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Mariah Carey receives six prestigious BMI Awards, and see success with tour
By Patrick Luce Aug 31, 2006, 14:24 GMT
Pop diva Mariah Carey, the top-selling female artist in history, has now been honored with six of the most prestigious awards of her entire career. The singer is the recipient of BMI’s Songwriter of The Year Award; Song of the Year “We Belong Together”; #1 Billboard Song “We Belong Together”; and the 3 most performed songs: “We Belong Together” “Shake It Off” and “Don’t Forget About Us.” As she reaches the half-way point on her North American tour, the singer is playing to packed houses and roaring, fanatical crowds in every city – including sold-out homecoming New York-area shows last week at Madison Square Garden and the Continental Airlines Arena.
The six BMI Awards cap one of the most phenomenally successful year-and-a-halfs of Mariah’s entire career, centering upon the success of her Island Records album The Emancipation Of Mimi, which generated three Grammy awards and more than a dozen additional major industry awards. Soundscan’s biggest-selling album of 2005, Mimi has sold over 10 million units worldwide to date, bringing Mariah’s career sales to over 160 million units worldwide.
Mariah’s most successful tour ever, “The Adventures of Mimi: The Voice, The Hits, The Tour,” is selling out arenas from coast to coast. The singer’s new cache of BMI Awards join a shelf of honors that began last November at the 33rd annual American Music Awards, where she was voted Favorite Soul/Rhythm & Blues Female Artist. At the 3rd annual VIBE Awards the same month, Mariah led everyone with four wins generated by Mimi: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, R&B Voice of the Year, and Best R&B Song for “We Belong Together.”
At the 2005 Billboard Music Awards in December, Mariah was named Top R&B Singles Artist - Female, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Female, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artist - Female, and Top Overall Albums Artist - Female, with “We Belong Together” named the #1 Hot 100 Single Of the Year. Later that month, at the annual Radio Music Awards broadcast from Las Vegas, Mariah was honored with the Legend Award and was named Artist of the Year/Urban and Rhythmic Radio, in addition to “We Belong Together” winning both Song of the Year/Main Stream Hit Radio and Song of the Year/Urban and Rhythmic Radio.
“The Adventures of Mimi” Tour includes:
Aug. 5 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
7 Tampa, FL St. Pete's Times Forum/Sun Dome
9 Atlanta, GA Phillips Arena
11 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
13 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Center
15 Montreal, Que. Bell Centre
17 Atlantic City, NJ Taj Mahal
21 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
23 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
25 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
27 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
29 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Center
Sept. 1 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena
3 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
5 Syracuse, NY Turning Stone Event Center
7 Washington, DC Verizon Center
9 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
11 Chicago, IL United Center
14 Houston, TX Toyota Center
16 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena
19 Winnepeg, MB MTS Centre
21 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
23 Vancouver, B.C. GM Place
25 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
27 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
30 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 2 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena
4 San Diego, CA Ipayone Center
6 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
8 Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond
10 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Arena
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First of all yes mariah is the top selling female artist of all time.And most of all her concerts were sold out from coast to coast.So get your facts stright first before you start commenting and hating on people.
In 2000 the World Music Awards named Carey the best-selling female artist of all time, and she has recorded the most U.S. number-one singles for a female artist. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States. In 1993, a series of subsequent hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act.
In 2000, she received the Best Selling Pop-Female Artist of the Millennium award for being the best selling female pop artist of all time. In 2003, she also became the first female artist to receive the Chopard Diamond World Music Award, for sales surpassing 150 million records. She has sold a total of eighty-five million records in the U.S. (sixty-four million albums and twenty-one million singles) and over 215 million records worldwide, (160 million albums plus 55 million singles)
You will not find 1 legit official source that actually tracks album sales to state Mariah Carey is the #1 selling female vocalist. Billboard states 'Madonna is the most sucessful female vocalsit of the entire rock era'
According to the Guinness Book of World Records Madonna is the Most Successful Female Recording Artist of All Time.
Just because you get an award for something does not mean its fact or you were first. If you look at the RIAA for the USA Mariah is both behind Madonna and Barbara Streisand. Awards shows not not track album sales in the 1st place.
Yes: In 2000 the World Music Awards named Carey the best-selling female artist of all time, but they also stated that this award was offered to Madonna first-they stated Madonna's rep never replied so the award went to another deserving artist.
Yes and No: she has recorded the most U.S. number-one singles for a female artist, --Only on the Billboard Hot 100 based primary on radio play not actual sales. Can we say payola?
If you look at the actual sales charts Madonna has 36 #1 selling singles in the USA far more than another female vocalist.
Yes but...: According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States. In the 90's only in the US, Globally Madonna outsold Mariah in both the 90's and current.
Just because you get an award for something does not mean its fact or you were first. If you look at the RIAA for the USA Mariah is both behind Madonna and Barbara Streisand.
The RIAA sites states Mariah has sold 61.5 million albums, Madonna 63 million Barbara 71 million : http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp
Madonna has sold over 210 million albums internationally not counting the USA and not counting singles, maxi-singles, and EP's. Recent recertifications place Madonna's worldwide album sales at around 350 million again not counting singles, maxi-singles, and EP's. COADF has sold over 9 million copies just by Media Traffic's reports of the 24 markets they track. This does not include the over 76 other countries that Madonna is very sucessful in.
Worldwide Mariah is not even the 2nd best selling female vocalist, that honor belongs to : Nana Mouskouri who has sold over 250,000,000 albums.
mariah
Final Total - North American Tour Gross (13-Cities)
Here are the final totals for the North American leg of Madonna's Confessions Tour. The tour visited 13 cities all shows were SOLD out. This does not include merch sales or promotional payments by tour sponsors.
$ 7,686,380 LA (Forum)
$ 7,257,750 Las Vegas
$ 4,761,555 San Jose
$ 2,804,583 LA (Staples)
$ 3,749,800 Fresno
$ 4,890,090 Phoenix
$ 9,271,790 Chicago
$ 5,670,150 Montréal
$ 3,451,235 Hartford
$16,507,855 New York
$ 6,337,115 Boston
$ 4,639,775 Philidelphia
$ 3,246,100 Atlantic City
$ 5,568,485 Miami
EUROPE:
Venue Millennium Stadium
City/State Cardiff, Wales
Gross Sales $7,788,845
Shows/Sellouts 1 / 1
Venue Wembley Arena
City/State London, England
Gross Sales $22,090,582
Shows/Sellouts 8 / 8
Venue Stadio Olimpico
City/State Rome, Italy
Gross Sales $5,268,886
Shows/Sellouts 1 / 1
Venue LTU Arenam
City/State Dusseldorf, Germany
Gross Sales $5,926,105
Shows/Sellouts 1 / 1
Venue Forum Horsens Outdoor
City/State Horsens Denmark
Gross Sales $9,845,834
Shows/Sellouts 1 / 1
Total Gross Sales for Europe for the below dates: $50,920,252
Total tour gross including the above dates plus the North American dates:
$135,762,915 to date.
*******Does not include grosses for:
Aug 22 - Hannover
Aug 27 - Paris France
Aug 28 - Paris France
Aug 30 - Paris France
Aug 31 - Paris France
Sep 03 - Amsterdam
Sep 04 - Amsterdam
Sep 06 - Prague
Sep 07 - Prague
Sep 12 - Moscow
Sep 16 - Osaka Japan
Sep 17 - Osaka Japan
Sep 20 - Tokyo Japan
Sep 21 - Tokyo Japan
****************************************************
Mariah Carey
Venue: American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL (Live Nation)
Gross: $1,074,620
Shows/Sell outs 1/1
Venue: St. Pete's Times Forum - Tampa, FL (Live Nation)
Gross: $714,455
Shows/Sell outs 1/0
Venue: Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA (Live Nation)
Gross: $660,595
Shows/Sell outs 1/0
Venue: Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA (Live Nation)
Gross: $979,702
Shows/Sell outs 1/1
Total Gross Sales for worldwide : $3,429,372 to date
Tour consists of 41 shows
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Compare of tour dates in same city/arena:
American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL
Madonna: $ 5,568,485 Shows/Sell outs 2/2
Average per show: 2,784,243
Mariah: $1,074,620 Shows/Sell outs 1/1
Average per show: $1,074,620
Venue: Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA
Madonna: $ 4,639,775 Shows/Sell outs 2/2
Average per show: $2,319,900
Mariah:
Gross: $979,702 Shows/Sell outs 1/1
Average per show: $979,702
Miss carey,
it would be an honer if you would have a concert near Iowa
Sincerley your # 1 fan,
courtney
Miss carey,
it would be an honer if you would have a concert near Iowa
Sincerley your # 1 fan,
courtney
Nothing you say will change the fact that Mimi is the best selling female artist of all time. And we have the sources. Go away Madonna trolls!
I went to the Mariah Show in Miami. It was the most disappointing concert I have ever been to. She has no business trying to dance. She can sing but that is it!! I asked the ticket counter if the show was sold out and they said no. She didnt even sell out the cheapist seats. It was a waste of money.
First off: The only reason Madonna's tour has broken any record on the amount made by an artist is because she OVERCHARGES. Rollings Stones reported that the average price of her concert tickets were 115 dollars.
Secondly, the RIAA nor Billboard magazine claim that they have any non-biased way of tracking record sales they rely on the integrity of record companies to supply them with information regarding the matter. Madonna ownes her record company and is part owner of the distributing company Warner Brothers so it is quite plausible that she supplies information to the RIAA/Billboard in her favor. She's had THREE failing albums.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, whether Mariah Carey is the number one selling female artist is debatably, but what isn't debatably is that she is, infact, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE ARTIST of ALL TIME with 17 #1 Hit singles--more than any other living recording artist and more than 70 weeks spent atop the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Thats Bigger than the Beatles bigger than Madonna, stastically Carey is Number 1
damn straight madona is sad i mean yeah she is a very influential singer but it wouldn't suprize me if she persuaded people to lie about her album sales look at her individual album sales they havn't gone platinum as many times as mariah's have and as if madona would turn down that huge award not even her head is that big
oh and i forgot to metion how many albums has madonna released? and how long has she been around? yeah exactly!!! mariah carey still has years to go before her career is over were as madona the old fart is gona be 50 yrs old soon thats old enough to be my grandma hahahaha how is she gona do her dancing on her tours she'll need a wheelchair, and don't even think about saying EXCERCISE!! not even that will save her career she has already used this to make her look n feel younger and the older she gets the harder it will get!! so suck on that MADONNA U stinky old has been hurry up and retire no one is gona miss u!!!!!!!!!!!
madonna might be the biggest seller but so if Elvis they are both garbage. Miriah, Micheal Jackson, Bealtes and Prince are better than garbage Elvis and garbage Madonna
Firstly MARIAH CAREY has not sold the most records for a female artist, the person who has is MADONNA.
Secondly she looks like a pig and even squeels like a pig.
Thirdly artist like KYLIE MINOGUE looked way more sexier and more pretty than MARIAH CAREY at the age of 34.
Finally most of her records were sold in America alomost 75%, anh her singles havent even sold well in other countries apart from America.
The truth is that she only has a good voice but her songs are deppressing
I dont Understand why a massive artist like KYLIE MINOGUE hasnt sold many records in America when everywhere else in the world she is considered to even be bigger then MADONNA.
KYLIE MINOGUE is both Australia and Europes biggest selling female artist of all time and she still has another 10-20 years left of recording.
Moreover she was and still is considered to be one the most beautiful and sexiest women in the world, and her fashion sense was also thought to be all over the world that she is one of the most best dressed, and influentle women in the world.
Here in britain she is massive.
AMERICA IS WEIRD AND DUM:
most of them are fat
big headed
talk weird
have gays and lesbians all over the place
freaks like goths and punks
thugs can be seen from a mile
racist
and are killing the planet those fat hippos
Please we all know that Mariah has outsold madonna, if that wasn't the case than why doensn't the record industry recognize that madonna is the biggest selling female artist? Mariah is the one winning all these big and highly respected awards from the music industry back and forth. Not to mention Madonna has been out way longer than Mariah. You might not think that winning an award means anything, but when there are millions of people watching you win a big award like mariah has, than it obviously means something. They clearly stated that Mariah is the biggest selling female artist of the millennium bottom line. Don't hate congratulate!
mariah has sold more because her numbers are accurate as it is track by Nielsen Soundscan while Madonna and inflated album sales is just trying to make herself look bigger so her record company lie about her sales. I mean where will you see an album sold under 2 million be certified 5X platinum? what is wrong with that?
Okay,clearly Mariah is the best female selling artist of all time, the people that have to officialize these statements have to back them up with FACTS. Yes Madonna is a big icon, but so is Aerosmith,Janet Jackson, and Patti Labelle,etc. But none of them achieved the type of career to the magnitude that Mariah has, plain and simple... and for the RECORD, those sales numbers of Albums for Madonna, international or not is not @ all accurate,ever since the Napster era began nearly 8 years ago, all that changed making it harder for sources to distinguish official and legitimate album sales.
Bottom line:
Mariah has had more number 1 singles to date than ANY male/female artist next to the Beatles.
Madonna HAS NOT.
Mariah to date has sold nearly 200 million albums worldwide(not including Imports,'unreleased',and remixes/singles)
Madonna HAS NOT.
Mariah has also achieved what she has in throughout her career in the shortest amount of time more than most other iconic artists have their entire careers that have a career life of 20-30+ years!!!!
SO yes Madonna is a big name, but that's mostly it, an Icon,name,image..no real talent with singing or dancing, but she has paid her dues..but she is NOT
MARIAH CAREY!!!!!
(^_^)
So stop hating people. I like both myself, but gotta love my girl Mariah, you know, the one with TALENT!
it is a fact that mariah carey is the best selling artist of all time, so madonna your so cheap....... mariah carey can whistle, and you? can you do the same with M.C . So Madonna trolls you better shut your mouth.... Mariah Carey the # 1 singer of all time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we love mariah she's # 1 for us.............. shes the hottest singer of all time !!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARIAH IS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT THE TOP SALE FEMALE ARTIST
Mariah Carey is the greatest female artist in history! Madonna sucks!!!
Mariah is not the top selling female artist of all time.
If Mariah's fans want to believe it, let's give them their possibility. They cheat theirselves. Not a problem for us.
We know the truth.
Do you know what the truth is?
Mariah has more talent and (as you firmly say has sold more than Madonna)... but Madonna has become a GLOBAL ICON, ALL OVER THE WORLD (not only in the U.S., as Mariah has done... with the protection of stupid radios that broadcast her stupid, depressing, well-sung songs).
Mariah will be forgotten. Madonna will live FOREVER.
That's the point. She has less talent but more HUMAN POWER and CHARME.
She has all the features to become the LAST ICON on Earth.
A Diva.
All you can reply, is REALLY useless.
So, please, take your figures and SHUT UP.
Mariah Carey will live forever baby, not that talentless old hag. Mariah has talent, beauty and grace.
MARIAH CAREY WILL ALWAYS BE THE WINNER OF THAT FEUD, END OF STORY.
Sorry Lambs Madonna is the top selling female artist with over 200 million in album sales, and over 120 million in single sales.
Secondly Madonna has more hits both in the US and WW.
Lastly Madonna may have bee around longer but they have about the same amount of releases.
PERIOD
Mariah is the best-selling female artist, over-all. So, those of you who hate it can just go to hell. Mariah hits the highest notes in her songs...that's why she's cool.Plus, she's gorgeous.
According to the RIAA Mariah Carey is the fastest selling female artist of all time in the U.S selling 63 million albums in just 16 years
1)Mariah is the second female artist to receive 2 diamond albums in the U.S only behind Whitney Houston
2)Mariah is one of the only(Celine Dion,Maddona,Whitney Houston) to have 2 studio albums sell 30 million copies worldwide
3)Since 1991 Mariah has been the best selling female artist of the soundscan era
4)According to the RIAA Mariah has the most platnium singles by a female artist
5)Mariah is the only female artist to have 8 albums sell 5 million copies or more in the U.S
6)Music Box is the first international female album in China to pass 500,000 legal sales
7)Mariah is the only non-japenese artist in Japan to sell 1 million copies ine one week
8)Daydream is the fastest selling album by a female artist selling 16 million copies in 6 months
9)Music Box is the 47th most succesful album ever and Daydream is the 72nd and Music Box is the 10th and Daydream is the 9th by a female artist
10)Music Box was the best selling album of the year in 22 countries ans sold an oustounding 35 million units
Why Maddona's sales aren't accurate
Yes the Guinness Book Of world records said Maddona is the best selling female artist of all time learn to read her stats were accurate 120 million albums + 76 million singeles the next 5 years she and Mariah were'nt selling that well the best selling female artist of the past 5 years was britney Spears for selling 80 million albums + 30 million singles and Maddona's label announced Maddona's total sales for the first time 250 million albums + 200 million singles so Maddona sold 130 million more albums in 5 years 5 years that wasn't the highlight of her career due to the emancipation of mimi mariah has been more succesful in the 00's and Neilson soundscan era gives her the title and so does the media shows like the veiw, Regis and kelly,Ellen all know her as the best selling female artist of all time she's more known for being the best selling female artist i never heard any present maddona that way plus in 200 when Mariah got artist of the millenium her stats were 130 million meaning she was ahead of maddona at that time and in the u.s and japan mariah has sold more then 30 million records in those 2 countries alone
According to Billboard Magazine the following are
1)Mariah Carey- 160 million studio albums + 40 million non-studio albums=200 million overall albums + 77 million singles
2)Celine Dion- 185 million studion albums + 15 million NON studio albums=200 million overall albums + 77 million singles
3)Maddona- 120 million studio albums + 40 million non studio=160 million + 100 million singles
But as of 2008 it is mariah said on Regis and Kelly
Nobody knows for sure because back in the day there was no organization that followed worldwide sales.
Based on record companies of each diva, numbers that can't be verified 100%, the biggest selling female artist is a battle between: Madonna, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. However, it was confirmed that Madonna is the best selling solo female artist of all time (singles- cassettes, cds, vinyls, digitals & ring-tones, albums, dvds and tickets) since her arrival in 1982:-
**United World Chart, Madonna has a record of 13 Number One singles.
*Madonna holds a record artist with (gold and platinum) in the U.S. surpassing The Beatles' record.
*Madonna has had six number-one albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, behind only Barbra Streisand's eight among female artists.
*From 1988 to 2002, the Guinness Book of World Records named Madonna as the Most Successful Artist on Record for the unprecedented worldwide success of the True Blue album, which hit number one in 28 countries.
*Confessions on a Dance Floor has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, produced a d #1 in a record breaking 45 countries.
*Madonna is he highest grossing tour of all time by female for Confessions Tour 2006.
*UK all-time Best Selling Album Artists (up to 2007)
1. The Beatles - 28.745
2. Queen - 20.665m
3. MADONNA - 18.328m
*EUrope's Best- Sellers of All Time...
*1 (1963 -1970) Beatles - 92,500,000
*2 (1973 -1995) Queen - 80,050,000
*3 (1983 -2005) MADONNA - 74,600,000 [including Hard Candy]
Mariah Carey is the Queen of Payola!
Period.
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anonymousSep 1st, 2006 - 05:29:57
mariah carey isn't the top-selling female artist of all time, nor is she playing to packed houses from coast to coast. who wrote this article?
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