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MARIAH CAREY

Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter and actress from Huntington, New York, famous for hit singles such as Without You, Fantasy and When You Believe. Her Christmas song All I Want For Christmas Is You is the UK's most-streamed Christmas song of all time, the festive favourite reached Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart back in 1994 when it was pipped to Christmas Number 1 by East 17's Stay Another Day, it has appeared in the UK Top 40 every year since 2007 following the inclusion of downloads and streaming in the UK's Official Chart.

During her career Mariah has collaborated with the likes of Whitney Houston, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Westlife, and of course Boyz II Men, with their song One Sweet Day being the longest-reigning Number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 23 years, before being overtaken by Lil Nas X's Old Town Road.

MARIAH CAREY Songs stats

UK No1s
3
UK Top 10s
24
UK Top 40s
40
UK Top 75s
44
Weeks at No1
9
Weeks in the Top 10
115
Weeks in the Top 40
343
Weeks in the Top 75
513

MARIAH CAREY Albums stats

UK No1s
2
UK Top 10s
13
UK Top 40s
19
UK Top 75s
21
Weeks at No1
7
Weeks in the Top 10
73
Weeks in the Top 40
239
Weeks in the Top 75
410

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mehaan

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R.I.P her only song with longevity is a christmas song :/

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Sunshine Gal

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hard to believe she has only 3 #1s in the uk...over here in the u.s. she has 19 #1's. the only artist directly behind the beatles. *they have 20* back in the 90s, esp. when i first got into the hot 100 chart, you couldn't miss her in the top 10. even her u.s. hits that didn't hit the #1 spot, she'd be cemented in the hot 100 top 10 for wks even months.

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Nu No

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Mariah Carey is very R&B and Soul to have bigger hits in UK. Her songs with a big pop vibe or ballads were able to become bigger hits. Just like Whitney Houston (that only had 4 #01's in UK and 18 TOP 10 Hits).

Charts in UK and Europe were much more Pop and Dance oriented (and then Rock and only after R&B and Hip Hop). Now R&B and Hip Hop are ahead of Rock but still behind Pop and Dance.

Even Madonna (that had 13 #01s and 63 TOP 10's in UK) when tried to do something more Soul and R&B with "Take a Bow" in 1994 (and was #01 in US for 7 weeks with it) failed the UK TOP 10 for the first time after almost 11 years and 36 consecutive TOP 10 singles peaking "only" at #16 (and peaked only at #17 on European Hot 100 where Madonna have 17 #01 hits and 49 Top 10's ).

As Mariah Carey is more Soul and R&B than Pop or Dance I would say she did great for the genre most of her songs are (Janet Jackson never had a UK #01 despite having 17 TOP 10 Hits in UK). In the albums Mariah never did great either (2 #01's with "Music Box" and "DayDream" at her peak and 13 TOP 10 albums), especially with her recent albums that missed almost all the TOP 10 (her latest studio album to peak TOP 10 was in 2008).

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James Edward Wilson

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Wasn't that predominantly due to airplay being included in the US charts in the 90s? Steaming has given the US chart a little bit of an injection in 2010s/20s. I do hope Mariah gets her 20th US #1..

Mariah has only made it to #1 here with 1 song she wrote herself, the other two were covers.

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Sunshine Gal

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yep! radio airplay had always been a huge hot 100 chart factor since 1958. in the 90s, you couldn't miss her on the radio here in the states. i can still remember when 'honey' debuted @ #1 on the hot 100 and at that time was a history making feat with her having 3 #1 debuts. that's still 1 of my all time fave feats i've seen on the chart.

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Sunshine Gal

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even if she can't notch a 20th #1, she has the most #1's of any solo act, only behind the beatles who hold the all time record of 20 #1s.

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Brian Quinn

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Feel GREAT that we are leaving the EU under the leadership of Boris Johnson.

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BrixTom

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Still now after all his disasters and national as well as global embarrassments?

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etin

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roof , breakdown, cant take that away, obsessed, I'll be lovin u long time and many ofher songs didnt get officially release

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Brian Quinn

-5

Never liked Mariah Carey.

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BrixTom

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That is YOUR problem, not ours!

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addickted2hcharlton

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Thass juss wot I think, e's a waste of space on ere.

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BrixTom

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Brexit Britain MUST get MIMI to chart her new single "With You" or I'll leave for good! It could actually become an anthem for Bremainers to use it to say, "We wanna plan a future WITH YOU!" Yes, that is YOU Europe!

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addickted2hcharlton

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I wanna stay in the EU n all, can't bear thinkin abahrt all the exenophobes n isolationists takin over over ere. As for MC, well with er astonishin voice er last its didn't do so well but juss like Queen Donna, I can listen to Queen Mariah all day n all, iss so relaxin n soothin earin er voice.

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ManuelM

2

Her first album to not have a single chart in the Top 100 :( She definitely deserves better

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Brian Quinn

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I voted for Brexit. We do not want globalism.

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BrixTom

5

You are a clueless idiot. So you are saying a trade deal with China and USA is less globalised than dealing with your continental European neighbours? I think you need a map and one massive smack cause you talk as if you just had crack!!

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addickted2hcharlton

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We don't want your exenophobism either on ere.

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Francesco

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Why Heartbreaker and I Know what you want is split in two and not in the same page?

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BrixTom

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I will never ever ever forgive the British public that they have given a lap dancer (J-) more number ones than MARIAH CAREY!!! It is a national tragedy.