Mariah Carey's new album 'Chanteuse' suffers tragic 1st week sales in UK & US...

Ugh. It pains me to say that Mariah Carey's new album ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’ is tragically under-performing on BOTH sides of the pond. Over in the UK, the project pushed a lackluster 6,547 copies debuting at #14 on the Official UK Album Chart. Meanwhile in the States, the album opens with first week sales of just 56,605 copies, according to Hits Daily Double.Yiiikes!
 
This means the project is set to chart at #4 on this week's Billboard 200. I can write an entire essay dissecting everything in regards to why such a great album bombed so badly but today, I have no further comment.