Posted April 21, 200817 yr I thought some of you may find this an interesting read, taken from this week's Music Week. :D Debuting at number 3 on sales of 34,769, E=MC² is Mariah Carey's highest charting album since 1997, when Butterfly fluttered to number two on first week sales of 28,758. The new album - from which introductory single Touch My Body reached number five last week - is Carey's third Def Jam effort, following 2002's Charmbracelet, which reached number 52, and 2005's The Emancipation Of Mimi. Despite Charmbracelet's low peak, it has sold 122,010, easily beating disastrous predecessor, Glitter, Carey's only (2001) Virgin album, which reached number 10 but has sold only 54,645 copies. The Emancipation Of Mimi has sold 621,352 copies.
April 21, 200817 yr hey thanks for posting this here! Not everyone reads the separate MW threads so its good its on the relevant forum ^_^
April 23, 200817 yr I didn't realise Charmbracelet charted so low. I'm suprised she wasn't dropped, most artists would have been had their album tanked like that - although it has picked up good sales since it seems. I bet Virgin are kicking themselves now :dance: if only they'd have known...
April 24, 200817 yr Wow, Charmbracelet and Glitter both had really low sales. :o This album should shift more copies than Glitter in it's third week.
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