Carey Takes Lead for Best-Selling Album
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NEW YORK (AP) - With the 2005 finish line in sight, Mariah Carey has inched past 50 Cent in the race for the year's best-selling album.

Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" sold 290,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 25, according to figures released Wednesday by Nielsen SoundScan. That brings her total to 4.86 million copies on the year, compared to 4.83 million for 50's "The Massacre," which came out in March.

"Mimi," released in April, recently found sales momentum after receiving eight Grammy nominations, tied for the most with Kanye West and John Legend. 50 Cent landed six nominations.

Carey's single "Don't Forget About Us" also recently ascended to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among those with the most No. 1 singles in the rock era.

Her 17 hits are second only to the Beatles, who had 20. The top selling album last week, according to SoundScan, was Mary J. Blige's "The Breakthrough," which sold 727,000 copies in its first week. Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable," also just released, sold 598,000 copies.

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I'd prefer for her to be the best selling album than 50 Cent.

I'd prefer for her to be the best selling album than 50 Cent.

me too. Despite how many albums 50 has sold, I have a hard time believing it because I don't know one person who owns one of his cd's, and at the same time, he was never made into the media sensation that Eminem, Snoop or Diddy (via Puff Daddy via P. Diddy via Sean Puffy Combs) were made into. It's like he had one memorable hit with In Da Club and everything else has been alien to me.

Go Mariah!

I despise that woman. She makes me sick. I wish she would fall into an icy lake. Shes so overrated. SHE CANT EVEN FREAKING SING!

I despise that woman. She makes me sick. I wish she would fall into an icy lake. Shes so overrated. SHE CANT EVEN FREAKING SING!

check out her albums from 1990's "Mariah Carey" to 1997's "Butterfly". She used to have a phenomenal voice, but she's lost it a lot along the way. Kinda like how Whitney Houston's voice is a shadow of it once was. Her voice is "okay" IMO, but it's a far cry from the voice that sang Vision Of Love and I Don't Wanna Cry

The biggest selling album of the year? Gee, and I was so rooting for Richard Thompson's Front Parlour Ballads! :lol:

check out her albums from 1990's "Mariah Carey" to 1997's "Butterfly". She used to have a phenomenal voice, but she's lost it a lot along the way. Kinda like how Whitney Houston's voice is a shadow of it once was. Her voice is "okay" IMO, but it's a far cry from the voice that sang Vision Of Love and I Don't Wanna Cry
I never really liker her but I admit, she's a lot worse now then she was. The only song I like by her is "All I Want For Christmas Is You"- and I dont even like that song too much.

Go Cowboy Elvis! :elvis:

I despise that woman. She makes me sick. I wish she would fall into an icy lake. Shes so overrated. SHE CANT EVEN FREAKING SING!


Over to you, MonarC! :lol: