Mariah Carey vs Celine Dion ( Merry Christmas vs These Are Special Times )

Whitney Christmas album might not turn out the way it supposed to be, but when it comes to Christmas, only two Queen are able to lift our spirit during festive season. Celine and Mariah of course.
Celine's These Are Special Times and Mariah's Merry Christmas are both One Of The Biggest selling Christmas Album Of All Time. But now, we are going to take look, which one of them is The BEST, in term of sales and impact.


SALES (Album)


In order to determine which one of them is the BEST in term of sales. We are going to compare both album in term of Worldwide sales and USA sales.


Merry Christmas: WW ( 15 million copies ), USA ( 5.148 million copies, as 10th of December / 5 x Platinum )


These Are Special Times: WW ( 12 million copies ), USA ( 5.17 million copies / 5 x Platinum )




Winner: Celine wins in the US market with slight margin. Overall, hands down to Mariah, she sold way MORE. Enough said.




SALES (Single)


Album sales only is not enough, now we are going to take a look, Which singles from both album manage to sold more. (Only count the highest charting singles form both album)


I'm Your Angel: USA ( 1 million copies sold/ Platinum ) , UK (0.2 million copies sold / Silver)


All I Want For Christmas Is You: USA ( 1.8 million copies sold/ Platinum ), USA ( 2 x Platinum, 2 million copies sold/ Ringtone/Mastertone ),  Japan ( 1.1 million copies sold, Physical single ). Japan ( 1 million copies sold, Ringtone/Mastertone ), UK: 0.6 million copies sold / Platinum )


IMPACT


Celine: Celine fortunately has one thing that Mariah don't. A number ONE single ( Billboard Hot 100 ) from a Holiday album. Celine scored her Fourth and the last number one single in USA with I'm Your Angel which featured R.Kelly. Furthermore. a song called The Prayer ( Celine ft Andrea Bocelli ) is been covered by numerous artist ( indie and mainstream ). Moreover, These Are Special Times is The First Holiday Album by Female Artist to be certified 5 x Platinum. Celine also made history for herself, These Are Special Times is The Biggest Selling Holiday Album by Non-American artist.

Mariah: Not only Merry Christmas scored Mariah The Best Selling Christmas Album by Female Artist of All Time, but it also scored Mariah with The Most Popular Holiday Song of All Time. The Most Downloaded Holiday Song of All Time, The Biggest Selling Holiday Ringtone of All Time. Each year, AIWFCIY top every major charts around the world (It is the only song in history that is able to do so). The impact of the song is so HUGE and do expect that Mariah is going to be ETERNAL. Which mean, as long as Human exist and celebrates Xmas,  All I Want for Christmas Is You  is going to be prevailed for generations. Upcoming generations might not know Mariah that are popular with My All, We Belong Together etc. But they certainly will know Mariah as a person who sings The Best Selling Xmas song of All Time, All I Want For Christmas Is You. Well, enough said, next generation will never know who's Madonna, Whitney  etc. But they certainly will know Mariah. Thats what we call IMPACT. Not too mention, this year All I Want For Christmas are covered by numerous singers (indie and mainstream). Fortunately this year also, three top ten Holiday album on Billboard Hot 200 shared one thing in common. All of them have their own cover of AIWFCIY. Well, now we know who is cashing a LOT of Money this season. Furthermore, Mariah not only made history in USA, she also made history in Japan where All I Want For Christmas Is You is 2nd Biggest Selling Single by Non-Japanese act of All Time. Currently. All I Want For Christmas Is You is 19th Biggest Selling Digital Song Of All Time. In UK, this song is hailed as The Most Popular Christmas Song Ever. Furthermore, Rolling Stone magazine ranked this song as 4th Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Song. This song also been hailed as Christmas standard and Christmas classic. Gosshhhh there's lot of facts bout this song, ok I'm done... too many to list down..


Winner: Do I have to state that ?


TheDivaJuice: Is thinking about O Holy Night ( Both Celine and Mariah versions ). Love both of them... Only got Mariah Merry Christmas and now is eyeing Celine's These Are Special Times.