"I Know What You Want" hits top 3 in the UK
The "oh @#%$ how do we make Mariah cool again" campaign shifts into yet another gear this week. After hitting a lowly Number 17 back in April with the Cam'ron featuring "Boy (I Need You)", the faded diva makes a spectacular return to the Top 3, this time as the featured contributor to this new single from Busta Rhymes.
Of course arguments will rage back and forth over just who is responsible for the performance of this track but there is no denying that it has turned out to be a shot in the arm for both acts. First of all Busta Rhymes whose last chart appearance came in February with the Number 16 hit "Make It Clap".
"I Know What You Want" shoots him back into the Top 10 for the first time in four years - his last appearance coincidentally also coming thanks to a collaboration with a female singer, namely the Janet Jackson starring "What's It Gonna Be?"
This single also now holds the honour of being the second biggest chart hit of his career, second only to "Turn It Up/Fire It Up" which was a Number 2 smash in April 1998. Mariah Carey too is reaping the benefits of this latest rap and soul combination. Although she was last in the Top 10 as recently as November with "Through The Rain", her last apperance in the Top 3 came in September 2000 when she topped the charts in collaboration with Westlife on "Against All Odds". Prior to that her last Top 3 success was way back in 1997 when "Honey" was a Number 3 hit. For both acts, a smash hit of this magnitude has been a long time coming. (DotMusic) Many thanks to Mariah-Carey.org.
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