since Mariah's 1990 debut, all her albums were all multiplatinum even her NUMBER ONES compilation (with few new materials) was certified 4x platinum. Not until;
-glitter album and movie tanked,
-high-profile breakdown
-kick out from virgin records

Everybody even MTV called off her career. CB was release the following which is supposed to be her REAL comeback but it didn't materialize until TEOM came 2005.

-TEOM BIggest album of 2005
-WBT spending a massive 14 weeks atop US chart and probably the biggest single of the decade.
-WBT being the BIGGEST RADIO HIT EVER ( 153 Million Mediabase impressions)
- 8 Grammy nods, 3 wins

Nelly: "Mariah Carey, she's possibly the best singer I've heard. And you watch someone such as Mariah, who went from the highest of the high to the lowest of the low, and come back like she never missed a beat, and stand up and smack everybody in the face like, 'I'm still here; matter of fact I'm better” that gives you inspiration. That keeps me going."

It's funny coz ur the only one unable to catch Mariah's comeback!!