In reply to Pop Royalty (The International Navy's Representative).

@Matthew

Although Mariah Carey’s ‘Glitter’ sold 1 million in the U.S, it was at a time when 700 million albums were sold yearly. ‘Glitter’ was the biggest commercial failure seen in years. Had it come out today, it would’ve sold less than 200.000 copies WW. I’m not a hater, I’m just stating the facts.

2001: 712 million TOTAL ALBUM SALES
2012: 150 million TOTAL ALBUM SALES

In 2002, Eminem’s ‘The Eminem Show’ was the best-seller WW, with global sales reaching 20 million copies. Little did we know that the next time an album would sell 20 million would be 2011 and that it would be Adele’s ’21.’ But there was much more buzz surrounding Adele’s album than Eminem’s mainly because back in 2002, if you were a big name, you sold 20 million albums. Prior to 2002, If you a big name, you sold close to or over 30 million (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Eminem, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Janet Jackson). 2010′s best-selling female album was Rihanna’s ‘Loud,’ which sold… 5 million copies. You see where I’m getting at?

If 2012′s album decline had taken place in 2001, then ‘Glitter”s 3 million WW would equal 200.000 copies. Mariah Carey’s ‘Glitter’ was a DISASTER commercial wise and even R&B singer Monica, who was the 78th best-selling artist of 2001, outsold ‘Glitter.’

And I’m probably the biggest Mariah fan. So this is not hate, just stating the facts and irritated that people don’t use their brains.