poll Most Local to Least Local: Mariah Carey / Beyoncé / Taylor Swift

[lonnie]

None of these women are "local".

[Johnny Jacobs]

Taylor 

Mariah

Beyonce 

 

All legends tho

[Rev8]

Mariah is the most global

how are Her options, the Least popular

[Brooklyn Baby]

10 hours ago, Rev8 said:

Mariah is the most global

how are Her options, the Least popular

People are delusional that's why 

[slw84]

I mean do we have their WW numbers and then their US numbers (as a SOLO act) and simple mathematics to subtract the US numbers from the WW numbers

[suburbannature]

12 hours ago, Rev8 said:

Mariah is the most global

how are Her options, the Least popular

I think people are misreading the poll options  

[stevyy]

20 hours ago, Holiest Dreams said:

From most to least?

 

Bey > Mariah > Taylor

 

Tbh an argument could be made for either Bey or Mariah but I’m sure ATRL will delude themselves into Taylor being the most local. Although, anyone thinking Taylor is more local than them given her success everywhere these last few years then it’s pure trolling. But none of the three are local, like, Bey has probably seen the most success in Europe out of the three while Asia is a toss-up between Mariah and Taylor (Taylor will eventually surpass her if not already, but Mariah was the biggest western female big there before Taylor), and then Taylor has North America and Oceania pretty comfortably. ATRL loves to throw the narrative around that these three ladies in particular (idk why?) are local when that’s objectively false and disprovable by numbers. But that’s ATRL for you, so!

Mariah Carey has sold 30 million albums in Europe, 35 million in Asia and remains the only female recording artist in the history of recorded music to have sold 30 million albums in 3 continents. 

 

To even insinuate that Mariah is local is pretty stupid.

[Intuition]

Taylor>Mariah>Beyoncé 

[Outside789]

19 hours ago, Power love said:

Most local: Mariah in the last decade.

 

Least local: Taylor and Bey in the recent decade.

Nowadays she is not smahing with new music in the us or worldwide, since she is a veteran over 50. But If this thread is about overall career. Then Mariah still is the most global overall.

[Outside789]

5 minutes ago, Intuition said:

Taylor>Mariah>Beyoncé 

Taylor is reaching new highs in global success. But as far as overall career. Mariah still the bigger global career overall. Followed by Beyonce. It is still to soon to tell where taylor will rank when all is said and done, it looks like her career on a global scale hasn't peaked yet.

[stevyy]

23 minutes ago, slw84 said:

I mean do we have their WW numbers and then their US numbers (as a SOLO act) and simple mathematics to subtract the US numbers from the WW numbers

 

We do for Mariah (traditional sales only) (SPS excluded).

 

sales outside the US

1990 - 4,9 million - Mariah Carey

1991 - 3,7 million - Emotions

1992 - 3,5 million - MTV Unplugged

1993 - 15,5 million - Music Box

1994 - 8,0 million - Merry Christmas

1995 - 10,0 million - Daydream

1997 - 4,7 million - Butterfly

1998 - 10,5 million - #1's

1999 - 4,2 million - Rainbow

2001 - 1,3 million - Glitter

2001 - 3,5 million - Greatest Hits

2002 - 1,7 million - Charmbracelet

2003 - 0,25 million - The Remixes

2005 - 2,8 million - The Emancipation of Mimi

2008 - 1,2 million - E=MC²

2008 - 0,5 million - The Ballads

2009 - 0,5 million - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

2010 - 0,35 million - Merry Christms II You

2014 - 0,15 million - Elusive Chanteuse

2015 - 0,25 million - Infinity

2018 - 0,1 million - Caution

= 77,6 million albums sales outside the United States. 

 

Mariah Carey has sold more albums outside the US than Taylor and Beyoncé have including the US. Mariah's total is also the 4th highest total out of any female recording artist. 

 

Madonna has sold an estimated 125 million albums outside the US. Céline follows with an estimated 110 million.

 

Sales outside the US (albums):

 

01 - 125 million - Madonna

02 - 110 million - Céline Dion

03 - 80 million - Whitney Houston

04 - 77 mllion - Mariah

 

since global = EU on ATRL: European Hot 100 (defunct in 2012)

 

EU Airplay - 18 Top 10 Singles

#2 - Vision of Love

#8 - Emotions

#3 - I'll Be There

#1 - Dreamlover

#6 - Hero

#2 - Without You

#4 - Anytime You Need a Friend

#3 - Endless Love

#2 - All I want for Christmas Is You

#1 - Fantasy

#3 - One Sweet Day

#2 - Honey

#5 - When you Believe

#5 - Heartbreaker

#8 - Thank God I Found You

#9 - I Know what you Want

#2 - We Belong Together

#5 - Touch my Body

 

EU Sales - 14 Top 10 Singles

#8 - I'll Be There

#1 - Without You

#7 - Endless Love

#4 - All I want for Christmas

#4 - Fantasy

#6 - One Sweet Day

#9 - My All

#2 - When You Believe

#4 - Heartbreaker

#3 - Against All Odds

#1 - I Know what You Want

#8 - It's Like That

#4 - We Belong Together

#3 - Touch my Body

 

EU Albums - 10 Top 10 albums

#8 - Unplugged

#1 - Music Box

#9 - Merry Christmas

#2 - Daydream

#2 - Butterfly

#5 - #1's

#1 - Rainbow

#5 - Glitter

#4 - TEOM

#3 - E=MC²

 

We wouldn't call someone with 30m US albums sales and 14 Top 10 singles a flop in America. So, why is Mariah seen like this inferior being by ATRL for her European stats? And what does that make the other girls?

[Virtual_Insanity]

Beyonce ( Most Global)

 

Taylor

 

Mariah. 

Edited March 26, 2023 by Virtual_Insanity