Mariah Carey- Female Artist Of All Time
Contributed by Kizzardkid:
Okay so I have to post this under the thoughts and opinions thing, but everything that is about to be said is the truth. Mariah Carey is the best selling Female artist of all time…
Since her debut in 1990, Mariah Carey has sold more than 160 million albums worldwide, which she falls just behind the Beatles and Elvis. And with the Beatles and Elvis no longer making music, that makes Mariah Carey the best selling artist alive, if that’s not politically correct.
The career of Mariah Carey is a succession of records. Her first five singles all reached the first place in the Billboard Hot 100. She has the record of the longest Number 1 hit in the history of the modern Billboard and she is the only artist who has a Number 1 hit in every year of the ’90s. Mariah has spent more weeks at the top than the Beatles. She has seen more singles debut at Number 1 than any artist in chart history. Furthermore, she has more gold and platinum singles than any artist during the 1990s and more platinum singles than any female artist in history.
Listed Below are some of Mariah Carey’s greatest Achievements:
Total at #1
This is the total number of weeks with only the singles, that each album has had at #1… Also the highest position for the album and how many weeks…
Mariah Carey
Total of 11 weeks at #1, with singles only.
The album itself also spent 11 weeks at #1!!!
Mariah Carey debuted at #80.
Emotions
Total of 3 weeks at #1, with singles only.
The album itself spent 2 weeks at #4…
Emotions debuted at #4.
Mtv Unplugged
Total of 2 weeks at #1, with singles only.
The album itself spent 4 strait weeks at #3…
The album spent a total of 5 weeks at the #3 position
Mtv Unplugged debuted at #8.
Music Box
Total of 12 weeks at #1, with singles only.
The album itself spent 3 strait weeks at #1 (twice)…
The album spent a total of 8 weeks at the #1 position
Music Box debuted at #2.
Merry Christmas
The album itself spent 1 week at #3…
Merry Christmas debuted at #30.
Merry Christmas is the biggest selling Christmas album EVER, with over 9 million plus copies sold worldwide.
Daydream
Total of 26 weeks at #1, with singles only.
The album itself spent 3 strait weeks at #1 (twice)…
The album spent a total of 6 weeks at the #1 position
Daydream debuted at #1.
Butterfly
Total of 3 weeks at #1, with singles only.
The album itself spent 1 weeks at #1…
Butterfly debuted at #1..
VH1 Divas Live
The album itself debuted on the charts at #37.
Highest position so far #21…
#1’s
“When You Believe” has reached #15, making it the lowest charting single of Mariah’s.
“I Still Believe” has reached #4…
The album itself debuted at #4, and that is currently the highest position it held… It spent one week at #4, and returned for another week at #4.
Billboard Achivements
1.) Only artist, ever, to have first 5 Singles go to #1.
2.) First Female artist to have a single Debut at #1, with “Fantasy”.
3.) The only artist to have TWO singles Debut at #1, with “Fantasy” and “One Sweet Day”. With this, she is the only artist to have TWO consecutive singles debut at #1, with “Fantasy” and “One Sweet Day”.
4.) Longest time at the #1 position (consecutive weeks) with “One Sweet Day” that was there for 16 Weeks.
5.) The only artist ever to have THREE singles to Debut at #1 with “Fantasy”,”One Sweet Day”, and “Honey”…
6.) Mariah has the record for having the most consecutive years with a #1 single… She has had at least one #1 hit since 1990…
Most #1’s ever!
Here are the artist with the most #1 hits.
1.) Beatles – 20
2.) Elvis Preslty – 18
3.) Mariah Carey – 16
3.) Michael Jackson – 13
5.) Surpremes – 12
6.) Whitney Houston – 11
6.) Madonna – 11
8.) Paul McCartney/Wings – 10
8.) Stevie Wonder – 10
8.) George Michael/Wham – 10
Most #1’s of the 90’s
Here is the list of the top 9 artist with the most #1 hits of the 90’s…
1.) Mariah Carey – 16
2.) Janet Jackson – 6
3.) Madonna – 4
3.) Whitney Houston – 4
3.) Boyz II Men – 4
6.) Wilson Phillips – 3
6.) Paula Abdul – 3
6.) Bryan Adams – 3
6.) celine dion – 3
Most Weeks at #1, ever!
1.)Elvis Presley – 79 weeks
2.) Mariah Carey – 60 weeks
3.) The Beatles – 59 weeks
Okay so with all that said, if any of you guys even read it, don’t blame you if you didn’t, just wanted to get the facts straight that Mariah Carey is not a flop and I mean who can achieve soo much in just a few years?
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October 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I agree with you ! people are still taking about Beatles and Elvis Presley and Whitney Huston . No none of those artist make music no more. so they shouldn’t even be compared to Mariah’s standards. And first off Whitney Huston never had more hits then Mariah so WHITNEY IS NOT the female artist with the most number 1 hits. but she is in fact the female artist with the most #1 its from a album.
BILLBOARD CHARTS:
1. Beatles – 19 #1 Billboard Hits
2. Mariah Carey – 18 # 1 Billboard Hits
3. Elvis Presley – 17 #1 Billboard Hits
Case Closed.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Mariah Carey 18th Number Ones..thanks to airplay (payola effect it seems) not actual sales. Duh!
July 1st, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Elvis has 18 number 1 records, not 17. Total weeks is 80.
July 13th, 2009 at 12:50 am
ACTUALLY Elvis has 17 # 1s, Mariah has 18 # 1s and is the only recording artist in the 50 years of Hot 100 with the potential to match or surpass the Beatles 20 # 1 Hits.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
your information is incorrect as to who has the most number one hits. the top artist is George Strait with 56, Conway Twitty with 55 and the beatles with 20 I know you are a huge fan of hers but she as not accomplish what these other artist have. and George strait is still adding he now has 57 and is about to hit number one again with his new single
August 1st, 2009 at 9:36 pm
George Strait has 57 combined number #1’s, 44 of those are on the Billboard Hot Country Chart. But the Beatles, Mariah Carey and Elvis hold the top three spots on the most #1 hits on the Billboard Hot100. Im sure the Beatles, Mariah Carey and Elvis have had other hits on other charts but what they were tallying was the Hot100 only.
August 29th, 2009 at 8:42 am
November, 2005
Warner Music Group has agreed to pay a $5 million fine after an investigation by New York State Attorney General Elliott Spitzer’s office found that the company has been involved in complicated payola schemes.
Madonna is a payola singer, LMAO!!
Well, I already knew this: she isn’t an artist!
October 17th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Funny…
all are just about singles.
if mariah had these many number 1 singles as you lame lambs brag about then why is it that she has not even surpassed MADONNA, who eventually is the Biggest Selling Female Artist of ALL time, with only sales of less than 200M?
it is fact that mariah is only big on US billboard charts. it ends there. her album sales has not reached 200M, her singles has not reached 100M
only CELINE DION AND MADONNA has done this.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Markus, its because madonna has been selling before mariah came into the industry. if the number of professional years are compared, you’ll see that mariah beats madonna.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Mars:
Madonna has exactly 7 years more than mariah carey and she has sold more than 336 millions according to guiness and according to warner bros. inc. IFPI, 2005 she overpassed 380 million, just imagine now.
Mariah Carey according to IFPI has sold only 180 millions, come on, Madonna has 200 millions over mariah and that is a lot ! See ?
If you look for profesional years , YOU’ll see the real fact which says that MADONNA BEATS MARIAH CAREY
But well…… you are a mariah carey fan, you cannot recognize the truth.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
And anyway madonna in 80s sold much more than mariah in 90s, when madonna was retired from studio albums and then when she re-appeared in 1998, she overshadowed mariah carey definetely, and for god sake madonna doesn’t need a millenium award, mariah carey with that award was still irrelevant for many millions of people and not known for many others. I’m sorry but facts are facts, and according to guiness, ifpi, riaa, forbes, etc…. mMadonna is the biggest selling female artist of all time and most successfull too.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
MIchael Jackson is the one artist of this era who will be remembered in 30 years, not Mariah.