This is a messy post that seems to degrade Mariah's performance. You forgot to mention that the prediction lands her at a predicted number 3 spot. And, the number one spot is not that far away in total sales. This is a reflection of the industry as a whole...not Mariah alone. As a matter of fact, I think it is even messier to not mentioned that most people use iTunes to buy their music, and she still has the album FREE on First Listen. This implies that she is doing very good if people are still willing to buy an album when they can just listen to it for free.

Messy...