Did you know that Mariah Carey is the top-selling female albums artist of the SoundScan era?

Since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking album sales on March 1st 1991, Carey has sold over 52.6 million albums in the US alone. The icon also shipped over 63 million albums in the US since her debut on June 13 1990 and is ranked third amongst women behind Barbra Streisand and Madonna, who shipped 71.5 and 64 million units, respectively.

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