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Mariah makes move on Elvis
If Mariah Carey keeps up her current chart-topping ways, music historians are
going to have to rewrite the Glitter star's story. This week, Carey just scored
her 16th number one single on Billboard's Hot 100 with "We Belong Together" -
putting her in rarefied company indeed. Only the Beatles, with 20, and Elvis
Presley, with 18, have had more Billboard number ones.
Carey, who has surpassed the likes of Michael Jackson (13 number ones) and the
Supremes (12), as well as rival pop divas Whitney Houston and Madonna (11 apiece),
is "the most successful female artist of all time", her label, Island Def Jam,
touted in a press release Thursday.
Island Def Jam has reason to crow - the label has effectively resurrected the
career of Carey, who fell on hard times after signing what the New York Daily
News called "the biggest recording contract of all time" with Virgin in 2001
and then sustaining an "emotional and physical breakdown" as her Glitter movie
and album tanked.
After the relatively lackluster sales of 2002's Charmbracelet, Carey, 35, has
bounced back with The Emancipation of Mimi. The album debuted at number one in
April, bouncing long-running chart champ 50 Cent. It has already been certified
double platinum and spawned two hit singles, the lead track, "It's Like That",
and the current hit, "We Belong Together".
"It is with a combination of pride and awe that I congratulate Mariah on
accomplishing what no other female in modern pop history has been able to do -
no one is more deserving than Mariah Carey of sharing the pantheon with the
greatest of the greats," gushed Island Def Jam boss Antonio "L.A." Reid.
The singer played the modesty card upon learning the news. "I didn't know what
to expect when I put this record out except I knew that it was a good record and
I was happy with it," she told the Associated Press. Carey is next scheduled
to perform at the MTV Movie Awards June 4 in Los Angeles. The ceremony will be
taped for broadcast June 9.
(Yahoo! Music)
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