Not when she could also sell albums and perform in the 90's.
I was half joking but yeah she could sell albums. Mariah could never perform well. Always so awkward and shy on stage. I will say that atleast her vocals were on point in the early 90s and her dresses actually fit. It's literally torture trying to watch her now lol.
But in contracts they don't say that an artist HAS to release an album yearly... A contract just makes an artist stay in the label for a specific number of albums.