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Mariah Carey's E=MC2 Rockets To Billboard #1, Sets Career Record

Last week, pop songstress Mariah Carey was everywhere, getting the word out about her latest LP, E=MC2. She appeared on "American Idol," made the cover of Us Weekly and starred in a series of commercial-esque vignettes that aired all weekend, as part of MTV's 52/52 campaign.

Needless to say, Mariah's fans were well aware that the singer's album landed in stores last week, and clearly, the public appearances and the media hoopla didn't hurt sales of her record. In fact, with close to 463,000 copies scanned during week one, Carey's 11th studio offering coasts to the top of next week's Billboard albums sales chart, with little — if any — competition.

E=MC2 marks Carey's sixth album to top the charts and has outsold all of the singer's previous efforts' opening weeks, according to the latest SoundScan data. In 2005, The Emancipation of Mimi opened at #1 with only 403,800 sold. Much more than that, though, E=MC2 has earned the distinction of becoming 2008's best-selling debut so far, trouncing the 374,600 turned out by Jack Johnson's Sleep Through the Static in February.

Mariah's was among 19 new releases to impact next week's top 200 and one of only two new albums to enter the chart in the top 10. The other, country artist Lady Antebellum's self-titled set, bows at #4, selling 43,400 units. The rest of the top 10 is made up of several regulars, with Leona Lewis' Spirit at #2 (with 94,800 scans), Miley Cyrus' Best of Both Worlds live record at #3 (with 47,300 sold) and the 27th installment in the Now That's What I Call Music! compilation series finishing at #5 (selling 39,000 copies).

source:mariahcarey.cc

it hasn't even been out for 2 weeks ^

what a great body she has now ,she looks gorgeous

omg I know her body is amazing! I saw her on Good Morning America this morning and she did amazing, as always! thanks for the pics!

her body really is amazing...but I alway loved her

thank you freddy and N1jade!

Lighting Ceremony at Empire State Building

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Here's the video:

watch Mariah as she addresses the crowd before lighting up the Empire State Building in her signature colors. Mariah is the first artist to have the iconic structure lit up in their honor.

Speech:

"This is the epitomy of festive. I'm so excited to be here. I never ever thought when I was a little girl growing up here in New York, which I think is the best place in the world, that I would ever, ever, ever be able to achieve something like this and I just... I'm very, very excited. I feel very blessed and very grateful to God so here I am. And I guess I'm about to... just first of all thank you everybody and second of all, light it on up! Are we ready to do that?"

More from Mariah on Good Morning America

Mariah kicked off Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series with three songs from her latest album, E=MC

she's amazing, singing acoustic "Love Story"

wow,thanks michelabella, i like photos from lighting ceremony

ur welcome! yes me too! I love her in pink