LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 21: Mariah Carey poses in the press room during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. was capable of from the very first vocal run, during her national television debut on the Arsenio Hall Show back in 1990.
Once the 20-year-old vocalist came out the gate with the words “Treated me kind…” and enough hand-waving to make a traffic director retire on the spot, her sucker-punch of a debut singleBillboard Hot 100, as three more singles from the same debut album followed suit: “I Don’t Wanna Cry,” “Love Takes Time” and “Someday.”
Carey’s self-titled debut, released on this day 30 years ago, was only the first domino in a career of history-making vocal prowess that completely changed the course of pop by the mid ’90s. Since then, Carey has managed to place 19 total songs in the most coveted spot in all of music, earning more chart-toppers than any solo artist in music history, a feat only the Beatles have bested by just one.
n honor of 30 years of one of the greatest debuts in pop history and an unmatched record of hits, we’ve ranked Carey’s 19 No. 1 singles, in order from “really great” to “she-did-not-just-bless-us-like-that phenomenal.”Throwback to when you could cover a track and watch it absolutely soar up the charts.
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