artist stats Chartsmasters: Mariah Carey sold 274 million albums + singles

[stevyy]

who uses CSPC? 

 

I only use the traditional sales numbers from CM. 

 

Unfortunately, E=MC² went down from their previous estimation from 2017... it lost 40,000 sales. 

 

Year - 2017 estimate - 2024 estimate - album

1990 - 14,050,000 - 14,395,000 - Mariah Carey
1991 - 8,100,000 - 8,575,000 - Emotions
1992 - 6,500,000 - 6,905,000 - MTV Unplugged
1993 - 26,100,000 - 26,745,000 - Music Box
1994 - 13,400,000 - 14,350,000 - Merry Christmas
1995 - 19,900,000 - 20,545,000 - Daydream
1997 - 9,650,000 - 10,900,000 - Butterfly
1998 - 15,950,000 - 16,525,000 - #1's
1999 - 7,250,000 - 7,535,000 - Rainbow
= 126,475,000
--
2001 - 1,900,000 - 2,055,000 - Glitter
2001 - 4,100,000 - 4,715,000 - Greatest Hits
2000 - n/a ----- 250,000 - Valentines EP
2002 - 2,800,000 - 3,030,000 - Charmbracelet
2003 - 500,000 - 530,000 - The Remixes
2005 - 8,600,000 - 9,075,000 - TEOM
2008 - 2,150,000 - 2,110,000 - E=MC²
2009 - 800,000 - 1,200,000 - Ballads
2009 - 1,050,000 - 1,095,000 - Memoirs
= 24,060,000
--
2010 - 850,000 - 980,000 - Merry Christmas II
2010 - n/a ----- 130,000 - The Very Best Of
2010 - n/a ------ 30,000 - The Collection
2011 - n/a ----- 190,000 - Essential
2014 - 300,000 - 305,000 - Elusive Chanteuse
2015 - 275,000 - 390,000 - #1 to Infinity
2017 - n/a ------- 12,500 - AIWFCIY (Soundtrack)
2018 - n/a -------12,500 - Japan Best
2018 - n/a ------ 185,000 - Caution
= 2,235,000
--
2020 - n/a ------80,000 - The Rarities
2020 - n/a -------25,000 - Magical Christmas
= 105,000

[stevyy]

Mariah's albums sales outside the USA:

 

1990 - 5,160,000 - Mariah Carey

1991 - 4,100,000 - Emotions

1992 - 3,775,000 - MTV
1993 - 16,115,000 - Music Box

1994 - 7,560,000 - Merry Christmas

1995 - 10,250,000 - Daydream

1997 - 5,550,000 - Butterfly

1998 - 10,720,000 - #1's

1999 - 4,060,000 - Rainbow

= 67,290,000 

--

2001 - 1,380,000 - Glitter

2001 - 3,350,000 - Greatest Hits

2003 - 250,000 - The Remixes

2002 - 1,775,000 - Charmbracelet

2005 - 2,665,000 - TEOM

2008 - 785,000 - E=MC²

2009 - 725,000 - The Ballads

2009 - 525,000 - Memoirs

= 11,455,000

--

2010 - 365,000 - Merry Christmas II

2010 - 50,000 - The Very Best Of

2010 - 30,000 - The Collection

2011 - 100,000 - Essential

2014 - 165,000 - Elusive Chanteuse

2015 - 215,000 - #1 to Infinity

2018 - 67,500 - Caution

=992,500

--

2020 - 50,000 - The Rarities

2020 - 15,000 - Magical Christmas

= 65,000

 

== 80 million albums sold outside the United States. Why are some people calling her local again?

[KahnumDash]

Legend **** methinks, the QUEEN of music

[suburbannature]

2 hours ago, WildHeart said:

You are right, the stats Feanor posted looks highly inflated

You thought this was hysterical I bet.

[Yes, AND]

5 hours ago, WildHeart said:

You are right, the stats Feanor posted looks highly inflated

But Chartmasters are not saying they are actual sales. It's a formula they use CSPC.

 

The actual album sales are in the first column.

 

The figures he posted are made up of all these :

 

 

As a reminder:

• Studio Album: sales of the original album
• Other Releases: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album
• Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (ratio 3/10)
• Download Singles: sales of digital singles from the album (ratio 1,5/10)
• Streaming: equivalent album sales of all the album tracks (ratio 1/1500 for Audio stream and 1/6750 for Video stream)

 

People just can't read. 

[Funnyfatty]

Why does billboard say she sold 200m albums GLOBAL and cm says that she sold below 200m including streaming and everything else 

 

sorry but i dont believe that merry christmas numbers. How can it sell 1m only in 7 years when it sells 400k every year? 

[downtown]

Mariah now becomes the best selling international artist in Asia, with over 33.5m albums sold in that continent.

QUEEN OF ASIA

[stevyy]

7 hours ago, Funnyfatty said:

Why does billboard say she sold 200m albums GLOBAL and cm says that she sold below 200m including streaming and everything else 

 

sorry but i dont believe that merry christmas numbers. How can it sell 1m only in 7 years when it sells 400k every year? 

two different lines:

 

1) traditional sales (Physical digital) are pretty good from CM.

 

2) CSPC is not sps. In sps, Mariah is certified - yes, just certified - for more singles sales than what CM is giving her. Then we have albums certs. CM claims 70 million albums sales in the US while Mariah is already certified CERTIFIED for 75 million which incl. some streaming for certain albums which have been recently certified. 

 

3) In real sps as we understand it from BB and other charts companies, Mariah has def. sold over 300 million units worldwide - rather 320m+. 

 

CSPC is not sps. For example it transfered sales and streams from her compilation albums to her studio albums. Something like #1's (1998) SOLD 16,5 million copies traditionally and has a lot of streaming from the new songs on it as well. You could easily add a million or two to #1's for its streaming activity of the new music alone. WYB for example is sitting at 150m streams on Spotify, is certified for having sold over 1 million singles in the US alone and has 500 million streams on YT (not incl. other streaming services). WYB alone has like 1 billion streams across all formats now. 

[stevyy]

3 hours ago, downtown said:

Mariah now becomes the best selling international artist in Asia, with over 33.5m albums sold in that continent.

QUEEN OF ASIA

finally... even the low-ball numbers from CM acknowledge that. 

 

The fact that she sold more in Asia than in Europe shows how incredibly global her career is. (and no, her EU sales are also GREAT). 

[GreatestLoveofAll]

thats a huge jump

[downtown]

9 hours ago, stevyy said:

finally... even the low-ball numbers from CM acknowledge that. 

 

The fact that she sold more in Asia than in Europe shows how incredibly global her career is. (and no, her EU sales are also GREAT). 

Mariah is insane

[stevyy]

8 hours ago, downtown said:

Mariah is insane

she did that with hardcore expensive physical products. In comparison to the streaming era girls, MIMI is the Ferrari. 

[Touchdown]

Excellent.

[Poncho Barlliams]

she sold more digital singles than Michael Jackson, and is on the same level as Britney, insane how her hits have survived the digital era very well

[slw84]

On 2/27/2024 at 10:20 AM, Feanor said:

20.1M - 'Mariah Carey' (1990)

15.2M - 'Emotions (1991)

35.6M - 'Music Box' (1993)

24.2M - 'Merry Christmas' (1994)

35.8M - 'Daydream' (1995)

16.2M - 'Butterfly' (1997)

9.9M - 'Rainbow' (1999)

 

Just an insane run for her.

Justice for emotions.

 

i don’t get it. I mean were people that caught off guard to have a new album out so quickly???

 

[stevyy]

5 hours ago, slw84 said:

Justice for emotions.

 

i don’t get it. I mean were people that caught off guard to have a new album out so quickly???

 

yes. Her debut album was still in the BB top 20 at the time. 

[downtown]

But why Music Box's sales in Japan decrease? According to Sony Japan, MB has sold over 2.6m in that country but chartmasters claims that it only sold 2.29m

[Feanor]

Her selling 81M digital song sales is very impressive considering when she debuted. That's almost as much as Britney's digital song sales, although hers haven't been updated in some time either. But still, there are almost 10 years between "Vision Of Love" and "BOMT".

[Outside789]

So Daydream is officially her biggest selling album overall now? @stevyy

[stevyy]

3 hours ago, Outside789 said:

So Daydream is officially her biggest selling album overall now? @stevyy

Not in sales. (and also not in sps now that MB30 contains Endless Love). 

 

However, Daydream has got the bigger singles. 

 

In sales (pure) MB still leads by 5-6 million.

[stevyy]

7 hours ago, downtown said:

But why Music Box's sales in Japan decrease? According to Sony Japan, MB has sold over 2.6m in that country but chartmasters claims that it only sold 2.29m

Not only that, but the new estimate also has E=MC² decline in total global sales, as if the album sold negative units in the past 7 years. 

 

E=MC² is the only album - so it seems - which was reduced in sales with this new update. Weird. 

[Outside789]

13 minutes ago, stevyy said:

Not in sales. (and also not in sps now that MB30 contains Endless Love). 

 

However, Daydream has got the bigger singles. 

 

In sales (pure) MB still leads by 5-6 million.

I see. Thank you.

[stevyy]

Top selling eras - records sales:

 

 

Rank	Physical Singles	Digtal Tracks	Albums Sales	Total	Era
01	7,171,000	6,100,000	26,745,000	40,016,000	Music Box
02	1,840,000	20,657,000	14,352,000	36,849,000	Merry Xmas
03	8,440,000	7,610,000	20,545,000	36,595,000	Daydream
04	502,000	12,300,000	9,075,000	21,877,000	TEOM
05	3,262,000	1,267,000	16,525,000	21,054,000	#1's
06	3,100,000	1,850,000	14,395,000	19,345,000	Debut
07	4,532,000	3,480,000	10,900,000	18,912,000	Butterfly
08	4,077,000	1,865,000	7,535,000	13,477,000	Rainbow
09	1,798,000	1,490,000	8,575,000	11,863,000	Emotions
10	110,000	7,525,000	2,110,000	9,745,000	E=MC²
11	76,000	6,675,000	1,095,000	7,846,000	Memoirs
12	993,000	645,000	6,900,000	7,248,000	MTV Unpl.
13	1,040,000	1,295,000	3,030,000	5,365,000	Charmy
14	n/a	n/a	4,715,000	4,715,000	GH
15	970,000	290,000	2,055,000	3,315,000	Glitter
16	n/a	2,775,000	305,000	3,080,000	MIAM
17	n/a	1,380,000	980,000	2,360,000	MCIIY
18	n/a	n/a	1,200,000	1,200,000	Ballads
19	n/a	n/a	530,000	530,000	Remixes
20	n/a	140,000	390,000	530,000	Infinity
21	n/a	165,000	185,000	350,000	Caution

 

 

 

[Yes, AND]

On 3/3/2024 at 9:10 PM, stevyy said:

Not in sales. (and also not in sps now that MB30 contains Endless Love). 

 

However, Daydream has got the bigger singles. 

 

In sales (pure) MB still leads by 5-6 million.

Finally someone gets it. I have seen this incorrect claim about DD surpassing MB all over twitter. 

[Yes, AND]

On 3/2/2024 at 11:47 AM, slw84 said:

Justice for emotions.

 

i don’t get it. I mean were people that caught off guard to have a new album out so quickly???

 

I don't think that was it. It was 15 months gap between the albums.