'Mariah Carey' was the best-selling album of 1991.
'Music Box' was the 2nd best-selling album of 1994.
'Daydream' was the 2nd best-selling album of 1996.
'The Emancipation of Mimi' was #4 on year-end list, but #1 selling album of whole 2005 calendar year.
She's had 4, going on 5 great sellers -- but Mariah just about matches her success with her 4 peaks. + she has 10 more albums which end that competition, and the singles only put Mariah up, up, and away from comparison.
Mariah is the more successful US female artist.
Not when Taylor has three consecutive one million album openers in the US.
'Mariah Carey' was the best-selling album of 1991.
'Music Box' was the 2nd best-selling album of 1994.
'Daydream' was the 2nd best-selling album of 1996.
'The Emancipation of Mimi' was #4 on year-end list, but #1 selling album of whole 2005 calendar year.
She's had 4, going on 5 great sellers -- but Mariah just about matches her success with her 4 peaks. + she has 10 more albums which end that competition, and the singles only put Mariah up, up, and away from comparison.
Mariah is the more successful US female artist.
Mariah Carey came out in 1990 and it was not the best-selling album released that year...off the top of my head The Immaculate Collection and Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em both sold more.
As if Taylor would've been allowed into music during the R&B/Hip Hop takeover. Britney herself had to collab with Ying Yang Twins and urbanize her sound to keep up.
Same for Legend X and Pink (who flopped in 06) and they had street cred.
Taylor can barely appeal to international audiences now at her highest peak.
Name one corny bitch from 03-07? All the white girls had sexy swag or amazing voices.
She's going to release 10 consecutive multi-platinum records?
Haha.
& yes it was broken. But the point was, she did that in her peak and during her career herself too.
Taylor is still the bigger star. Nobody has cared about Mariah since 1996 (a Britney peak tea), excluding that one hit single she got in the early 2000s. Taylor is still very strong 8 years into her career and is still breaking countless records.
The BEYONCÉ release was like this huge, hysteric crowd of people throwing down $20 to enter a mysterious portal that promised paradise. Innocent bystanders were like "what's going on?", their curiosity got the best of them and they too got out their $20. Then they entered the portal and instead of paradise they were dropped in a pool of vomit. BEYONCÉ ruined the music industry and people's faith in music. So that's why a Rihanna surprise release would never work.
Wish I could say the same about the man in your gif but you know it would be a blatant lie seeing as you're the only person in history who knows what his music sounds like.
As if Taylor would've been allowed into music during the R&B/Hip Hop takeover. Britney herself had to collab with Ying Yang Twins and urbanize her sound to keep up.
Same for Legend X and Pink (who flopped in 06) and they has street cred.
Taylor can barely appeal to international audiences now at her highest peak.
Name one corny bitch from 03-07? All the white girls had sexy swag or amazing voices.
Mariah Carey came out in 1990 and it was not the best-selling album released that year...off the top of my head The Immaculate Collection and Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em both sold more.
I always thought the adjustment comparisons were more about what would it sell if the sales marketplace, not the musical/cultural zeitgeist, was the same now. It's not about Taylor being successful in 2003, its if album sales were at the same level as they were back then.
