Mariah Carey passes Elvis, closes in on the Beatles

[mvlnewlex]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,345069,00.html

Mariah Carey Surpasses Elvis in No. 1 Hits, Closes in on The Beatles
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — With her 18th chart-topper "Touch My Body," Mariah Carey has passed Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and is now second only to the Beatles.

But while the diva was in full celebration mode after learning of her latest milestone, she was also quick to put her accomplishment in perspective.

"I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," Carey told The Associated Press on Tuesday via phone from London. "That's a completely different era and time ... I'm just feeling really happy and grateful."

Carey's single is the new No. 1 single on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart: The song also is No. 1 on the trade magazine's digital download chart thanks to a precedent-setting 286,000 downloads in its debut week. She had been tied with Presley with 17 No. 1 singles; the Beatles are the all-time leaders with 20. (Madonna also beat a Presley record this week, surpassing the King for the most top 10 hits with her 37th for her hit "4 Minutes.")

Carey said being in such company was gratifying not only because of her personal success, but what it meant for women and minorities.

"For me, in my mind the accomplishment is just that much sweeter," she said. "In terms of my ethnicity, always feeling like an outsider, always feeling different ... for me it's about saying, 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the faith to believe in myself when other people had written me off."'

"Touch My Body" is the first single off of Carey's upcoming album "E

MC2," due out April 16. It is the follow-up to her Grammy-winning disc "The Emancipation of Mimi," released in 2005, that year's best-selling album with five million copies sold; it marked a huge comeback for the multiplatinum superstar after personal and professional setbacks.

Like that album, Carey said "E

MC2" continues her sense of freedom and rebirth: "It's like emancipation of Mariah Carey to the second power and beyond."

Carey, 38, said this is the most enjoyable point of her nearly two-decade old career, and that's her priority these days, not trying to set sales records or even making pop history.

"I've gone through enough of my life worrying about that kind if thing," said Carey.

"I want to encourage anyone else out there who feels like maybe they can't overcome an obstacle, I feel like I'm living proof ... never lose your faith," she added. "I'm seriously a grateful individual right now."

[mvlnewlex]

I was born in the mid-late 80s. I am what some of you would call a "youngin"...

but anyone who votes for Mariah Carey in this poll needs deported to Turkey.

[noreply66]

What they should go on is the #1 hits a person has/had --that they wrote. Right off, I don't think Elvis or Mariah ever wrote a hit song.

[orange-n-brown 365]

I'm the only one that's voted for Elvis

[noreply66]

Elvis has the most charted albums---- 114
Most top 40 albums---------------------51
5th on the top 10 albums----------------27
2nd on top #1 albums-------------------10
Most weeks at #1------------------------67
Most gold and Platinum albums----------65

Elvis' Blue Hawaii is the #10 album from 1956 thur 2007

[orange-n-brown 365]

Elvis has the most charted albums---- 114
Most top 40 albums---------------------51
5th on the top 10 albums----------------27
2nd on top #1 albums-------------------10
Most weeks at #1------------------------67
Most gold and Platinum albums----------65

Elvis' Blue Hawaii is the #10 album from 1956 thur 2007

That is why he is the King Of Rock In Roll

[someoverkill]

I thought for sure this was going to be the question of this topic:

Who has had more sex partners?

a. Elvis
B. Beatles
C. Miriah Carey

[ManitouDan]

Mariah C gives me big negative vibes, she seems like she is soooo struck on herself ----newsflash---here's one guy who would not go across the street to hear her perform for free. MD

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

How is she on this list?

[kantuckyII]

That's just hard to believe. Will people remember her 50 years from now too though?