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Does this musical accomplishment stand alone?
Mariah Carey debuted at #1 with her albume #1's (Ones) in Japan on November the 30th, 1998 with cumulative first week sales of 1,046,710 copies. In the second week the set of her then #1 singles in the United States sold 613,390 copies in the second week:
1 1998/11/30 # 1 1046,710 1.046,710
2 1998/12/07 # 1 613,390 1.660,100
Name another male, female or group act of non-Asian descend who was ever able to produce such numbers.
Mariah's 1st week sales in Japan:
1990 - 11.460 - #18 - Mariah Carey
1991 - 44,120 - #07 - Emotions
1992 - 28,300 - #14 - MTV Unplugged
1993 - 79,820 - #03 - Music Box
1994 - 169,750 - #02 - Merry Christmas
1995 - 487,270 - #01 - Daydream
1997 - 408,970 - #01 - Butterfly
1998 - 1,046,710 - #01 - #1's
1999 - 256,870 - #02 - Rainbow
2001 - 70,260 - #01 - Glitter
2001 - 68,670 - #03 - Greatest Hits
2002 - 63,365 - #04 - Charmbracelet
2003 - 2,769 - #095 - The Remixes
2005 - 49,456 - #02 - The Emancipation of Mimi
2008 - 36,631 - #07 - E=MC˛
2008 - 12,933 - #20 - The Ballads
2009 - 19,003 - #10 - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
2010 - 5,772 - #24 - Merry Christmas II You
2014 - 4,788 - #25 - Me. I am Mariah
2015 - 5,327 - #19 - #1 to Infinity
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