The Emancipation of Mimi is the fourteenth album and ninth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released in the United States by Island Def Jam Records on April 12 2005 and, accompanied by generally positive reviews, debuted at number one with the highest first-week sales of Carey's career. It has been certified six times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), and is Carey's best-selling in the U.S. since Daydream 1995. It was the biggest selling album of 2005 according to Nielsen SoundScan, and it won a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album.