According to Universal Music's annual report, The Emancipation of Mimi sold 8 million copies worldwide in 2005, making it the top selling album under the Universal Music Group. The right column shows the top selling albums of 2004.

11/15/06 #144 (5,266) 331,484 3.2 million
11/22/06 #59 (12,206) 343,690 16.7 million
11/29/06 #24 (24,194) 367,884 37.8 million (#53 Airplay)

Column one: Date
Column two: Digital chart position (sales)
Column three: Total sales to date
Column four: Radio audience impressions (Billboard Airplay position)

All I Want For Christmas Is You is the only Christmas song on the Billboard Digital and Airplay charts.

Thanks: Bks, Colson, The Whole Story and Thien (for the idea).

Hey, Mariah chart fans

A chart friend of mine sent me airplay peaks for Mariah's singles in the UK. However, chart peaks for the Mariah Carey singles and her singles released between 1999 and 2002 are missing. As soon as I find information for those singles, I'll be sure to write a blog entry (like this one) about them being added to the site.

UK Singles Page


Thanks: Brian/BoroButch

This week, Mariah's holiday classic moves up a massive 85 spots on the download chart, from #144 to #59. The track increased 132% in sales this week, from 5,266 copies last week to 12,206 copies this week, bringing it's total sales to 343,690.


Thanks: Bks/Colson

Hey, Mariah chart fans

I know some people would like to know which songs kept Mariah's #2 singles from being #1 singles, so I decided to do a blog entry on the topic.

As well all know, Mariah has four #2 Billboard Hot 100 singles; Can't Let Go, Endless Love, Loverboy and Shake It Off.



Can't Let Go spent one week at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was kept from #1 by Color Me Badd's All For Love.






Endless Love spent one week at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was kept from #1 by future collaborators Boyz To Men with their song I'll Make Love To You.





Loverboy spent two weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was kept from #1 for both weeks it was at #2, by Destiny's Child's Bootylicious.





Shake It Off spent six weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was kept from #1, by Mariah's own We Belong Together and Kanye West's Gold Digger.

Hey, Mariah chart fans

I just updated the German singles page. I added the chart runs for all The Emancipation of Mimi singles, including the peak and chart run of Don't Forget About Us, which was not on the site until today. With The Emancipation of Mimi singles Mariah's sold an estimated 3 million singles in Germany to date.

Mariah's timeless holiday classic All I Want For Christmas Is You has re-entered Billboard's Digital download chart for the third consecutive year, this week at #144. To date, All I Want For Christmas Is You has sold 331,484 digital downlads in the US.

Hopefully we'll see the parent album (Merry Christmas) will follow suit by re-entering the US, Japanese and South Korean album charts, where it's re-entered every year as well.


Thanks to Bks and Jason (from the Looking In section).

Hey, Mariah chart fans

I just found some information, that I think everyone would be interested in. These are latest certification requirements for all the countries in the world with national recording associations. France's certifications have been lowered a lot, due to few artists reaching platinum status in the current market. Silver is now 35,000 (was 60,000), Gold is 75,000 (was 100,000) and Platinum is 200,000 (was 300,000). If The Emancipation of Mimi was released this year, it would be certified as a Platinum album, instead of a 2x Gold album.

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Source: IFPI Yearbook

Double Platinum:
Hong Kong - 40,000*

Platinum:
Japan - 250,000 (350,000)
Thailand - 40,000*
Philippines - 30,000*
South Korea - 30,000*
Malaysia - 25,000*
Taiwan - 20,000*

Other:
China - 200,000+

Total: over 735,000

* These certifications came from a tour press release created by Universal Music International, this press release can also be found on the MTV Asia website.

+ This number came from Universal Music China in November of 2005 and the recent press release from MTV Asia, also states that The Emancipation of Mimi was the best selling album by a Universal Music artist (including Chinese artists).