Mariah Carey's "Mimi" to debut over "Rainbow"
Go ahead and call it a comeback. Mariah Carey is on course to land her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 since 1997 - and with her biggest opening week ever. First-day sales of Carey's new "The Emancipation of Mimi" (Island/IDJMG) suggest that her eighth studio album could surpass 350,000 units, easily placing it at No. 1 on the big chart.
With a busy promotional schedule during release week - including visits to "Good Morning America", "TRL", "Live With Regis and Kelly" and "Late Show With David Letterman" - chart prognosticators suggest Carey's number may rise even higher.
Her last No. 1, "Butterfly" (Columbia/Sony Music), bowed with 235,000 in 1997. Her 1999 set "Rainbow" (Columbia/Sony Music) holds the record for the singer's biggest opening week, having bowed at No. 2 with 323,000 units. (Billboard/Reuters)
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