Mariah Carey surpasses Elvis in No. 1s (next up: The Beatles)
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Stuff like this used to bother me. No longer.
The only people this matters to (besides Mariah and her publicists) are those who feel they need to justify listening to her by rattling off how many albums/singles she "sold" and where they charted.
The only people this matters to (besides Mariah and her publicists) are those who feel they need to justify listening to her by rattling off how many albums/singles she "sold" and where they charted.
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I think Mariah's record would be more impressive if she and her label didn't make such a big fuss over it. It was common knowledge in the late 90's that Sony would drop her singles down to 49 cents to get enough sales to give her another #1 single. No artist in the history of music has ever been as obsessed with their own chart positions. Remember she checked herself into a mental institution when a 49 cent single backfired and ONLY peaked at a "dismal" #2 in 2001. In a way I feel bad for her, it's obviously a sign of low self esteem if she feels the only way she can be justified is if she has the record for #1 singles.
So what happens next if she tops the Beatles record? will she finally feel fulfilled or will she still feel empty and want more?
So what happens next if she tops the Beatles record? will she finally feel fulfilled or will she still feel empty and want more?
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Originally Posted by nothingfails
I think Mariah's record would be more impressive if she and her label didn't make such a big fuss over it. It was common knowledge in the late 90's that Sony would drop her singles down to 49 cents to get enough sales to give her another #1 single. No artist in the history of music has ever been as obsessed with their own chart positions. Remember she checked herself into a mental institution when a 49 cent single backfired and ONLY peaked at a "dismal" #2 in 2001. In a way I feel bad for her, it's obviously a sign of low self esteem if she feels the only way she can be justified is if she has the record for #1 singles.
So what happens next if she tops the Beatles record? will she finally feel fulfilled or will she still feel empty and want more?
So what happens next if she tops the Beatles record? will she finally feel fulfilled or will she still feel empty and want more?
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I have never bought one of her CDs, but I do enjoy some of her singles. I especially enjoyed the song she did with Mobb Deep. I'm not comparing her to Elvis or the Beatles, but I think you people are being a little ridiculous in the way you are bashing her. She even said herself she doesn't compare to those people. So she has some issues. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it isn't trash. People can have different tastes than you. People get so hostile when something "beneath them" has success.
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Originally Posted by spainlinx0
I have never bought one of her CDs, but I do enjoy some of her singles. I especially enjoyed the song she did with Mobb Deep. I'm not comparing her to Elvis or the Beatles, but I think you people are being a little ridiculous in the way you are bashing her. She even said herself she doesn't compare to those people. So she has some issues. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it isn't trash. People can have different tastes than you. People get so hostile when something "beneath them" has success.
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I am not an Elvis fan or a Mariah Carey fan. But I'm sure if you played all of the the #1's from Elvis or Carey I would probably recognize way more Elvis songs than Carey songs. And looking at the list of the other artists with the most #1's, I'm sure I would recognize more of them than Carey as well. Even artists like the Supremes that I am not all that familiar with I'm sure I would recognize more of their songs than Careys.
I was looking at a list of Beatles singles and they have many songs that people would probably recognize that were never number one songs.
I Saw Her Standing There
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
All My Loving
Nowhere Man
Don't Let Me Down
A Day In The Life
I am The Walrus
Got To Get You Into My Life
Back In The USSR
In My Life
Here Comes The Sun
I bet more people would recognize those non-number 1's than most of mariah Carey's #1's.
I was looking at a list of Beatles singles and they have many songs that people would probably recognize that were never number one songs.
I Saw Her Standing There
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
All My Loving
Nowhere Man
Don't Let Me Down
A Day In The Life
I am The Walrus
Got To Get You Into My Life
Back In The USSR
In My Life
Here Comes The Sun
I bet more people would recognize those non-number 1's than most of mariah Carey's #1's.
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Anybody who stays around forever like Mariah is bound to finally top old records in Billboard. It is, as they say, just a matter of time.
As far as the Beatles' No.1 singles go, its only a 6 year spread, not 8. They were around for 8 years, sure, but Billboard is only tallying from the point "I Want to Hold Your Hand" went to No.1 in January, 1964. Only chart-toppers in the United States - not the United Kingdom or anywhere else. In the United States, they had 20. Elsewhere: who knows.
As far as the Beatles' No.1 singles go, its only a 6 year spread, not 8. They were around for 8 years, sure, but Billboard is only tallying from the point "I Want to Hold Your Hand" went to No.1 in January, 1964. Only chart-toppers in the United States - not the United Kingdom or anywhere else. In the United States, they had 20. Elsewhere: who knows.