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Originally posted by Tim£
Chill lambs, they're not comparing vocal ability just reign
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27 Top 10 singles, 19 during the 90's when you needed to sell physical singles in a market which is not even one thiertiest in size of today's (shrinking) digital market
43 milion soundscan sales during the 1990's (over 4m per YEAR in average), amassing 9 consecutive albums which have sold 3m copies or better.
6 albums selling 5m copies or more in the United States in 10 years.
Music Box was the 5th best selling female studio album of the 1990's behind:
Come on Over
Jagged Little Pill
Falling Into You
Let's Talk about Love
Daydream selling over 21 million copies, and therefore ranks within the top 10 of the best selling albums by a female artist in the 1990's.
Mariah released the best selling albums of all times in Japan by a non-asian artist, as well as the second best selling album (#1's and Merry Christmas). 8 albums during the 1990's became MILLION sellers in Japan.. EIGHT more than any other non-asian recording artist.
Mariah is the only non-asian recording artist who has released 3 albums which have sold in excess of 4 million units across the continent (comparable to an album selling 4 million copies in Europe).
Music Box is one of only 10 albums (released by american female artist) to sell over 15 million copies outside the United States, Mariah has 2 more albums which have sold in excess of 10 million unites outside the United States (Daydream & #1's).
She is the most played female artist on American Radio, by airplay peaks and number of #1 airplay singles.
an estimated 69 million albums and 40 million singles has she sold in the United States (incl. due re-certifications) for 109,000,000 records and more than 110,000,000 incl. dvd sales.
220,000,000 records (albums & singles) sold worldwide.
The overalls:
#1 best selling recording artist among female, males and groups in ASIA
#1 best selling non-asian recording artist among all artists in Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea and Singapore
#3 best selling female recording artist by albums sales in the United States
#3 best selling female recording artist in the world (behind Madonna and Céline Dion).
H100
- HIGHEST CHR POP Mainstream Top 40 debut (#12, Dreamlover)
- Song of the decade 1990's
- Song of the decade 2000's
- Highest ever recorded weekly airplay total by a female artist (We Belong Together: 212m BDS)
- Three #1 debuting singles, more than any other female artist and first female artist to achieve this
- The only female artist who placed a live recording at #1 on the H100
- Most simulatenously held BB charts peaks with one song (WBT, 9 BB #1's in 2005)
- Only female recording artist to be ranked at #1 and #2 on the BB H100 in the same week with a solo-single/ as a lead artist
- 5 consecutive #1 singles 1990-1991
- 5 consecutive #1 singles 1995-1998
- the only female artist to place all of her first 5 singles at #1
- the overall 5th best charting recording artist in the H100's history (1958-), #2 among females
- ranked 6th among all artists with most Top 10 singles (#2 among females)
- 41 consecutive weeks in the top 10: 1995-1996
- songwriter with most #1 singles
