With "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow and also her 14 #1 single, she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s, and with "Heartbreaker" at its 60th week atop the Billboard's charts, she pushed ahead of The Beatles's 59-week record as the only artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.įollowing "Heartbreaker," her second single "Thank God I Found You" also from her Rainbow album became her 15th #1.
She is the only artist since The Beatles to have so many #1 singles and albums. Her other Daydream's single "One Sweet Day" remained for 16 weeks at the top of the charts. Her single "Fantasy" from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. On September 30, 1995, she made music history. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four consecutive #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry," and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist. In June 1990, Mariah made her debut with her self-titled album, Mariah Carey which entered at #73, but on Augit reached #1. Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1969.