Mariah Carey on #JusticeForGlitter: 'It's much bigger than me'

Mariah Careyis just as surprised as any of us that the soundtrack toGlittermade it to the No.

1 spot on iTunes.

Carey, in responding to theGlitter-y news, credited her fans for the album’s ascent.

And there’s a reason for that.

The diva, 48, didn’t really want to take that particular stroll down memory lane.

“It was a tough time,” she recalled.

“When [the film] came out it, was a whole thing.

It was a drama.

I don’t want to get into it because then… we have to change the mood.”

Glitter, released days after 9/11, was a bomb in terms of both critical and audience reception.

Fallon hoped for Carey’s new album,Caution, to debut at No.

1 while bumpingGlitterdown to No.

But even though she putGlitterbehind her, Carey admits the soundtrack is “a good album.”