Know What Love Is”, Mariah Carey
April: “I Want To Know What Love Is”, Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey’s cover is also featured on:

Billboard Brazil Hot Pop Chart
1. I Want to Know What Love Is (no change)

[HeatSeeker]

Last Saturday, April 24, MTV UK aired its Official Countdowns series featuring Mariah's "Official Top 20 Best Selling Singles." Below are Mariah's Top 20 singles in the UK, each shown with its total sales to date and chart peak.

01. All I Want For Christmas Is You 670,000 [#2]
02. Without You 445,000 [#1]
03. Against All Odds 370,000 [#1]
04. I’ll Be There 345,000 [#2]
05. Fantasy 280,000 [#4]
06. Hero 270,000 [#7]
07. When You Believe 260,000 [#4]
08. One Sweet Day 255,000 [#6]
09. We Belong Together 240,000 [#2]
10. Endless Love 230,000 [#3]
11. Always Be My Baby 220,000 [#3]
12. Heartbreaker 190,000 [#5]
13. I Know What You Want 175,000 [#3]
14. Vision of Love 170,000 [#9]
15. Honey 165,000 [#3]
16. My All 160,000 [#4]
17. Dreamlover 150,000 [#9]
18. Touch My Body 120,000 [#5]
19. Open Arms 105,000 [#4]
20. Anytime You Need A Friend 100,000 [#8]

[HeatSeeker]

Brazilian Airplay

1 1 WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS, I - MARIAH CAREY UNIVERSAL
- 2 TAPA NA CARA - ZEZE DI CAMARGO & LUCIANO SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
2 3 AO VIVO E EM CORES - VICTOR & LEO SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
4 4 AMORES IMORTAIS - EDUARDO COSTA UNIVERSAL
3 5 LABIRINTO - CESAR MENOTTI & FABIANO UNIVERSAL

27 weeks at the top ;)

[Wayne]

Soundscan R&B Top 200 Albums Chart:

37 ISL 41 44 38 CAREY*MARIAH MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL 2,192 1,789 23 486,435

18 COL 184 159 137 CAREY*MARIAH PLAYLIST: THE VERY B 331 270 23 7,191

72 COL 186 175 163 CAREY*MARIAH BALLADS 254 234 9 139,458

[HeatSeeker]

Brazilian Airplay Chart
(2) 3 Mariah Carey - I Want To Know What Love is

Total chart-run
16-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-3

31 consecutive weeks in the top 3 :D

[Wayne]

From Paul Grein (Yahoo's ChartWatch Blog):

Digital sales:
Touch My Body (1,459,000)
We Belong Together (1,349,000)

[Wayne]

It's rare for an artist to top both Adult Pop and Adult Contemporary charts concurrently even with one hit. Here is a look at the 13 titles - of 100 Adult Pop Songs No. 1s and 95 Adult Contemporary leaders (29 of which led both lists) since March 16, 1996, when the former chart bowed - so ubiquitous at the height of their popularity that they monopolized the summits of both surveys simultaneously:

Year, Title, Artist, Simultaneous Weeks at No. 1
1996, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1
1996, "Because You Lou Loved Me," Celine Dion, 12
1996, "Change the World," Eric Clapton, 7
1997, "You Were Meant for Me," Jewel, 1
1997, "Sunny Came Home," Shawn Colvin, 1
1999, "Angel," Sarah McLachlan, 3
2000, "Breathe," Faith Hill, 1
2001, "Only Time," Enya, 3
2006, "You're Beautiful," James Blunt, 3
2006, "Bad Day," Daniel Powter, 7
2007, "Big Girls Don't Cry," Fergie, 2
2008, "Bubbly," Colbie Caillat, 3
2010, "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, 8

Generally, pop/rock songs break first at Adult Pop before AC: 24 of the 29 shared Adult Pop Songs and Adult Contemporary No. 1s have held sway first at the former format before leading the more conservative adult contemporary genre. Record labels reinforce the pattern by promoting most songs with hit potential at both formats first to adult pop reporters.

Who are the most successful female R&B artists all-time, in terms of U.S. album sales? Here are the women with the most units certified, according to the RIAA:

63 million, Mariah Carey
--
55 million, Whitney Houston
26 million, Janet Jackson
19.5 million, Toni Braxton
18 million, Mary J. Blige
15 million, Alicia Keys
13.5 million, Natalie Cole
12 million, Anita Baker
10.5 million, Brandy

:D

[HeatSeeker]

^ I think it's safe to say Mariah will be ahead for a very long time. Whitney won't pose a challenge and the rest are too far behind.

[Sergeant Pepper]

Whitney could only beat her if she released three more albums that sell over three-million copies and Mariah will be releasing albums aswell in this time.

If Whitney didn't have the drug problem, she WOULD be infront of Mariah.

[HeatSeeker]

Hmm, it's all speculation. It's like saying Mariah would have outsold Celine by now if she had released AC/Pop albums instead of R&B - it's just not easy to say because times change.

Honestly, I don't think Whitney, at 47 with her voice so fragile and her live performances under such scrutiny, would be able to outdo Mariah even if she released more albums. She beat Mariah's biggest flop to date but needed a 7-year absence to do it.

[Wayne]

GIMME MORE: Since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking U.S. album sales in 1991, Spears ranks as the 15th-best-selling album artist, with 31.5 million units sold. Among women, her album sales are the fourth-best, trailing only the sums of Mariah Carey (No. 3, 52.6 million), Celine Dion (No. 5, 51.1 million) and Shania Twain (No. 12, 33.9 million)

SAUCE (http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/pre-glee-britney-by-the-numbers-1004117182.story?tag=hpfeed#/column/chartbeat/pre-glee-britney-by-the-numbers-1004117182.story?tag=hpfeed)

Last number I saw for Mariah was 52.388m so, she's sold over 200k since her last update! Not bad at all!

[HeatSeeker]

^ Wow so close to Dion! How much has the horse sold since the last update?

[Wayne]

Around 200k, without a new studio release.

[HeatSeeker]

As if Memoirs was gonna get anyone to be interested in her catalog anyway :dead: But hopefully this new Xmas album will!

[Wayne]

That wasn't my point; my point was that even including some of Memoirs sales, Celine managed to keep pace with Carey, despite having no new releases. Also, Celine's total doesn't include her live CD/DVD of Taking Chances which has sold 65,000+ copies but charted as a DVD.

Anyway, Carey FTW! :cheer:

[HeatSeeker]

I know Wayne lol, I was just saying that Mariah's catalog doesn't sell as well as Celine's and Memoirs definitely wasn't gonna get ppl interested

[HeatSeeker]

MCIIU has sold over 7,000 in HSN pre-orders! Also, it's up to #57 on Amazon top albums atm

[HeatSeeker]

"Oh Santa" debuts @ #1 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs chart


The singer builds anticipation for "Merry Christmas II You," due Nov. 2, with first single "Oh Santa!," which debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's new Holiday Digital Songs chart (one position above her original version of "All I Want for Christmas Is You"). The follow-up album to 1994's "Merry Christmas" includes a duet with Carey's mother, Patricia.

-Billboard (http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-far-east-movement-lil-1004123781.story#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-far-east-movement-lil-1004123781.story)

[Wayne]

Data provided by the OCC to MTV on Mariah's top 20 selling UK singles:

1. All I Want For Christmas Is You - 670k
2. Without You - 445k
3. Against All Odds - 370k
4. I'll Be There - 345k
5. Fantasy - 280k
6. Hero - 270k
7. When You Believe - 260k
8. One Sweet Day - 255k
9. We Belong Together - 240k
10. Endless Love - 230k
11. Always Be My Baby - 220k
12. Heartbreaker - 190k
13. I Know What You Want - 175k
14. Vision Of Love - 170k
15. Honey - 165k
16. My All - 160k
17. Dreamlover - 150k
18. Touch My Body - 120k
19. Open Arms - 105k
20. Anytime You Need A Friend - 100k

[Neil]

It's fascinating that she's never had a real 'hit' single when it comes to sales.
I wonder how much AIWFCIY will sell this year? :)

[HeatSeeker]

Against All Odds with Westlife is terrible, it shouldn't even be on that list lol. Surprised to see Open Arms there

[Wayne]

I think its amazing that she's had over 20 singles sell 100k+ - that is some real awesome streak there. Her top 20 spans 1990-2005, demonstrating some great longevity.

I think All I Want... will sell again this year, perhaps in the region of 60-70k, keeping in line with previous years. This is what the track has sold over the last three years in the UK:

2007: 75,546
2008: 57,220
2009: 63,394

Great sales, a total of 196,160 over the last three years

[HeatSeeker]

^ Nice!

[HeatSeeker]

Digital Divas

Top-selling downloads for the following acts since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital data: Madonna, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. Madonna (two) and Carey (four) are the only artists of the quintet with songs that have each shifted more than a million downloads:

Madonna
2,814,000, "4 Minutes"
1,224,000, "Hung Up"
493,000, "Like a Prayer"
366,000, "Sorry"
347,000, "Material Girl"

Whitney Houston
739,000, "I Will Always Love You"
447,000, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
267,000, "Greatest Love of All"
215,000, "How Will I Know"
206,000, "I Have Nothing"

Janet Jackson
242,000, "That's the Way Love Goes"
235,000, "All for You"
212,000, "If"
179,000, "Call on Me"
155,000, "All Nite (Don't Stop)"

Mariah Carey
1,591,000, "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
1,563,000, "Obsessed"
1,467,000, "Touch My Body"
1,362,000, "We Belong Together"
718,000, "Shake It Off"

Celine Dion
871,000, "My Heart Will Go On"
508,000, "Because You Loved Me"
462,000, "Taking Chances"
307,000, "A New Day Has Come"
300,000, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"

[Wayne]

Mariah Carey's desire for a 19th #1 to equal the Beatles record might just remain a figment of desire for all eternity. Now their catalogue has been made available on iTunes, the Beatles are charting left right and center - they currently have 131 entries inside of the iTunes top 1000!

[HeatSeeker]

^ Well 20 would equal their record, not 19, and none of those songs are going to hit #1 on the Hot 100.

[Wayne]

Official UK Budget Albums Chart
37. Merry Christmas (re-entry)

To qualify for this chart, the retailer would need to have purchased your album for less than £3.50, meaning that the likelihood is that this album is currently retaiiling in the UK for less than £5!

[Wayne]

Adam asked an excellent question about Metallica and how their sales compare to Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Alas, the other three bands aren't listed in Nielsen/SoundScan's top 200 acts, so their tallies aren't readily available. But as a consolation, I will tell Adam that Metallica is just 318K behind Mariah Carey on the list. That's all they need to move into third place since 1991.

A reader asked about Mariah Carey's #1s (3,745,000), Charmbracelet (1,157,000) and Carey's digital song Without You (122K).

Derek F. asked about Celine Dion's These Are Special Times (5,151,000) and her songs Don't Save It All For Christmas Day (17K) and O Holy Night (128K).

Merry Christmas everybody.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/70544/week-ending-dec-5-2010-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/

[HeatSeeker]

Billboard Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums of 2010: #40

[Wayne]

UK Radio Airplay Chart

58. (87) All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

UK Radio Airplay Chart - Pre-Release

20. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Mariah Carey

[Wayne]

Billboard's year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the chart year that began with last year's Dec. 5 issue and ended with the Nov. 27, 2010, issue. Below are Mariah's positions on the magazine's "Best of 2010" charts.

R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
40. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
64. Merry Christmas II You

R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artists
31. Mariah Carey

Dance/Club Songs
48. "I Want to Know What Love Is"

Adult Contemporary Songs
31. "I Want to Know What Love Is"

[Wayne]

Mariah Carey is officially the third highest selling artist of December at iTunes Australia - by adding the sales of all songs, albums and videos. Mariah is only behind Glee and Pink. She’s ahead of Guy Sebastian, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Bon Jovi, Bruno Mars, Ke$ha and The Black Eyed Peas (who round out the top 10).

Here are the stats (please remember that, as Christmas approaches, she’s only GAINING in sales, so this may change by tomorow for the better):

- Mariah currently has three songs in the iTunes chart (2 versions of A I Want For Christmas Is You and Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town)
- 2 albums in the top 15
- 3 albums in the top 100
- 2 albums in the Pop albums chart
- 2 albums in the R&B album chart
- 4 albums on the Holiday Chart
- 2 videos in the Video Chart
- Over twenty songs on the Holiday Singles Chart
- Credited for four charting Holiday songs as a songwriter
- Plus 42 of her songs have achieved at least 100 sales in the last week (from Honey, to When You Believe, to Hero, to We Belong Together).

SOURCE: Mariah Connection.

Not sure about this, but sounds incredible!

[HeatSeeker]

Wow, that is quite surprising!

[Wayne]

Thanks to danavon:

Mariah Carey (352,970)
Emotions (480,900)
MTV Unplugged (191,030)
Music Box (1,589,270 / 93 weeks on 100)
Merry Christmas (2,090,244)
Merry Christmas - Reissue 2005 (4,005)
Daydream (2,202,730)
Butterfly (1,025,290)
The Ones (2,808,630)
Rainbow (570,010)
Glitter (261,900)
Charmbracelet (240,440)
Charmbracelet - Tour Edition (4,936)
Greatest Hits (219,268)
The Remixes (6,511)
The Emancipation Of MIMI (267,121)
The Emancipation Of MIMI - Plutinum Edition (34,257)
E=MC2 (146,293)
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (77,114)

Mariah's sales on the Oricon charts (Japan)

[HeatSeeker]

Isn't Glitter something like the best-selling international soundtrack there?

[Wayne]

^ Yep.

And thanks to Stevyy, her best-selling US singles:

KEY: Song - soundscan sales - digital sales

Vision of Love - 1.216 - 99,540
Love Takes Time - 70.517 - 54,105
Someday - 546.923 - 46,620
I don't wanna Cry - 261.842 - 53,905
Emotions - 506.908 - 60,360
Can't let Go - 423.107 - 45,780
Make It Happen - 263.025 - 30,440
I'll Be There - 478.309 - 78,955
Dreamlover - 935.320 - 101,105
Hero - 1.144.044 - 273,625
Without You - 674.069 - 74,125
Endless Love N/A
Fantasy - 1.605.257 - 257,195
One Sweet Day - 2.333.994 - N/A
Always be My baby - 1.253.955 - 358,080
Honey - 1.277.415 - 96,425
My All - 1.499.595 - 95,615
I still Believe - 860.673 - 47,110
Heartbreaker - 854.615 - 153,925
Thank God I found You - 686.678 - 7,160
Loverboy - 584.954 - 1,900
I Know what you want - N/A
We Belong Together - 20.877 - 1,362,000
Shake It Off - 1.952 - 718,000
Don't forget about us - 3.234 - 481,000
Touch my Body - N/A - 1,467,000
Obsessed - 29.803 - 1,563,000
= 27 Top 10 hits in the USA!

[HeatSeeker]

soundscan sales

You mean physical sales? Cuz doesn't soundscan track digital sales as well?

[Wayne]

Yes, the second column says digital sales, so essentially Soundscan = physical :)

[Wayne]

Rising 14-6, "Born" registers the highest second-week Pop Songs rank since Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" rocketed 12-4 in its second frame. "Born" likewise trails only "Dreamlover" for highest debut in the chart's archives.

Notably, "Born" bowed after just three days of airplay. With its second-week advance, the song has totaled 11,415 plays in its first 10 days of availability.

"Dreamlover," however, fell shy of reaching Pop Songs after its first week at radio. While the song logged 368 plays in its first week (ending Aug. 7, 1993), it did not debut until the following week, when it increased by 429% to 1,945 plays.

(The Pop Songs panel comprised 69 reporters at the time "Dreamlover" charted. As of this week, 129 stations contribute to the survey, allowing for significantly higher present-day weekly airplay sums).

Mariah has ALL of the old Billboard records.

[Wayne]

Nothing we didn't already know, buts its always nice to revisit old chart statistics! :) In brackets are my estimations for each artist's total UK single sales.

1. Madonna 60 [17,250,000]
2. Kylie Minogue 37 [10,000,000]
3. Mariah Carey 25 [6,400,000]
4. Britney Spears 22 [6,900,000]
5. Diana Ross 19 [5,710,000]

6. Janet Jackson 18 [4,500,000]
7. Rihanna 18 [9,900,000]
7. Whitney Houston 17 [8,000,000]
9. Jennifer Lopez 16 [2,500,000]
9. Beyonce 16 [4,850,000]

11. P!nk 15 [4,220,000]
12. Christina Aguilera 14 [3,300,000]
12. Celine Dion 14 [6,400,000]
14. Cher 13 [4,150,000]
14. Shirley Bassey 13 [3,300,000]

16. Petula Clark 12
16. Missy Elliott 12
18. Dusty Springfield 11
18. Connie Francis 11
18. Olivia Newton-John 11
18. Cilla Black 11
18. Donna Summer 10

Thanks to the Beyonce thread @ UKMIX for this!

[Wayne]

Mariah's best digital sales weeks: 50,000+ sales weeks:

key:
Rank, Rank on Digital chart, sales, titel

#1 - #1 - 285,544 - Touch my Body
#2 - #4 - 169,656 - Touch my Body
#3 - #6 - 122,071 - Touch my Body
#4 - #6 - 118,926 - Obsessed
#5 - #6 - 118,778 - Touch my Body
#6 - #8 - 98,711 - Touch my Body
#7 - #9 - 82,627 - Obsessed
#8 - #15 - 82,318 - Don't Forget about us
#9 - #13 - 73,123 - Obsessed
#10 - #50 - 73,043 - All I want for Christmas is you
#11 - #11 - 72,837 - Touch my Body
#12 - #11 - 71,812 - Obsessed
#13 - #10 - 71,686 - Obsessed
#14 - #12 - 71,640 - Obsessed
#15 - #10 - 71,248 - Obsessed
#16 - #12 - 70,534 - Obsessed
#17 - #12 - 69,147 - Obsessed
#18 - #14 - 66,746 - Obsessed
#19 - #12 - 65,457 - Obsessed
#20 - #14 - 64,018 - Obsessed
#21 - #14 - 63,308 - Obsessed
#22 - #18 - 62,682 - All I want for Christmas is you
#23 - #17 - 61,433 - Obsessed
#24 - #8 - 60,846 - All I want for Christmas is you
#25 - #11 - 60,037 - Bye Bye
#26 - #16 - 59,811 - All I want for Christmas is you
#27 - #10 - 58,588 - All I want for Christmas is you
#28 - #14 - 55,513 - Touch my Body
#29 - #14 - 54,765 - All I want for Christmas is you
#30 - #17 - 54,667 - All I want for Christmas is you
#31 - #17 - 54,142 - All I want for Christmas is you
#32 - #2 - 53,341 - We Belong Together
#33 - #11 - 53,018 - All I want for Christmas is you
#34 - #19 - 52,614 - All I want for Christmas is you
#35 - #21 - 50,599 - All I want for Christmas is you
#36 - #22 - 50,423 - Obsessed

Biggest sales weeks for other singles:

#?? - 30,561 - Shake It Off
#54 - 27,246 - I want to know what love is
#10 - 23,379 - It's Like That
#98 - 19,765 - Up Out my Face
#73 - 19,403 - My Love
#61 - 18,763 - Migrate
#95 - 12,324 - Side Effects
#121 - 10,311 - I'll Be Loving you Long Time
#197 - 10,149 - 100%
#??? - 5,886 - Say Something

Thanks ​Stevyy!

[Wayne]

US Catalog Charts:

199 CAREY*MARIAH DAYDREAM 1,346 -15 1,581 7,595,345

Thanks oldbloke!

http://www.vanityedge.com/forum/showthread.php?6294-US-Billboard-Charts-August-27-2011&p=83570&viewfull=1#post83570

[stevyy]

7.600.457 Daydream

Daydream finally rounds out sales of over 25,000 copies for 2011.. (That would be as much as what it sold in the past 5 years combined).

Latest sales for Always be my Baby, Mariah's biggest selling catalogue single (after All I want for Christmas is you)

sales by format:
CD-singles: 1,253,955
Downloads: 648,870

[Wayne]

Christmas has arrived a little early this year, with the first of 2010’s seasonal songs, Mistletoe by Justin Bieber debuting at number 21 (16,005 sales) nine whole weeks before the big day. Bieber’s seventh Top 40 hit single, it is taken from his upcoming album of seasonal songs, Under The Mistletoe is the most premature Christmas hit since 1956, when The Goons reached number four with I’m Walking Backwards For Christmas in July. Of course, the best way to measure how ‘Christmassy’ record buyers are feeling is to monitor the sales of Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You. A hardy annual since the advent of the download era, the track invariably reaches its peak (natch) just before Christmas but ahead of that its sales increase week-on-week as the great day nears. It has already increased sales 10 weeks in a row, improving 52.30% week-on-week to 463 last week. It also answers the question ‘when do consumers feel least Christmassy?’. Perhaps surprisingly it is not in the sultry days of summer that punters are least likely to buy it – in each of the last three years it has reached its nadir in week 14, in April. With 750,454 copies sold since its original 1994 release, All I Want For Christmas Is You will likely pass the million sales mark in three or four years – though it does face competition from here on with a new version cut by the aforementioned Justin Bieber in collaboration with Carey for Under The Mistletoe.

Updated UK sales of some 750,454

http://www.vanityedge.com/forum/showthread.php?6461-UK-Charts-23-10-2011-Brett-s-commentary&p=85595#post85595

[HeatSeeker]

Love that they used her song as a measure, it really is THE perennial hit of the past 20 years <3

Also it's at 1.92 million downloads in the US and will cross the 2 million mark--her first hit to do so--this year. It's currently #487 on US iTunes.