It’s more than a “sweet, sweet fantasy, baby.”
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Mariah Careyis marking yet another milestone in a life largely spent churning out No.
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To celebrate, we’re putting each infectious smash in our own (highly subjective) order.
“Fantasy” (1995, 8 weeks at No.
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Who had heard high notes like those outside of an opera house?
When had we ever even been to the opera?
“), but the way she double-jumps her own range into Virgin Galactic territory?
1 for the first time, 25 years after its debut.
Still, Carey’s the one laughing now: it may wellhit No.
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After all, who can resist it once those sleigh bells kick in?
Neither was its sinuous hook; the song became her third to debut at No.
In “Someday,” which was her third No.
1 single, she lets an ex foolish enough to walk away know just what he’ll be missing.
You think you’ll find better, boy?
“One Sweet Day” (1995, 16 weeks)
Goosebumps, every time.
Cry, crawl toward the chardonnay bottle on the kitchen floor, repeat.
But in Carey’s lead single off 1999’sRainbow, Hova does just that and steals the song.
If the title was a directive, well, mission not accomplished.
1, though “Shake It Off” came close.
(In cutoffs.)
In recasting one ofMichael Jackson’s all-time greatest songs, she made it utterly her own.
A firefighter cradles a puppy rescued from a burning orphanage?).
“Touch My Body” was ultimately the only Hot 100 chart-topper fromE=MC2.
“Thank God I Found You” (2000, 1 week)
Carey’s first No.
