Solo Artist With 18 Number 1 Singles

Solo Artist With 18 Number 1 Singles, Mariah Carey first topped the US pop singles chart in 1990 with “Vision of Love.” Since then she had been to number one 18 times. This makes her the solo artist with the most number one hits and second only to the Beatles overall. This is the full list of her number one pop hits in the US.

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and released her self-titled debut studio album, Mariah Carey.

The album went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records, including Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993) and Merry Christmas (1994), established her position as Columbia’s highest-selling act. Daydream (1995), made music history when the second single, “One Sweet Day” a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains[when?] the longest running number one song in US chart history.

During the recording of the album Carey began to deviate from her pop background, and slowly traversed into R&B and Hip-hop. After her separation from Mottola, this musical change was evident with the release of Butterfly (1997).

Carey left Columbia in 2000, and signed a record-breaking $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records. In 2001, Carey ventured into film with Glitter (2001). Before the film’s release she suffered a physical and emotional breakdown and was hospitalized for severe exhaustion. Following the film’s poor reception, she was bought out of her recording contract for $50 million, which led to a decline in her career. She signed a multi-million dollar contract deal with Island Records in 2002, and after an unsuccessful period, returned to the top of music charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). Its second single “We Belong Together”, which became the most successful solo single of her music career, and was later named “Song of the Decade” by Billboard. Carey once again ventured into film, and starred in Precious (2009). Her role in the film was well-received, and she was awarded the “Breakthrough Performance Award” at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and a NAACP Image Award nomination.

In a career spanning over two decades, Carey has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 1998, she was honored as the world’s best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards. Carey was also named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the third best-selling female artist in the United States, with 63 million certified albums. With the release of “Touch My Body” (2008), Carey gained her eighteenth number one single in the United States, more than any other solo artist. Aside from her commercial accomplishments, Carey has won five Grammy Awards, and is famed for her five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style and signature use of the whistle register.

Mariah Carey Twins

Mariah Carey Twins, This Friday the singer Mariah Carey will allow the public to see their twins for the first time “20/20”.  Mariah and husband Nick Cannon sat down with Barbara Walters in her apartment in New York for an interview to discuss Mariah’s pregnancy, marriage, and their twins Monroe and Moroccan.

The interview will air on ABC next Friday, October 21 22:00  Pictures of Mariah Carey When Carey announced her pregnancy last fall, she revealed that she had been pregnant shortly after their marriage, but had suffered a miscarriage.

The twins were born in May in Los Angeles, who was also third wedding anniversary Carey and Cannon, who renewed their vows the next day in a ceremony conducted by the Rev. Al Sharpton hospital.

Berger said that Monroe was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces and was 18 inches long. Morocco was 5 pounds 6 ounces and was 19 inches long.

His son is named Moroccan Scott Cannon, because the upper level apartment Carey is the city of New York is called the Hall of Morocco and this was the place to Cannon, he proposed marriage. Scott Cannon’s middle name and maiden name of her grandmother.

Her daughter’s name is Monroe Cannon. She is named after Marilyn Monroe, the singer has said he was an inspiration to her throughout her life. Carey also owns white piano icon and put in her will that the piano will one day go to the Smithsonian.

She has said she has no plans to have more children.