CSPC: Mariah Carey Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales – Part 3

The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) – 1,110,000 equivalent albums

It’s Like That – 800,000
We Belong Together – 3,400,000
Shake It Off – 1,400,000
Say Somethin’ – 200,000
Don’t Forget About Us – 1,000,000
Remaining tracks – 600,000

E=MC² (2008) – 765,000 equivalent albums

Touch My Body – 3,200,000
Bye Bye – 1,200,000
Remaining tracks – 700,000

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009) – 690,000 equivalent albums

Obsessed – 2,500,000
Angels Cry – 600,000
I Want to Know What Love Is – 500,000
Remaining tracks – 1,000,000

Merry Christmas II You (2010) – 315,000 equivalent albums

Oh Santa! – 500,000
When Christmas Comes – 800,000
Remaining tracks – 800,000

Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse (2014) – 390,000 equivalent albums

#Beautiful – 2,000,000
You’re Mine (Eternal) – 200,000
The Art of Letting Go – 150,000
Remaining tracks – 250,000

Orphan – 540,000 equivalent albums

I’ll Be There – 200,000
When You Believe – 700,000
I Still Believe – 200,000
Endless Love – 300,000
I Know What You Want – 1,000,000
Triumphant – 300,000
Remaining tracks – 900,000

Reaching hits issued during the digital era – although it was just getting started when The Emancipation of Mimi came out – figures overall are much more healthy. At 3,4 million We Belong Together doesn’t seem so big. We need to consider that the South Korean market and ringtones had yet to grow and that even downloads in the US were still rather modest. This is why Touch My Body or even Obsessed haven’t sold that much less in spite of being nowhere near as successful.