Mariah Carey :: Charts & Sales History

[Cless]

Stevvy, you forgot to update 540 for Moaia

Where did you get this info? Did we get an update on MOAIA's US sales?

It's from a Billboard article.

[PoderosaCarey]

Stevvy, you forgot to update 540 for Moaia

Where did you get this info? Did we get an update on MOAIA's US sales?

it´s here

http://www.billboard.com/news/mariah-ca ... ost_recent
ching No. 1. Her most recent studio album, 2009's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel," debuted and peaked at No. 3 and has sold 540,000 in the U.S.

[Luminator]

Thanks.

It didn't do too bad.

[Play]

Memoirs was realesed in 2009?

[thebigham]

does anyone ahave her albums sales for USA??

Year - soundscan - RIAA certification - album

1990 - 4,918,276 - 9,000,000 - Mariah Carey
1991 - 3,590,874 - 4,000,000 - Emotions
1992 - 2,769,151 - 1,500,000 - MTV Unplugged
1993 - 7,243,446 - 10,000,000 - Music Box
1994 - 5,212,343 - 5,000,000 - Merry Christmas
1995 - 7,620,642 - 10,000,000 - Daydream
1997 - 3,763,428 - 5,000,000 - Butterfly
1998 - 3,754,091 - 5,000,000 - #1's
1999 - 2,957,278 - 3,000,000 - Rainbow
2001 - 647,085 - 1,000,000 - Glitter
2001 - 1,015,900 - 500,000 - Greatest Hits
2002 - 1,157,206 - 1,000,000 - Charmbracelet
2003 - 258,058 - N/A - The Remixes
2005 - 5,953,333 - 6,000,000 - The Emancipation of Mimi
2008 - 1,279,388 - 1,000,000 - E=MC²
2008 - 140,150 - N/A - The Ballads
2009 - 523,446 - 500,000 - Momoirs of an Imperfect Angel
2010 - 504,977 - 500,000 - Merry Christmas II You

Diamond albums: 2
Multiplatinum albums: 10
Albums over 3m: 10
Albums over 5m: 7

Alltime female soundscan rank: 1
Alltime female RIAA rank: 3

Don't forget "The Playlist" and "The Essential Mariah Carey" Greatest hits albums. I have seen a SS figure for Playlist, but not for The Essential.

GREAT work! Thanks.

[PosziMC2]

Memoirs was realesed in 2009?

What is Memoirs?

[AndiIversen]

Don't forget "The Playlist" and "The Essential Mariah Carey" Greatest hits albums. I have seen a SS figure for Playlist, but not for The Essential.

GREAT work! Thanks.

Paul G. of Yahoo's chart watch (on the comments section) reported a SS of 1,100,000 for Mariah's Greatest Hits back in Aug.15 2010.

As it is 1xPlat, is still undercertified as well.

[Wayne]

If at 1.1m Soundscan it has a 1x platinum RIAA certification, it most certainly isn't undercertified.

[AndiIversen]

Memoirs was realesed in 2009?

What is Memoirs?

Memoirs of an Imperfect angel (her 12th studio album):

USA release date: September 28, 2009 (CD/digital)
UK release date: November 23, 2009 (CD/digital a day earlier)

[PosziMC2]

Memoirs was realesed in 2009?

What is Memoirs?

Memoirs of an Imperfect angel (her 12th studio album):

USA release date: September 28, 2009 (CD/digital)
UK release date: November 23, 2009 (CD/digital a day earlier)

No, still nothing.

[AndiIversen]

If at 1.1m Soundscan it has a 1x platinum RIAA certification, it most certainly isn't undercertified.

it's a double CD with over 100 min running time,according to RIAA rules, it should be 2xPlat

[Wayne]

If at 1.1m Soundscan it has a 1x platinum RIAA certification, it most certainly isn't undercertified.

it's a double CD with over 100 min running time,according to RIAA rules, it should be 2xPlat

Of course it is.

[PoderosaCarey]

The Ballads sold 500 or 700k worldwide?

[stevyy]

The Ballads sold 500 or 700k worldwide?

more like 750k.. with ~300k coming from the UK alone.. + probably 200k from the US

The Ballads:

hard sales vs. shipment

200,209 - 260,000* - UK
150,140 - 200,000 - USA
54,993 - 75,000 - JPN
------ - 39,000 - BRA
13,814 - 15,000 - IRE

* confirmed UK shipment by 2010.

[stevyy]

Year - soundscan - RIAA certification - album

1990 - 4,918,276 - 9,000,000 - Mariah Carey
1991 - 3,590,874 - 4,000,000 - Emotions
1992 - 2,769,151 - 1,500,000 - MTV Unplugged
1993 - 7,243,446 - 10,000,000 - Music Box
1994 - 5,212,343 - 5,000,000 - Merry Christmas
1995 - 7,620,642 - 10,000,000 - Daydream
1997 - 3,763,428 - 5,000,000 - Butterfly
1998 - 3,754,091 - 5,000,000 - #1's
1999 - 2,957,278 - 3,000,000 - Rainbow
2001 - 647,085 - 1,000,000 - Glitter
2001 - 1,015,900 - 500,000 - Greatest Hits
2002 - 1,157,206 - 1,000,000 - Charmbracelet
2003 - 258,058 - N/A - The Remixes
2005 - 5,953,333 - 6,000,000 - The Emancipation of Mimi
2008 - 1,279,388 - 1,000,000 - E=MC²
2008 - 140,150 - N/A - The Ballads
2009 - 523,446 - 500,000 - Momoirs of an Imperfect Angel
2010 - 11,960 - N/A - Playlist: The Very Best of
2010 - 504,977 - 500,000 - Merry Christmas II You

I added "Playlist" I won't edit Memoirs' sales because BB hasn't given us concrete soundscan numbers.

12 CD releases sold more than 1 million copies in the US out of 20 including Esstential.

16 CD releases sold more than 500,000 copies /out of 20

[PoderosaCarey]

Sold more in Uk than in Usa

GH in Uk sells well.

[stevyy]

Sold more in Uk than in Usa

GH in Uk sells well.

GH is proportionally a much bigger hit in the UK than in the US..

1,300,000 USA
800,000 UK

whereas #1's is propotionally a much bigger hit in Japan than in the US:

5,000,000 USA
3,600,000 Japan

[PoderosaCarey]

I think with AL and with the new era, her catalog sales will increase..

[nympho]

So, GH should be 2xPlat in US as it's a double album and The Remixes should be Gold for the same reason. Right?

I don't think Sony would bother to certify them now, though.

[Luminator]

#1s has most likely sold more than 5 million in the US.

If it sold more than 1 million copies via BMG music club, it would be delusional to assume that it only sold 300k via Columbia.

[AndiIversen]

So, GH should be 2xPlat in US as it's a double album and The Remixes should be Gold for the same reason. Right?

I don't think Sony would bother to certify them now, though.

I think they might be waiting for GH to cross or be close to 1,5M so it gets a 3xPlat
but yes they may not care too..

[PoderosaCarey]

I don´t get wy Merry Christmas could get a 6x platinum.
it sold only 5.2 i think? and i don´t remember to have seen high sales by BMG club best sellers? or?

[Luminator]

I don´t get wy Merry Christmas could get a 6x platinum.
it sold only 5.2 i think? and i don´t remember to have seen high sales by BMG club best sellers? or?

We have to take into consideration that in 1994 SoundScan didn't cover 100% of the market + music club sales + shipments which exceed the current SoundScan total.

[AndiIversen]

I don´t get wy Merry Christmas could get a 6x platinum.
it sold only 5.2 i think? and i don´t remember to have seen high sales by BMG club best sellers? or?

MerryC wasn't int the top 100 all-time best sellers BMG list released by them a long time ago, the #100 album was MJackson's Dangerous (298,000 units), there were other Mariah albums in there though..

[AndiIversen]

We have to take into consideration that in 1994 SoundScan didn't cover 100% of the market

that's right, and even in 2003 it still missed some 10% of all physical sales, percentage being much higher the further back we go (according to the New York Times)