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Mariah Carey releases her much delayed 14th studio album 'Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse' on May 27th in the US, but how much will it sell in its first week? After rumours of a Beyonce style iTunes release, the album will be receiving a traditional Tuesday release in both standard and deluxe editions, digitally and on CD.

 

Here's what you need to know:

• Tracklisting

  1. Cry.

  2. Faded

  3. Dedicated (feat. Nas)

  4. #Beautiful (feat. Miguel)

  5. Thirsty

  6. Make It Look Good

  7. You’re Mine (Eternal)

  8. You Don’t Know What To Do (feat. Wale)

  9. Supernatural (With Special Guest Stars “Dembabies” a.k.a. Ms. Monroe & Mr. Moroccan Scott Cannon a.k.a. Roc ‘N Roe)

  10. Meteorite

  11. Camouflage

  12. Money ($ * / …) (feat. Fabolous)

  13. One More Try

  14. Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now)

  15. It’s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Deluxe edition]

  16. Betcha Gon’ Know (feat. R. Kelly) [Deluxe edition]

  17. The Art of Letting Go [Deluxe edition]

  18. Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse

• The album is preceeded by 3 singles "#Beautiful" (featuring Miguel), which got to #15 on the Hot 100, "The Art of Letting Go", which made no impact on the Hot 100 but got to #46 on the R&B charts, and "You're Mine (Eternal)", which got to #88 on the Hot 100. "Triumphant (Get 'Em)" (featuring Rick Ross and Meek Mill), released in 2012, was dropped from the album for failing to make an impact on the charts (even though it got to #46 on the R&B charts, the same as TAOLG).

• Her last album 'Merry Christmas II You' was released three and a half years ago (Nov 2010), debuting at #4 on sales of 56,000.

• Her previous album 'Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel' (released Sept 2009), debuted at #3 with 168,000 sold in its first week. It spawned a Top 10 hit prior to release in the form of 'Obsessed', which got to #7 on the Hot 100.

So, how much will 'Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse' sell in its first week in the US?

 

 

83,000

That's the name of the album? Amazing, Mariah never ceases to amaze me

 

100k max. I know album sales in the States are in the absolute pits at the moment

That's the name of the album? Amazing, Mariah never ceases to amaze me

 

100k max. I know album sales in the States are in the absolute pits at the moment

It's probably part of the reason anyone knows it exists :lol: I wouldn't be surprised if she chose the title just so there was *something* about the album that would get attention.

 

Anyhoo, this is very tough to predict :o Memoirs opened somewhat poorly and that had 'Obsessed' whereas '#Beautiful' is long gone for this. I'm expecting sub-100k, so 80k is my prediction.

110k.

 

Ps. Britster, #Beautiful did not penetrate the top 10 of the Hot 100. From memory it peaked at #15.

Edited May 9, 201411 yr by Jark

110k.

 

Ps. Britster, #Beautiful did not penetrate the top 10 of the Hot 100. From memory it peaked at #15.

You're right, it was 'Obsessed' that got to #7.

 

 

400k

400k

Any particular reason for that number? :lol:

400k

Any particular reason for that number? :lol:

Maybe he mistyped the extra 'zero' :lol:

 

 

 

I'm gonna go with 93k.

89,000

 

I really have no idea what to predict for this. 'Beautiful' was so long ago and she just doesn't seem to connect to the public like she used to.

 

 

 

I'm going with 101k.

 

 

400k

 

 

LOL.

 

85k-95k.

 

last chance to get your predictions in :lol:

 

 

65,000 no buzz whatsoever

72,000 for the first week.

I'm tempted to edge down to 50k or so.

I'm tempted to edge down to 50k or so.

 

YOUR TOP 15: Coldplay and Brantley Gilbert appears set to log a second week in the top two spots, while a couple of debuts land in the Top 5. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

 

Coldplay (Parlophone) 75-85k

Brantley Gilbert (Valory) 60-65k

*Mariah Carey (Def Jam) 55-60k

Frozen (Walt Disney) 50-55k

*Austin Mahone (Chase/Republic) 42-47k

Now 50 (NOW) 35-40k

Michael Jackson (Epic) 30-35k

The Black Keys (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) 28-32k

*Crowder (sixstepsrecords) 21-24k

Iggy Azalea (Grand Hustle/Def Jam) 17-19k

Rascal Flatts (Big Machine) 17-19k

*Cher Lloyd (Epic) 16-18k

*Neil Young (Reprise) 14-16k

OneRepublic (Interscope) 13-15k

*Royksopp & Robyn (Cherrytree/Interscope) 13-15k

Phillip Phillips (19/Interscope) 13-15k

Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 13-15k

She's not flopping. She's just elusive.