MARIAH CAREY albums and sales

Updated: February 16, 2024

MARIAH CAREY sold over 112 million albums. The best-selling album by MARIAH CAREY is MUSIC BOX, which sold over 18.9 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, MARIAH CAREY is the 11th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of MARIAH CAREY have sold over 895,000 units, led by #1'S with over 160,000 units sold.

MARIAH CAREY albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	MUSIC BOX MARIAH CAREY 1993	1993	18,971,652	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1 17 40
2	DAYDREAM MARIAH CAREY 1995	1995	17,327,730	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 2 22 58
3	MERRY CHRISTMAS MARIAH CAREY 1994	1994	13,259,457	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 8 42 107
4	#1'S MARIAH CAREY 1998	1998	11,600,000	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 5 64 150
5	MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY 1990	1990	11,266,467	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 5 69 158
6	THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI MARIAH CAREY 2005	2005	8,891,611	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 5 46 259
7	BUTTERFLY MARIAH CAREY 1997	1997	7,400,290	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 16 135 347
8	EMOTIONS MARIAH CAREY 1991	1991	5,910,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 25 198 541
9	RAINBOW MARIAH CAREY 1999	1999	5,417,159	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 26 218 620
10	MTV UNPLUGGED MARIAH CAREY 1992	1992	3,195,000	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 46 454 1,318
11	GREATEST HITS MARIAH CAREY 2001	2001	2,662,523	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 60 363 1,689
12	CHARMBRACELET MARIAH CAREY 2002	2002	1,620,106	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 82 712 3,188
13	GLITTER (SOUNDTRACK) MARIAH CAREY 2001	2001	1,431,900	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 131 801 3,520
14	E=MC2 MARIAH CAREY 2008	2008	1,421,293	Rank in 2008 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 56 803 3,530
15	MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL MARIAH CAREY 2009	2009	1,172,114	Rank in 2009 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 45 1,011 4,274
16	MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU MARIAH CAREY 2010	2010	564,607	Rank in 2010 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 115 1,013 9,168
17	THE REMIXES MARIAH CAREY 2003	2003	260,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 465 4,078 17,133
18	THE BALLADS MARIAH CAREY 2008	2008	170,493	Rank in 2008 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 348 5,273 21,221
19	#1 TO INFINITY MARIAH CAREY 2015	2015	102,236	Rank in 2015 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 292 3,105 23,906
20	ME. I AM MARIAH... THE ELUSIVE CHANTEUSE MARIAH CAREY 2014	2014	21,944	Rank in 2014 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 752 8,680 52,307
21	CAUTION MARIAH CAREY 2018	2018	17,927	Rank in 2018 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 876 9,439 54,711
22	THE ESSENTIAL MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY 2011	2011	2,614	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 1,580 12,854 62,438
23	THE RARITIES MARIAH CAREY 2020	2020	912	Rank in 2020 Rank in 2020s Overall rank 1,127 3,440 64,579

MARIAH CAREY videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	#1'S MARIAH CAREY 1999	1999	160,000	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 19 109 486
2	AROUND THE WORLD MARIAH CAREY 1999	1999	150,000	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 24 114 537
3	FANTASY: MARIAH CAREY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MARIAH CAREY 1996	1996	135,000	Rank in 1996 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 8 128 589
4	HERE IS MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY 1993	1993	135,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 8 129 590
5	THE ADVENTURES OF MIMI MARIAH CAREY 2007	2007	110,000	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 35 353 707
6	THE FIRST VISION MARIAH CAREY 1991	1991	105,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 11 173 802
7	MTV UNPLUGGED MARIAH CAREY 1992	1992	100,000	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 19 238 1,180
8	MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY 1993	1993	N/A	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 56 819 6,162

MARIAH CAREY sales by country

MARIAH CAREY album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by MARIAH CAREY are the United States (71.7 million), Japan (13.8 million) and the United Kingdom (6.06 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	60,000	2
2	Australia	2,820,000	12
3	Austria	150,000	3
4	Belgium	225,000	5
5	Brazil	735,000	8
6	Canada	4,035,000	14
7	China	17,927	1
8	Denmark	60,000	1
9	Finland	47,382	1
10	France	3,400,000	11
11	Germany	2,400,000	6
12	Hong Kong	60,000	2
13	Ireland	22,500	2
14	Italy	100,000	1
15	Japan	13,872,738	19
16	Korea	731,021	10
17	Malaysia	25,000	1
18	Netherlands	1,340,000	9
19	New Zealand	360,000	11
20	Norway	326,467	5
21	Poland	100,000	2
22	Portugal	80,000	1
23	Russia	10,000	1
24	Singapore	25,000	3
25	Spain	1,000,000	7
26	Sweden	330,000	4
27	Switzerland	315,000	11
28	Taiwan	530,000	2
29	Thailand	40,000	1
30	United Kingdom	6,060,000	16
31	United States	71,750,000	17