I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, she rode the subway home from a gala in a sparkly blue ensemble with sunglasses and gloves. One caption: “Christmas revisited… #couldntresistmakinganotherchristmastree #thoughitsjanuary.”ĭiva Fact #4: She rides public transit in style. Less than a month after Christmas in 2016, a series of Instagram posts showed her putting up another tree. In 2006, Carey said she started sleeping with 20 humidifiers after Luther Vandross told her about the power of steam.ĭiva Fact #3: She celebrates multiple Christmases. “I wanted them to feel the applause when they were first born,” she said.ĭiva Fact #2: She goes to extremes to protect her voice. When her twins, Moroccan and Monroe, arrived in 2011, Carey welcomed them into the world with a live version of “Fantasy” recorded at Madison Square Garden in 1995. The singer has long embraced her larger-than-life persona and made her life offstage as entertaining as it is onstage.ĭiva Fact #1: She soundtracked childbirth with her own songs. (2006) Adele: Mariah is the ultimate diva. (2011) Janet Jackson: I don’t think people give Mariah enough credit. (2015) Simon Cowell: Unbelievable songwriter. (2014) Justin Bieber: My favorite singer is Mariah Carey. (2005) Jermaine Dupri: If you put Mariah Carey on one side of the street and you put one of these other artists on the other side and say, “Sing,” who gonna win? That’s cut-and-dry. Blige: Mariah Carey’s music saved little ghetto children’s lives… we would sing those songs and try to hit every note. I used to always say, “Man, if I could meet her!” (2005) Mary J. (2008) Snoop Dogg: When I was locked up in jail, “Vision of Love” was the hottest song in the world. (1998) Stevie Wonder: When people talk about the great influential singers, they talk about Aretha, Whitney and Mariah… her range is that amazing. (2013) Whitney Houston: Mariah is a hell of a vocalist, let me tell you. (2006) Rihanna: Her voice is an instrument. (2008) Nelly Furtado: She kind of taught me how to sing, because, you know, couldn’t really afford singing lessons. (2013) Brandy: When I first got my deal… I sang “Vision of Love.” I owe everything. (2001) Christina Aguilera: I discovered Mariah in my room one day, listening to the radio… I ran downstairs going, “Mommy, Mommy, I just found the greatest person in the world!” (2000) Grimes: The first time I heard Mariah Carey, it shattered the fabric of my existence and I started Grimes. Whitney Houston, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber and more have all paid tribute to Carey’s enduring influence.īeyoncé: Mariah Carey was the person that made me want to sing. Perhaps this is the year that the modern Yuletide classic finally tops the chart. In 2019, Christmas falls on a Wednesday, giving the song six days before the streaming and sales tracking week ends on Dec. 26. But “We Belong Together,” which spent 14 weeks at No. 1 in 2005, finished higher on Billboard’s 2018 list of the Hot 100’s all-time top 100 songs, largely thanks to the latter’s longer run on the chart.Ĭould “All I Want for Christmas Is You” ever hit No. 1 on the Hot 100?Ĭarey’s 1994 carol reached the Hot 100’s top 10 in 2017 and soared to a No. 3 high during the holiday season of 20, fueled in part by new audiences hearing it via streaming. “One Sweet Day,” with Boyz II Men, holds the record for most weeks logged atop the Hot 100, which Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, matched in 2017. No other artist has spent time at No. 1 on the chart every year of a decade. But perhaps most striking is her unprecedented streak leading the Hot 100 in each year of the ’90s. There’s her 18 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most among soloists her 79 cumulative weeks atop the Hot 100, the most among all artists. What are her most impressive chart records?
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