In April 2008, the single 'Touch My Body' became her 18th #1 single, pushing her ahead of Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Along with numerous awards and incredible vocal range, she also composes all of her own material, with the exception of song covers. She is the most successful selling female artist in music history and is the only female artist to have the most #1 singles and albums and also holds the record for straight #1 singles and albums each year.

Three more Grammy Awards were gained from The Emancipation of Mimi album. The single 'Don't Forget About Us' also from her 2005 album Emancipation of Mimi became her 17th #1 single, tying her with Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. 'We Belong Together' from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi became her 16th #1 single and was also her first #1 without any guest artists since her song 'My All' (also a #1 single) captured the top spot in May 1998. Following 'Heartbreaker,' her second single 'Thank God I Found You' also from her Rainbow album became her 15th #1. With 'Heartbreaker', the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow and also her 14 #1 single, she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s, and with 'Heartbreaker' at its 60th week atop the Billboard's charts, she pushed ahead of The Beatles's 59-week record as the only artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. NBA legend and Inside the NBA analyst Charles Barkley never ceases to keep the internet entertained and this time it was at the expense of his daughter's name. She is the only artist since The Beatles to have so many #1 singles and albums. Her other Daydream's single 'One Sweet Day' remained for 16 weeks at the top of the charts. Her single 'Fantasy' from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. On September 30, 1995, she made music history. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four consecutive #1 singles: 'Vision of Love,' 'Love Takes Time,' 'Someday' and 'I Don't Wanna Cry,' and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist.

In June 1990, Mariah made her debut with her self-titled album, Mariah Carey which entered at #73, but on Augit reached #1. Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1969.

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