Mariah Carey albums discography

This page includes the albums discography of Mariah Carey. Listed are all fifteen of Carey's albums in order of their release. Additional information include chart positions, RIAA certifications and U.S. sales, and worldwide sales. No official tracking system exists to track worldwide sales. For Carey's singles discography, please see Mariah Carey singles discography.

Albums

Year	Album	Chart positions						U.S. sales (millions)				Worldwide sales (millions)	RIAA certification Weeks on chart [15]
								SoundScan	Columbia House	BMG Music Club	Total
1990	Mariah Carey 1st Studio Album	1(11)	1	6	24	17	6	4.83[1]	0.1	—	8.93[2]	13.5[3]	9x Platinum (December 1999) Weeks on chart: 113
1991	Emotions 2nd Studio Album	4	5	4	46	3	8	3.57[1]	0.6	—	4.17	8[4]	4x Platinum (September 1993) Weeks on chart: 54
1992	MTV Unplugged Live Album	3	11	3	30	13	7	2.73[1]	—	—	2.73	6[5]	3x Platinum (December 1994) Weeks on chart: 57
1993	Music Box 3rd Studio Album	1(8)	5	1	1	2	1	7.16[1]	—	0.74	7.9	30[6]	Diamond (November 1997) Weeks on chart: 128
1994	Merry Christmas Holiday album	3	21	32	15	1	2	4.80[1]	—	—	4.80	12[7]	5x Platinum (January 2003) Weeks on chart: 21
1995	Daydream 4th Studio album	1(6)	3	1	1	1	1	7.54[1]	1.5	0.85	9.89	20[8]	Diamond (December 1998) Weeks on chart: 81
1997	Butterfly 5th Studio album	1(1)	1	2	7	1	1	3.71[1]	—	—	3.71	10[9]	5x Platinum (December 1999) Weeks on chart: 55
1998	#1's Compilation album	4	6	10	10	1	6	3.56[1]	—	1	4.56	15[10]	5x Platinum (January 2003) Weeks on chart: 62
1999	Rainbow 6th Studio album	2	6	8	3	2	4	2.92[1]	0.5	0.44	3.86	8.5[11]	3x Platinum (December 1999)1 Weeks on chart: 35
2001	Glitter Soundtrack	7	4	10	7	1	13	0.63[1]	—	—	0.63	2.8[12]	Platinum (October 2001) Weeks on chart: 12
2001	Greatest Hits Compilation album	52	—	7	36	3	47	0.94[1]	—	—	1.88[13]	3.5[14]	Platinum (January 2003)1 Weeks on chart: 11
2002	Charmbracelet 7th Studio album	3	12	35	32	4	42	1.14[1]	0.17	—	1.31	3.1[15]	Platinum (January 2003) Weeks on chart: 22
2003	The Remixes Remix album	26	—	52	—	95	78	0.25[1]	—	—	0.50[13]	0.6[16]	Uncertified1 Weeks on chart: 5
2005	The Emancipation of Mimi 8th Studio album	1(2)	2	7	14	2	6	5.81[17]	—	—	5.81	9[18]	6x Platinum (February 2006) Weeks on chart: 72
	Total	5 #1	2 #1	2 #1	2 #1	5 #1	3 #1	49.93[1]	2.87	3.03	60.71	142 [19]	63x Platinum Total weeks: 728

¹ These albums are according the RIAA certification standard[16] undercertified. Normally Rainbow, the Greatest Hits and The Remixes would be certified 4x platinum, 2x platinum and gold, respectively. According to RIAA Carey has shipped 61.5 million copies of her albums (63x Platinum).[17]. Among female artists she is only behind Barbra Streisand (71 million) and tied with Madonna (63 Million) for most albums sold. Soundscan reported that Mariah Carey sold 49.9 million albums within the years 1991-2006. She is only behind The Beatles (53.7) and Garth Brooks (66).

Tribute albums

• 2004: The String Quartet Tribute to Mariah Carey
• 2005:
• 2005: Smooth Sax Tribute to Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits
• 2007: Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas Smooth Jazz Tribute[18]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} As of December 31, 2006
2. ^ "Mariah Carey" released in June 1990 and Soundscan era began tracking sales in March 1991. In this time the album has sold, according to RIAA[1], about 4 million copies.
3. ^ http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/worldwide/index.shtml]. Retrieved May 172007.
4. ^ [http://www.mariahjournal.com/infozone/charts/albums/worldwide/index.shtml
5. ^ [2]
6. ^ http://mariahcarey.com/news/bio.php
7. ^ [3]
8. ^ [4]
9. ^ [5]
10. ^ [6]
11. ^ [7]
12. ^ [8]
13. ^ ^{a b} RIAA counts albums with a length of over 100 minutes twice[9].
14. ^ [10]
15. ^ [11]
16. ^ [12]
17. ^ Crosley, Hillary. "Billboard Bits: Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Mobile". Billboard. May 09 2007. Retrieved May 10 2007.
18. ^ [13]
19. ^ [14]

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States
• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• World sales and certifications for Mariah Carey

References

• Barry, David. BMG Music Club Sales. Mi2N. February 18 2003. Retrieved February 24 2007.
• Chart positions Retrieved February 24 2007.