ON THE CHARTS

*Mariah and Boyz II Men hold the record for most
consecutive weeks at the Billboard #1 spot for a single
with 16 weeks "One Sweet Day"

*Mariah was the first artist in Billboard history to
have her first 5 singles reach #1.

*17 of Mariah's US singles have gone to #1 on the
Billboard chart. This ties her with Elvis for having more  number
one singles than any other solo artist in History, and behind only the Beatles who have 20.

* She is the only artist to have two Billboard #1 debuts, with successive singles. "Fantasy", and
"One Sweet Day"

* She is the only artist to have three Billboard #1 debuts. ("Fantasy", "One Sweet Day", "Honey")

* She holds the record for the only artist to have a number one for every year in the 90's

* She has a total of 77 weeks at #1 on the singles chart, which is second best ever after Elvis Pressley with 80.

* From the release of Fantasy in 1995, Mariah spent 26 of the following 30 weeks at #1, and 28
of them in the top 3. This achievement will probably never be bettered!

* EMI's Virgin Records lands the largest
buyout in music history... Virgin terminated Mariah's 100 million
dollar contract (which also holds the record for biggest record deal) with a nice 28 million
dollars plus her signing bonus of 21 million dollars... Baaaah!

*On December 9 1999, Billboard Magazine awarded
Mariah with the "Artist of the Decade Award"

*On January 17, 2000, Mariah was honored with the American
Music Awards' "Lifetime Achievement Award" In the show's
27 year history only two others have received the award:
Prince and Michael Jackson

*Only 8 singles have ever debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts.
Mariah is responsible for three - Fantasy, One Sweet Day, and Honey

*Mariah has 18 gold singles (selling more that 500,000 copies) and
8 platinum singles (selling more than 1 million copies) more than any
other female artist in history

*Mariah is at #2 after Barbra Streisand for having
the most #1 albums with 5. Janet Jackson slides in at #3.

*Mariah has had more #1 singles on Billboard's HOT 100 (17) and has
spent more time at #1 (77 weeks) than any other Female artist.

*She is the top selling recording artist of the 90's. And Top female of all time.

*She is the only female artist to have 9 albums in a row to reach
sales past 3 million

*She is the only artist to have 2 diamond albums
(selling more than 10 million copies in the US)

*She is the only artist to have their first 5 songs go to #1

*five of Mariah's songs are on Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 of all time
77 - Always Be My Baby
76 - Hero
29 - Dreamlover
21 - Fantasy
The #1 song of all time - ONE SWEET DAY

*Most #1 hits by a solo artist
#2 (17)

*Most #1 hits by a female artist
#1 (17)

*#1's is the top selling non-Japanese album of ALL TIME in Japan

*She is the only Artist to hold both the number 1 and number 2 slot on the billboard 100 chart in the same week. "We Belong Together" at #1 and "Shake It Off" at #2.

*"We Belong Together" Becomes the most Played song on radio in history.

* Only two artists have spent 50 weeks or more at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The other act is Boyz II Men, with 50 weeks. Mariah holds the top spot with 89 weeks.

THE SINGLES