Mariah's Oricon Album sales from Japan:
1990 - Mariah Carey - 352,970
1991 - Emotions - 480,900
1992 - MTV Unplugged - 191,030 (Milestone: 1,024,900)
1993 - Music Box - 1,589,270
1994 - Merry Christmas - 2,090,244 (+ 2005 re-issue: 4,005) (Milestone: 4,708,419)
1995 - Daydream - 2,202,730
1997 - Butterfly - 1,025,290
1998 - #1's - 2,808,630 (Milestone: 10,745,069)
1999 - Rainbow - 570,010
2001 - Glitter - 261,900
2001 - Greatest Hits - 219,268
2002 - Charmbracelet - 240,440 (+ 2003 tour edition: 4,936)
2003 - Remixes - 6,511
2005 - The Emancipation of Mimi - 267,121 (+ Platinum Edition: 34,257)
2008 - E=MC˛ - 146,293
2009 - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel - 77,114
2010 - Merry Christmas II You - 24,813
TOTAL Oricon Sales from 1990-2010:
12,597,732 (Oricon sales did not include import sales until 2003. That is why Glitter, CB and GH each were certified 2x platinum for shipments of 400,000 copies. Oricon does not include digital albums sales either).
Records:
Mariah Carey is the only international artist to have 3 album selling in excess of 2,000,000 copies thorugh Oricon.
Mariah Carey is the only international artist to have 4 albums selling in excess of 2 million copies through RIAJ certifications.
Mariah Carey currently owns the best selling and second best selling international albums in Japan respectively with #1's and Merry Christmas (RIAJ).
Mariah Carey is the best selling international artist on Oricon and RIAJ with sales of
12,597,732 (Oricon) and a shipment of 18 million albums through RIAJ.