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Originally posted by foxaylove
That's N'SYNC with 2.4 million (No Strings Attached Album)
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Yeah. I was about to correct that too.
Record Sales
Mariah Carey sold more than any female artist in the 1990's, selling over 150 million albums and singles worldwide (115M albums + ~ over 35M singles). That's over a quarter of a million records sold every week during the 90's!
Mariah Carey is the best selling female artist of the Soundscan era (US sales since 1991).
Mariah Carey is the only female artist to have 8 albums sell 5 million (5x Platinum) or more in the US.
Mariah Carey is the only female artist to have 9 consecutive albums sell 3 million (3x Platinum) or more in the US.
Mariah Carey is the fastest selling female artist in the US of all time, selling over 63 million albums in the US in 16 years.
Mariah is one of three women (Madonna and Barbra Striesand are the others) to sell in excess of 60 million albums in the US.
Mariah Carey is the best selling (non Japanese) artist of all time in Japan, selling over 17 million albums. She's sold more than twice as much as any other non-Japanese female artist (Madonna, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston are in order the 2nd, 3rd and the 4th best selling non-Japanese female artists in Japan).
Mariah Carey is the only (non-Japanese) artist to sell 1 million copies of an album in a single week, with '#1's'
Mariah Carey is one of the two (non-Korean) women (Whitney Houston is the other) to have a million seller in Korea, with 'Music Box'.
Mariah Carey is one of six women (Madonna, Shania Twain, Delta Goodrem, Alanis Morissette and P!nk are the others) to have an album sell in excess of 700,000 copies in Australia (10x Platinum).
'Music Box' is the best selling studio album by a R&B female artist of all time.
'Music Box' was the best selling album of 1994 in Australia.
'Music Box' is one of the two (non-Dutch) female albums (Celine Dion's Falling Into You is the other) to sell in excess of 600,000 copies (6x Platinum) in the Netherlands.
Chart
Mariah Carey has more #1 singles (18) on the Billboard Hot 100 than any female or active artist ever.
Mariah Carey's #1 singles have cumulatively spent 77 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, more than any female artist and only 2 weeks short of surpassing Elvis Presley.
Mariah Carey is the only artist to have her first five singles reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Mariah Carey is the only artist to have a #1 single for every year of a single decade.
Mariah Carey has more #1 airplay hits (13) than any artist.
Mariah Carey has the #1 and #2 longest running #1 singles of all time, spending 16 and 14 weeks at #1, respectively, with 'One Sweet Day' and 'We Belong Together.'
Mariah Carey is the only artist to have 3 singles debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Mariah Carey has the longest running #1 airplay hit by a solo artist spending 16 consecutive weeks on top, with 'We Belong Together'.
Mariah Carey holds the record for the most heard single in radio history getting more than 200 million listeners in a single week, with 'We Belong Together'.
Mariah Carey is the only artist to hit #1 on four formats (Pop, Urban, Rhythmic and Adult Urban) simultaniously, with 'We Belong Together'.
Mariah Carey was the first female artist to have a single debut at #1 with 'Fantasy'.
Mariah Carey is the first artist to have a seasonal ringtone certified by the RIAA with All I Want For Christmas Is You going Gold (500,000).
Mariah Carey is the only female to simultaneously top the Billboard 200 and Pop Catalog chart, with 'Daydream' and 'Merry Christmas'.
Mariah Carey is the only female artist to have her singles from one album spent over 25 weeks at #1.
Mariah Carey is the only female artist to occupy the #1 and #2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 in week with 'We Belong Together' at #1 and 'Shake It Off' at #2.
Mariah Carey is tied with Janet Jackson for the most #2 singles for a R&B female artist.
Mariah Carey has more #1 singles on the New Zealand singles chart than any female artist ever with seven.
Mariah Carey is the only (non-Japanese) to have 6 albums debut and reach #1 on the Overall Japanese Charts.
Awards
Mariah Carey has more World Music Awards (16) than any artist.