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Mariah Carey surpasses Elvis in No. 1s



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 singles chart, 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 "EMC2," 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 "EMC2" 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."


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Yeah, we do have these phases! And it's cool! :D

RE: the lyrics - I don't care much for them too. I hate it when pretentious people start pimping the "music" based on the lyrics... :rolleyes: If I want lyrics, I read poetry. There's plenty of it out there, thank you very much. I want melody, among other things.

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Mariah's music is hideously boring and doesn't age well I find. I might not be crazy about Madonna and Janet at the moment, but I can still sit through most of their albums and love most of their singles, no matter how old they are. Mariah's music has a really bland quality to it, it really meshes with the times. I think Madonna and Janet have a variety of material that makes them stand out, Mariah not so much.

different strokes....

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What is an unpleasant surprise in this topic is that you've actually spent some time looking for a critic that will bash Mariah's achievement as - non-existent. The guy can write all he wants, but the fact remains - she surpassed Elvis. I believe that the number of people who would call Elvis' music sh!t equals the number of people who would call Mariah's music sh!t. The guy just lost me with these:

:rolleyes: What the hell does the year of birth thing mean? Who the hell cares? And he's an Elvis fan, thus not objective.

And so isn't Elvis... So by underlining this, he's online undermining his text, nothing else.

As far as Mariah's "bland" music... I, and a gazillion of other people, can say the same about Madonna - sh!tty songs all the way; to me, many of her singles and albums are completely forgettable, even if I'm a big fan (and music plays just a tiny part of the reason why I like Madonna).

Just don't get me started on Janet... She does nothing for me.

You find Mariah's music boring, I don't. End of story. :P

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