Mariah Carey :: Charts & Sales History

[AutomaticBR]

Never thought we’d see the day when IDWC and CLG would get that Gold certification ❤️ #1s at 6X was also a nice surprise but we kinda saw that coming…

[Strat]

Amazing updates especially for the singles.

I'm now waiting for Anytime you need a friend to receive its gold moment.

Make it happen US lambs

[InFamous]

Never thought we’d see the day when IDWC and CLG would get that Gold certification ❤️ #1s at 6X was also a nice surprise but we kinda saw that coming…

I wonder are all the streams from the singles going to that one album now.

[lambforever]

Seeing that all number 1 singles are now certified, the next goal should be all of her top 10 hits. The only top 10 hit missing is ^Make it Happen^

Does anyone have any idea how close it is to be certified ?

[Bella]

Seeing that all number 1 singles are now certified, the next goal should be all of her top 10 hits. The only top 10 hit missing is ^Make it Happen^

Does anyone have any idea how close it is to be certified ?

"Make It Happen" has over 300,000 physical and digital sales, so needs less than 30 million US on-demand streams to be gold eligible. But it gets only a few million streams a year, so probably still a few years away (unless it has a viral surge sooner). There's other songs that are actually closer to gold eligible ("Can't Take That Away," "Anytime You Need A Friend," "Butterfly," "Whenever You Call," "Through The Rain," "I Want To Know What Love Is," and a bunch of holiday tracks).

There's several songs closer to new platinum recertifications already or in 2023:
14 million "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
4 million: "One Sweet Day" & "Obsessed"
3 million: "Hero"
2 million: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," "Heartbreaker" & "Shake It Off"
1 million: "Love Takes Time," "I'll Be There," "Thank God I Found You," & "It's Like That"

[Askforsnow]

"Make It Happen" has over 300,000 physical and digital sales, so needs less than 30 million US on-demand streams to be gold eligible. But it gets only a few million streams a year, so probably still a few years away (unless it has a viral surge sooner). There's other songs that are actually closer to gold eligible ("Can't Take That Away," "Anytime You Need A Friend," "Butterfly," "Whenever You Call," "Through The Rain," "I Want To Know What Love Is," and a bunch of holiday tracks).

There's several songs closer to new platinum recertifications already or in 2023:
14 million "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

Is this an accurate estimate? What’s the basis for it? It would mean some 4 million since the last certification in 2020/1? which is hard to believe.

[lambforever]

"Make It Happen" has over 300,000 physical and digital sales, so needs less than 30 million US on-demand streams to be gold eligible. But it gets only a few million streams a year, so probably still a few years away (unless it has a viral surge sooner). There's other songs that are actually closer to gold eligible ("Can't Take That Away," "Anytime You Need A Friend," "Butterfly," "Whenever You Call," "Through The Rain," "I Want To Know What Love Is," and a bunch of holiday tracks).

There's several songs closer to new platinum recertifications already or in 2023:
14 million "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
4 million: "One Sweet Day" & "Obsessed"
3 million: "Hero"
2 million: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," "Heartbreaker" & "Shake It Off"
1 million: "Love Takes Time," "I'll Be There," "Thank God I Found You," & "It's Like That"

Thank you for the information. Hoping make it happen can get to gold sooner than expected.

[stevyy]

I wonder are all the streams from the singles going to that one album now.

I think the vinyl re-release made it possible to hit 6 million. GH and Infinity regularly outsell #1's, so streaming does mostly go to them. #1's however was already pretty close on sales + digital sales.

[GlenMarley]

"Anytime You Need a Friend" is one long overdue!

[GlenMarley]

I think the vinyl re-release made it possible to hit 6 million. GH and Infinity regularly outsell #1's, so streaming does mostly go to them. #1's however was already pretty close on sales + digital sales.

I don't really see how we can manage to make The Ballads gold, but we need to do that.

[Bella]

Is this an accurate estimate? What’s the basis for it? It would mean some 4 million since the last certification in 2020/1? which is hard to believe.

The basis is Billboard and Luminate data over the years, as well as publicly available Youtube and Spotify USA data tracking. Mariah's team and Sony have usually waited 1-2 years to certify her holiday music after it has reached the eligibility threshold.

In this article, for the tracking week ending December 16, 2021, Billboard noted: "Since its release, the song has upped its U.S. totals to 4.3 billion in radio audience, 1.4 billion streams and 3.7 million in download sales."

That converts to over 13 million RIAA singles units for "AIWFCIY" without including the best 2 weeks of streams/sales last year (nearly record-breaking consumption) nor any of the SPS this year, which is quickly adding up. The song should easily be over 15 million units by the end of this season with its current trajectory.

[marcsgirl85]

not quite platinum for streams alone yet probably in December when it reaches its height as a single needs 1,750,000,000 streams to equal 1,000,000 downloads don't know the ratio for radio airplay to equal platinum and if those sales stand up AIWFCIY will easily get certified 16x platinum next year furthering its lead as the best selling Holiday song in US history and may help Merry Christmas finally reach diamond nearly 30 years after release though it took Elvis's Christmas album 54 years from its original 1957 release to sept 9th 2011 to be certified diamond though the diamond award only launched in 1999 thus far the only female artists with 3 diamond albums are Shania Twain and Whitney Houston Twain's Come On Over is the highest certified female album & Canadian album ever at 20x platinum though its also under certified last certified Nov 15th 2004 and is a decent catalog seller also Metallica's self titled 1991 album should be about 20x platinum now it was last certified 16x platinum in December 2012 and sells between 200,000 and 400,000 per year even being over 30 years old

[Clown10]

The basis is Billboard and Luminate data over the years, as well as publicly available Youtube and Spotify USA data tracking. Mariah's team and Sony have usually waited 1-2 years to certify her holiday music after it has reached the eligibility threshold.

In this article, for the tracking week ending December 16, 2021, Billboard noted: "Since its release, the song has upped its U.S. totals to 4.3 billion in radio audience, 1.4 billion streams and 3.7 million in download sales."

That converts to over 13 million RIAA singles units for "AIWFCIY" without including the best 2 weeks of streams/sales last year (nearly record-breaking consumption) nor any of the SPS this year, which is quickly adding up. The song should easily be over 15 million units by the end of this season with its current trajectory.

Sony certified AIWFCIY at 4,346,905,150 streams this past July. But Billboard records it at 1.4 billion. I wonder if 1.4 billion are only for US.

[bm08]

The basis is Billboard and Luminate data over the years, as well as publicly available Youtube and Spotify USA data tracking. Mariah's team and Sony have usually waited 1-2 years to certify her holiday music after it has reached the eligibility threshold.

In this article, for the tracking week ending December 16, 2021, Billboard noted: "Since its release, the song has upped its U.S. totals to 4.3 billion in radio audience, 1.4 billion streams and 3.7 million in download sales."

That converts to over 13 million RIAA singles units for "AIWFCIY" without including the best 2 weeks of streams/sales last year (nearly record-breaking consumption) nor any of the SPS this year, which is quickly adding up. The song should easily be over 15 million units by the end of this season with its current trajectory.

Not all streams are weighted equally. I think RIAA makes a distinction between on-demand and free streams (as do Billboard).

[Bella]

Sony certified AIWFCIY at 4,346,905,150 streams this past July. But Billboard records it at 1.4 billion. I wonder if 1.4 billion are only for US.

Yes, the 4.3 billion was for global audio streams. This December 16, 2021 Billboard reported 1.4 billion from was USA only. The song gained 400 million streams between 2020 and 2021 in the USA, so it's gaining nearly 3 million RIAA song units every year now.

bm08 The RIAA accepts only on-demand streams (which all major streaming platforms have been doing for the past 5+ years), for its certifications and they are all weighed the same (150 streams = 1 song unit, 1,500 streams = 1 album unit). Billboard charts weigh streams differently (paid vs ad-supported/free).

[bm08]

Yes, the 4.3 billion was for global audio streams. This December 16, 2021 Billboard reported 1.4 billion from was USA only. The song gained 400 million streams between 2020 and 2021 in the USA, so it's gaining nearly 3 million RIAA song units every year now.

bm08 The RIAA accepts only on-demand streams (which all major streaming platforms have been doing for the past 5+ years), for its certifications and they are all weighed the same (150 streams = 1 song unit, 1,500 streams = 1 album unit). Billboard charts weigh streams differently (paid vs ad-supported/free).

Yeah the Billboard 1.4B doesnt seem to differentiate.

[lambforever]

Don't think we will see an update in All I want certification this year but next year we may see that 15x platinum with a possible diamond cert for the album

[stevyy]

Mariah Carey's Top Streaming Songs on Spotify: Daily (revised)

Timeframe: November 17th

01 - 1,195,763,550 - +2,022,550 - 1994 - All I want for Christmas Is You
02 - 181,005,206 - +403,671 - 1994 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
03 - 414,227,901 - +246,805 - 2005 - We Belong Together
04 - 241,689,554 - +202,092 - 1995 - Fantasy
05 - 77,911,253 - +153,547 - 2010 - Oh Santa
06 - 292,022,165 - +146,573 - 1996 - Always be my Baby
07 - 216,068,773 - +146,518 - 2003 - I Know what You Want
08 - 66,159,073 - +146,060 - 2022 - Big Energy Remix
09 - 219,055,231 - +144,766 - 2009 - Obsessed
10 - 185,656,243 - +125,927 - 1994 - Without You
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11 - 210,586,123 - +120,877 - 1993 - Hero
12 - 85,122,027 - +101,657 - 1994 - O Holy Night
13 - 137,818,620 - +86,709 - 2008 - Touch my Body
14 - 144,305,634 - +77,684 - 1995 - One Sweet Day
15 - 82,452,043 - +74,600 - 2011 - All I want for Christmas Is You (ft. Justin Bieber)
16 - 58,237,453 - +72,446 - 1994 - Silent Night
17 - 85,273,037 - +69,806 - 1998 - My All
18 - 117,716,961 - +69,114 - 1998 - When you Believe
19 - 64,750,018 - +67,444 - 1994 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
20 - 75,387,386 - +56,468 - 1994 - Endless Love
--
21 - 86,710,741 - +52,473 - 2005 - Shake It Off
22 - 96,034,042 - +48,344 - 1999 - Heartbreaker
23 - 81,045,393 - +43,252 - 1991 - Emotions
24 - 62,437,844 - +35,755 - 1997 - Honey
25 - 40,639,973 - +34,541 - 2008 - Bye Bye
26 - 57,340,565 - +32,382 - 1995 - Fantasy Remix
27 - 63,552,565 - +32,293 - 2005 - It's Like That
28 - 104,054,055 - +30,052 - 2013 - #Beautiful
29 - 70,304,122 - +29,625 - 1992 - I'll Be There
30 - 41,911,835 - +29,125 - 1999 - Thank God I Found You
--
xx - 60,421,424 - +28,091 - 2000 - Against All Odds (ft. Westlife)
xx - 24,384,171 - +26,531 - 2008 - I Stay In Love
xx - 47,068,835 - +25,119 - 1993 - Dreamlover
xx - 48,291,132 - +23,601 - 1990 - Vision of Love
xx - 19,642,237 - +23,566 - 1994 - Joy To The World
xx - 16,464,569 - +23,027 - 1994 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
xx - 8,861,468 - +21,473 - 2021 - Fall In Love at Christmas
xx - 17,774,981 - +19,686 - 1994 - Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
xx - 12,752,155 - +14,495 - 1994 - Jesus Born On This Day
xx - 11,895,704 - +12,396 - 1994 - Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child
xx - 2,107,419 - +7,834 - 2020 - Sleigh Ride

[lambforever]

All I want video (Make my wish) 2019 video already surpassed 1 million daily views yesterday.

[manuelbutera]

GREECE:

37 NEW Music Box
67 (33) 06 Daydream (PK #33)

What is going on in Greece? Is she really selling that much out of nowhere? That’s huge

[marcsgirl85]

Mariah will be performing All I Want For Christmas Is You at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday Nov 25 and maybe this will increase the ratings some from last year which had 25,000,000 people watch the parade and imagine if 30% of the viewers stream/buy the song the next day that would mean between 7.5 million and 9 million streams that day alone

[stevyy]

What is going on in Greece? Is she really selling that much out of nowhere? That’s huge

well... maybe she sold 1-2 copies in order to land at those positions. I wonder if streaming is included. However, charting means that it is charting and charting is always great bc it reflects that people are willing to support her.

We stan Greece,

[stevyy]

Mariah Carey's Top Streaming Songs on Spotify: Daily (revised)

Timeframe: November 18th

01 - 1,198,134,454 - +2,370,904 - 1994 - All I want for Christmas Is You
02 - 181,413,269 - +408,063 - 1994 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
03 - 414,483,317 - +255,416 - 2005 - We Belong Together
04 - 241,902,759 - +213,205 - 1995 - Fantasy
05 - 78,082,357 - +171,104 - 2010 - Oh Santa
06 - 216,223,333 - +154,560 - 2003 - I Know what You Want
07 - 66,313,187 - +154,114 - 2022 - Big Energy Remix
08 - 219,201,861 - +146,630 - 2009 - Obsessed
09 - 292,168,437 - +146,272 - 1996 - Always be my Baby
10 - 185,781,069 - +124,826 - 1994 - Without You
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11 - 210,699,754 - +113,631 - 1993 - Hero
12 - 85,233,897 - +111,870 - 1994 - O Holy Night
13 - 82,543,457 - +91,414 - 2011 - All I want for Christmas Is You (ft. Justin Bieber)
14 - 137,907,545 - +88,925 - 2008 - Touch my Body
15 - 144,382,589 - +76,955 - 1995 - One Sweet Day
16 - 58,312,355 - +75,318 - 1994 - Silent Night
17 - 64,823,737 - +73,719 - 1994 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
18 - 85,343,279 - +70,242 - 1998 - My All
19 - 117,784,480 - +67,519 - 1998 - When you Believe
20 - 75,444,926 - +57,540 - 1994 - Endless Love
--
21 - 86,763,828 - +53,087 - 2005 - Shake It Off
22 - 96,083,348 - +49,306 - 1999 - Heartbreaker
23 - 81,086,622 - +41,229 - 1991 - Emotions
24 - 62,474,219 - +36,375 - 1997 - Honey
25 - 57,376,241 - +35,676 - 1995 - Fantasy Remix
26 - 63,585,527 - +32,962 - 2005 - It's Like That
27 - 40,672,782 - +32,809 - 2008 - Bye Bye
28 - 70,333,652 - +29,530 - 1992 - I'll Be There
29 - 104,082,840 - +28,785 - 2013 - #Beautiful
30 - 60,450,002 - +28,578 - 2000 - Against All Odds (ft. Westlife)
--
xx - 16,490,944 - +26,375 - 1994 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
xx - 19,668,286 - +26,049 - 1994 - Joy To The World
xx - 47,094,368 - +25,533 - 1993 - Dreamlover
xx - 41,937,315 - +25,480 - 1999 - Thank God I Found You
xx - 24,408,210 - +24,039 - 2008 - I Stay In Love
xx - 48,314,996 - +23,864 - 1990 - Vision of Love
xx - 8,885,258 - +23,790 - 2021 - Fall In Love at Christmas
xx - 17,796,805 - +21,824 - 1994 - Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
xx - 12,768,131 - +15,976 - 1994 - Jesus Born On This Day
xx - 11,909,271 - +13,567 - 1994 - Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child
xx - 2,116,694 - +9,275 - 2020 - Sleigh Ride

[InfoFromAus]

With #1s now at 6 Platinum in the US, its worldwide total has to be above 16 million easily, right?

Maybe 16.5 or higher (or higher still when you consider that its totals in many countries haven't been updated since the 90s despite it selling very well for years... as stevyy points out).

It's underestimated sometimes when considering her big selling albums. Would easily be her third now... well, depends on where Merry Christmas lands after this year.

16 million plus is very considerable.

[lambforever]

With #1s now at 6 Platinum in the US, its worldwide total has to be above 16 million easily, right?

Maybe 16.5 or higher (or higher still when you consider that its totals in many countries haven't been updated since the 90s despite it selling very well for years... as stevyy points out).

It's underestimated sometimes when considering her big selling albums. Would easily be her third now... well, depends on where Merry Christmas lands after this year.

16 million plus is very considerable.

I believe with the additions of constant compilations it slowed down sales but I swore the last estimates for #1s in 2015 were near 17 million.