E=MC² debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 463,000 copies sold, making it the biggest opening week sales of her career. With six number one albums, Carey is now tied with Janet Jackson in the U.S. for the third most number one albums for a female artist, behind Madonna with seven and Barbra Streisand's eight chart toppers. In its second week, the album topped the chart again with 182,000 copies sold.E=MC² is Carey's first album to spend two straight weeks at #1 since 1995's Daydream.The album has sold 932,000 copies to date.
On the UK Album Chart, it debuted at number three, selling 34,800 copies. This was her highest peak position in the UK since Butterfly, which peaked at number two. It debuted at the top on the United World Chart with 617,000 copies sold and held the top position for two consecutive weeks, selling 1,401,000 units to date. In the Philippines, the album reached Gold status selling over 15,000 copies in just eight days.
On April 15, 2008, the same day the album was released, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaimed April 15 officially as "Mariah Carey day" in Los Angeles. It was in part of celebrating Carey's eighteenth number one single, "Touch My Body". Also, from April 25, 2008 through April 27, 2008 the Empire State Building was lit up in Carey's motif colors — lavender, pink, and white — in celebration of her achievements in the world of music.
"Touch My Body" was chosen as the lead single of the album. The song received positive reviews by music critics Blender's critic calling it a "pop genius making genius pop". It was a moderate success peaking in the top 20 in most countries, but was way more successful in the U.S. Entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number fifty-seven the song climbed to the top of the chart, becoming Carey's 18th number one single on the chart, pushing her to second place among artists with the most number one singles in the rock era and first place as a solo artist in the same category, surpassing Elvis Presley. The achievement was attributed to a record-breaking digital sales debut, as 286,000 copies were sold in its first week of availability.
On Carey's official website, "Bye Bye" was announced as the second single from the album. The song premiered on radio April 7, 2008 and has so far peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In June of 2008, Mariah performed "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" at the MTV Japan Video Music Awards. Later at a press conference, Mariah herself confirmed that the song will be her third single and a video will be shot in Hawaii in the coming weeks.
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