<![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:27:41 EDT Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:27:41 EDT http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5351643 @Varina: See, this is my point: of course there's a lower sales bar now - no one expects anyone to do N Sync/Britney/Eminem-in-2000 numbers anymore - but there are very recent exceptions for superstars: not just Kanye and Fitty, but Justin, Beyonce, hell...even Rascal Flatts. All have done more than 500K in first-week sales in the last two years, in this same depressed climate, and with less of a promotional setup than Mariah just got. I'm not saying her number is anything to be ashamed of, but it's nothing exceptional to crow about, either.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:383114:c5351643 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:27:41 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5344791 @Chris Molanphy: You're right, but I still think anyone selling over 200,000 copies in the first week is a big deal these days, established artist or not. I'll be interested to see how Madonna's new album does, although I have a feeling Mariah will outsell her by quite a bit.

Varina

]]> 33:383114:c5344791 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:15:45 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5344023 @Chris Molanphy: @Chris Molanphy: Agreed on all points, sir. This album was expected to break 500K, which itself was a low target. In spite of the spin, the label has to be very disappointed in these numbers.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:383114:c5344023 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:35:54 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5342369 @ghostyhead: Aha. Thank you. Sorry for the confusion, but I could've sworn they wrote "biggest ever" this morning. Must've been my mistake.

Still: 463K. Meh.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:383114:c5342369 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:30:09 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5342241 @Chris Molanphy: Billboard called it her biggest debut week ever, not biggest SoundScan week ever.

ghostyhead

]]> 33:383114:c5342241 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:25:49 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5341371 In a world where Kanye West can still move just shy of a million CDs in a week (and Fitty can move more than 600K), I fail to understand how Mariah Carey coming back from one of the biggest albums in her career and getting the promo push from half the TV dial and selling 463K albums is considered impressive.

I also call shenanigans on Billboard's contention that this is her biggest SoundScan week ever. There had to have been weeks during Christmas 1995 when Music Box moved more than that.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:383114:c5341371 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:56:37 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5339773 ..or the better reason for the jump for the Hannah Montana album is that it was the first time it was available at stores not named "Wal-Mart".

DrWorm

]]> 33:383114:c5339773 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:05:05 EDT <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Gets Touched By 463,000 Record Buyers]]> http://idolator.com/383114/mariah-carey-gets-touched-by-463000-record-buyers#c5339022 If Kellie Pickler winning three belt buckles doesn't make the CMT Awards the Special Olympics of music award shows, I don't know what would.

Al Shipley

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