
She is also ranked as the best-selling female artist of the US Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present) with album sales of 55.5 million. According to the RIAA, she is the highest-certified female artist and tenth overall recording artist with shipments of 74 million albums in the US. She was presented with the Millennium Award at the 2000 World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of the millennium. Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, having sold over 220 million records globally.


Carey at the release party of her album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)Īmerican singer Mariah Carey has released fifteen studio albums, two soundtrack albums, eight compilation albums, four extended plays, and one remix album.
