The Mariah Carey Thread

Originally Posted by bondingo

Yeah, she'll be performing on the results show. I'm not sure what she's singing, but I would think it will be Bye Bye.

Yepp, she did, and her renegade backup singer was in full force. Whoever it was screamed over top of Mariah during the same part that he/she did on Oprah, and MC seriously gave him/her a death look. Hilarious. I'm counting the days until we see MC with a new set of singers, lol.

Also, MC apparently debuted with 154,000 for the first DAY, and that's not even counting all retailers. Some places are predicting 600k for the first week!:

Mariah Carey looks certain to debut at No. 1 on next week's Billboard 200 with "E=MC²," based on massive first-day sales from the nine chains that report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart.

Unweighted sales for the Island Def Jam album are at 154,000 units on the report released today (April 16). That's more than five times the total garnered by the current chart-topper, Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco/J).

By comparison, Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride" (Arista Nashville) had first-day sales of 150,000 and wound up shifting 527,000 in its first week.

Billboard estimates that the merchants who report to the Building Chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Starbucks, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Border's, Target, Anderson Merchandisers, and Handleman Co. -- represent 80% of the U.S. retail market.

Carey's last release, 2005's "The Emancipation of Mimi," debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 404,000 copies.

Hits Daily Double: A Win Called Mariah
Can Carey's New Island/IDJ Album E=MC² Hit 600k?

Everywhere you turn, Mariah Carey's in your grill.
She's on Oprah, two American Idols, in your e-mail, on your computer.

Mariah Carey's new Island/IDJ album E=MC², looks like it will sell over 500k, based on one-day sales reports, though last night's Idol appearance could send it even higher. Wonderers are wondering if 600k is within reach. Needless to say, it will be #1 next week by a wide margin.