Updates : Live Conditions : Climate Database : Photo Gallery : Caleb's Life : Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an award-winning superstar with cumulative total sales of her albums, singles and long-form videos in excess of 75-times platinum in the U.S. alone and over 160 million worldwide, making her amongst the top-selling female artists in history. With a record 18 #1 singles - more than any female artist of the past century - five Grammy Awards, ten American Music Awards, Billboard magazine's Artist of the Decade Award, and the World Music Award as World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium - Mariah Carey's ongoing career remains an unparalleled success story in the history of contemporary popular music. Here is a taste of Carey's achievements since her debut onto the charts in 1990. USA / Billboard Hot 100 #1's 01. 1990 - Vision of Love 02. 1990 - Love Takes Time 03. 1991 - Someday 04. 1991 - I Don't Wanna Cry 05. 1991 - Emotions 06. 1992 - I'll Be There 07. 1993 - Dreamlover 08. 1994 - Hero 09. 1995 - Fantasy 10. 1995 - One Sweet Day 11. 1996 - Always Be My Baby 12. 1997 - Honey 13. 1998 - My All 14. 1999 - Heartbreaker 15. 2000 - Thank God I Found You 16. 2005 - We Belong Together 17. 2005 - Don't Forget About Us 18. 2008 - Touch My Body #1's on USA / Billboard Charts - 18 #1's on Hot 100 - 13 #1's on Hot 100 Airplay - 15 #1's on Mainstream - 06 #1's on Adult Contemporary - 10 #1's on R&B/Hip-hop - 13 #1's on Dance / Club - 15 #1's on Single Sales Single Achievments - Most successful active recording artist - Most #1's for a solo artist on the Hot 100 (18) - Tied w/Elvis for most weeks at #1 (79 weeks) - Wrote 17 of 18 #1's, most for any female songwriter - One Sweet Day duet is the longest running #1 in history (16 weeks) - We Belong Together (WBT) is the longest running #1 for a solo artist (14 weeks) - First female artist to debut at #1 (Fantasy, '95) - Only artist to have 3 singles debut at #1 (Fantasy, One Sweet Day, Honey) - Record for first 5 singles to reach #1 (1990-91) - Only female to simultaneously hold the top 2 positions (2005) - Holds longest #1 on airplay (WBT, 14 weeks) - First artist to break the 200 million audience impression barrier at radio (2005) - Has the most weeks at #1 on airplay (89 wks) Japan #1s Singles Chart 01. 1990 - Vision of Love 02. 1991 - Emotions 03. 1992 - I'll Be There 04. 1993 - Dreamlover 05. 1993 - Hero 06. 1994 - Without You 07. 1994 - All I Want For Christmas Is You 08. 1995 - Fantasy 09. 1997 - Honey 10. 1998 - When You Believe 11. 1999 - Heartbreaker 12. 2001 - Loverboy 13. 2005 - It's Like That Most Successful Overall (1990s) 01. Mariah Carey 02. Janet Jackson 03. Garth Brooks 04. Boyz II Men 05. Celine Dion 06. Madonna 07. TLC 08. Whitney Houston 09. Michael Bolton 10. Toni Braxton     Album Sales 1990 - 15 million - Mariah Carey 1991 - 10 million - Emotions 1992 - 07 million - MTV Unplugged EP 1993 - 28 million - Music Box 1994 - 12 million - Merry Christmas 1995 - 22 million - Daydream 1997 - 12 million - Butterfly 1998 - 17 million - #1's 1999 - 10 million - Rainbow 2001 - 04 million - Glitter OST 2001 - 03 million - Greatest Hits 2002 - 04 million - Charmbracelet 2003 - 01 million - The Remixes 2005 - 10 million - The Emancipation of Mimi 2008 - 03 million - E=MC2 2009 - 00 million - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel USA / Billboard #1 Albums 1. 1990 - Mariah Carey (11 weeks) 2. 1993 - Music Box (8 weeks) 3. 1995 - Daydream (6 weeks) 4. 1997 - Butterfly (1 week) 5. 2005 - Emancipation of Mimi (2 weeks) 6. 2008 - E=MC2 (2 weeks) Japan #1 Albums 1. 1994 - Merry Christmas 2. 1995 - Daydream 3. 1997 - Butterfly 4. 1998 - #1's 5. 2001 - Glitter OST Album Achievements - Biggest selling female artist (1990s, Soundscan Era) - One of three female artists to sell in excess of 60 million albums in USA (w/ B. Streisand, Madonna) - Only female artist to have 8 albums each sell 5 million copies in USA - Ranked 3rd place for most #1 albums (6) on Billboard 200 (tied with Janet Jackson) - 2nd female artist to have 2 albums go diamond in USA (10+ million copies) - Best selling (non Japanese) artist ever in Japan - Biggest Japan opening: Sold 1 million copies of "#1's" in a single week - 'Merry Christmas' is the 2nd biggest selling Christmas album of all time (behind Elvis) - 'Music Box' is the best selling album for 1994 in 22 countries; 14x platinum in Australia Other Achievements - Grammy Awards: Most nominations for female artist (33, Aretha has 38); Has won 5 Grammys - Nominated for Record and Album of the Year in 1991, 1996, 2006 - Won 22 Billboard Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 28 BMI Awards, 5 ASCAP Awards - Most World Music Awards (16) than any artist. - Won the Congressional Award in 1999 for humanitarian efforts Records Sold Worldwide* 01. 250 Million - Madonna 02. 200 Million - Celine Dion 03. 188 Million - Mariah Carey 04. 151 Million - Whitney Houston 05. 145 Million - Barbara Striesand 06. 130 Million - Donna Summer 07. 110 Million - Dolly Parton 08. 106 Million - Patti Page 09. 102 Million - Janet Jackson 10. 100 Million - Dionne Warwick *Encompasses albums, singles, long form videos.