Here are Mariah's Billboard chart positions for the magazine's issue date December 31, 2005.

The Emancipation of Mimi ▲5
Billboard 200: #7 (Last Week #8)
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #5 (Last Week #3)
Sales this week: 190,957 (+26%)
Total Sales: 4,576,141

Don't Forget About Us
Billboard Hot 100: #1 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #1 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Pop 100: #2 (Last Week #8)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #4 (Last Week #4)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: #40 (Debut)
Billboard Adult R&B: #31 (Last Week #24)
Billboard Mainstream Top 40: #4 (Last Week #5)
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40: #2 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: #6 (Last Week #6)
Billboard Dance Radio Airplay: #2 (Last Week #2)
Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales: #21 (Debut)
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #1 (Debut)
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks (Radio Edit): #2 (Debut)
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks (Remix): #48 (Debut)
Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks: #1 (Last Week #1)
Sales this week: 39,088
Total sales: 45,428

Shake It Off
Billboard Hot 100: #41 (Last Week #32)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #30 (Last Week #27)
Billboard Pop 100: #33 (Last Week #28)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #23 (Last Week #21)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #29 (Last Week #25)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #25 (Last Week #25)
Billboard Adult R&B: #15 (Last Week #12)

We Belong Together ▲3
Billboard Hot 100: #50 (Last Week #49)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #42 (Last Week #46)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #39 (Last Week #42)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #39 (Last Week #42)
Billboard Adult R&B: #14 (Last Week #13)
Billboard Hot Singles Sales: #33 (Last Week #34)

So Lonely
Billboard Pop 100: #89 (Last Week #98)
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: #16 (Last Week #25)
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-hop Singles: #7 (Last Week #4)

Merry Christmas▲5
Billboard Top Holiday Albums: #13 (Last Week #13)
Billboard Top Digital Albums: #10 (Last Week #10)
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums: #11 (Last Week #11)
Billboard Comprehensive Albums: #96 (Last Week #77)

All I Want For Christmas Is You
Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #2 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Recurrent: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Recurrent: #2 (Last Week #3)
Billboard Adult Contemporary Recurrent: #10 (Last Week #14)
Sales this week: 37,386 (-10%)
Total Sales: 246,115

Mariah Carey, Greatest Hits▲
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums: #9 (Last Week #14)


50 Cent and Carey are going to the wire (LA Times)

The CD sales story of the week belongs to "American Idol," but the sales story of the year is the tight race between 50 Cent and Mariah Carey.

With just 10 days left in 2005, it looks as if Carey's dramatic year-end surge will allow her to overtake the New York rapper and capture album-of-the-year sales honors.

50 Cent's "The Massacre" has sold just over 4.8 million copies since early March, Nielsen SoundScan reported Wednesday. Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" has sold nearly 4.6 million since it hit stores in April.

But her album is a far hotter item going into the last days of the year. "Mimi" sold 191,000 more copies to rank No. 7 for the week, while "Massacre" sold only 21,000 copies last week to rank No. 127. If 50 Cent's album continues selling at the same pace, Carey would edge past "Massacre" if "Mimi" sells about 260,000 more copies by Dec. 31.

Carey's showing is one of the most dramatic comebacks in pop history. The onetime bestseller was considered so over commercially that EMI paid $30 million to buy out her $80-million contract in 2002. She was then signed by Island Def Jam, which released "Mimi."

Note: With two weeks left for 2005, the current figures for the best selling albums are:

1. 50 Cent - The Massacre - 4,805,210
2. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 4,576,141
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Gap - 229,069


Source: Billboard Magazine | Mariah Daily | Ritcher | Andere