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wjd, on Oct 24 2011, 10:04 AM, said:

Mariah's Merry Christmas has sold about 2m copies more than Celine on a worldwide basis - for e.g. in Asia, Merry Christmas sold some 5m copies. These Are Special Times barely sold 1 fifth of that. In Canada however, These Are Special Times was Celine's fifth diamond album, Merry Christmas sold barely a quarter of that.

Worldwide These Are Special Times has sold about 11-11.5m copies, compared to around 13m for Mariah's Merry Christmas.

The gap between the two was once over 100,000 copies - now, its shrinking each year. I hope that Celine can hold on for one more year!

It's not that I don't believe you but I'd like to see actual facts and proofs stating this. I know for a fact that MC is certified 5 times Platinum in Japan (whereas TAST is certified 2 times Platinum, although I suspect it is undercertifed) but I think the 5 millions figure for MC on the Asian continent is exaggerated. Also, TAST outsold MC in several countries such as Canada, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden...

Like I said, that would be great to have their current and respective Xmas album sales (and not shipments) for the European and Asian continents backed up by facts and proofs if possible.

Edited by Calypso, 24 October 2011 - 02:10 PM.