As we reported here, Queen of Pop Madonna was royally ousted from the #2 spot of “most RIAA certified female artists in history [albums]” thanks to the updated certification of Mariah Carey‘s Christmas album, ‘Merry Christmas.’
Now 6X Platinum, which denotes sales equivalence of 6 million units in the United States, the holiday effort’s new status gave Mimi just the slight push needed to place her in history books only behind Barbra Streisand. Fast forward to this week, the ‘Vision of Love’ beauty apparently has Babs’ position in her sights as a slew of her hit singles and albums – including ‘Fantasy,’ ‘Hero,’ ‘One Sweet Day,’ and more – saw their respective sales tallies verified and reported to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for update.
With the new numbers Carey comes that much closer to being crowned the best-selling female artist in U.S. history. Details inside:
On October 9, the RIAA re-certified the following Carey song and album titles:
- Songs
- Always Be My Baby – 3x PLATINUM
- One Sweet Day – 3x PLATINUM
- Fantasy – 3x PLATINUM
- Hero – 2x PLATINUM
- Vision of Love – PLATINUM
- Emotions – PLATINUM
- Heartbreaker – PLATINUM
- O Holy Night – GOLD
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – GOLD
- Albums
- Greatest Hits – 2x PLATINUM
- The Remixes – GOLD
The update places her only 2.5 million shy of surpassing Streisand’s record.
Additionally, the group of new certifications brings her career total to 113M – making the 5-octave songbird the fifth female artist in history to surpass the 100 million mark (when including albums, singles, and features). And, while Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry can all boast having crossed the 100M threshold before her, Carey is the first and only female artist who debuted BEFORE the digital era able to claim such accomplishment.
Congrats Mimi!
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Queen Of Christmas ? ? ⛄️ ❄️ ??
Queen of Accomplishments, Pure Sales, and Longevity.
I think Vanessa Williams Xmas CD is the best!
And you felt the need to say that because? If you like it so much go listen to it. We don’t care sis.
Oh she has a Christmas cd
I thought she was an actress or whatever
No for real I know she sang didn’t she do the gravy advert song. Save the best till last
Listening to the Always Be My Baby JD Remix in celebration of Mimi dahhhlings…and this should let everybody know how Barbra Streisand slayed the game! ??
Respect to those other ladies but Mariah is based strongly on the mere fact of PURE SELLS not streams ??
By far, the hottest Christmas track of all time! I’m getting excited for Christmas just to play this song!
Mariah Carey needs to release one more great Album and Beat Babs and then she will be Crowned the Best Selling Female Artist in History. Vannessa Williams Xmas CD is great also but she has NO vocal moments on it. It’s just well produced and classic. Mariah’s vocals on the Xmas CD are Legendary. Pure Bliss
I dont like mariah all because of her diva behavior.. but I love her oh holy night …I’ll forever love that song and so many other songs she song
Shows the power of Babs and Mariah. The digital era can produce 100 million downloads without reaching #1… OOPS
Mariah’s RIAA total is actually wrong especially if you tally her individual albums from the RIAA website. She’s tied with Barbra Streisand at 68.5M
Breakdown in millions:
three gold albums (1.5)
three platinum albums (3.0)
multiplatinum albums (9 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 44.0
two diamond album (20.0)
Total: 1.5 + 3.0 + 44.0 + 20.0 = 68.5
Why did RIAA shave off 2.0 M? Unless certification of EP albums count as 0.5M of LP?