Mariah doesn't have to prove anything . She has two diamond albums . And some pop gurls latest album have yet to outsell some off Mimi's past opening weeks
It was 107k though, debuted at #4 was her eighth album, and released just before Christmas a few months after a semi-hit single.
Mariah is at 70k ATM (and will probably rise), is looking to debut at #2 (possibly #3) with her fourteenth album, released after multiple delays in May a year after her last semi-hit single.