The Mariah Carey Thread

Tentative sales for this week are 175,899, with Mariah coming in at #1 again. Congrats, MC

Originally Posted by Halla

Mariah is the most popular in the US, but she lost a lot of popularity especially in Europe on butterfly to charmbracelet, until she made a huge comeback with EOM. she didn't do that well in the US either with butterfly to charmbracelet, her career in the US was going downhill until EOM.

Actually, Mariah maintained her popularity in the States until 2001, because Butterfly and Rainbow were both very popular and successful albums. They both did over 10 million worldwide, and they both had two #1 singles. But I think I was wrong, Mariah isn't the biggest-selling female artist in the States. She surpassed Madonna with TEOM in 2005, but she is still slightly behind Barbara Streisand. Maybe she can take her over with E=MC2!

[Halla]

Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

Actually, Mariah maintained her popularity in the States until 2001, because Butterfly and Rainbow were both very popular and successful albums.

true, each mariah album has sold several millions. but she was losing steam fast before EOM turned it around. her drops in sales are way bigger than just the general decrease in album sales in the industry.

butterfly sold only half of what the previous studio album sold, there was a notable drop in sales from butterfly to rainbow (especially on worldwide sales). and her career hit a low point on charmbracelet (didn't even chart in the top ten other than in Japan & US) which only sold like a 1/4 what the previous studio album sold. I'm leaving out glitter lol

Originally Posted by Halla

butterfly sold only half of what the previous studio album sold, there was a notable drop in sales from butterfly to rainbow (especially on worldwide sales). and her career hit a low point on charmbracelet (didn't even chart in the top ten other than in Japan & US) which only sold like a 1/4 what the previous studio album sold. I'm leaving out glitter lol

True, but I think the biggest drop was from Rainbow to Glitter. Her popularity took such a nosedive. But E=MC2 should pass Glitter's total sales sometime soon I'm guessing by the end of next month!