Not even the likes of Beyonce could surpass Mariah Carey this time around, unable to match the icon’s sales stats when both were placed on TIME’s list of Pop’s most enduring entertainers!
How Mimi beat Bey?
Find out below…
Flaunting their findings here, the publication calculated that Mariah stands tall as the most successful and enduring Pop entertainer to debut after 1960 by using a points system which sees each act on the tally awarded a score of 10 for every #1 they scored on the ‘Hot 100.’
‘The Daily Mail’ explains:
Mariah’s best year was 2005 when she released the singles We Belong Together, Don’t Forget About Us, and Shake It Off.
Carey also scored major points for 1995 when she dropped Fantasy and One Sweet Day alongside Boyz II Men.
The five-time Grammy winner had less luck with her 14th studio album – Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse – which has sold a dismal 103,000 copies.
Quite interestingly, Beyonce’s ranking on the list did not come with the benefit of points awarded to Destiny’s Child, despite the fact that she served as its lead singer/songwriter.
This, when coupled with a chart record that hasn’t seen her top the ‘Hot 100‘ since 2008, made it impossible for her to beat Carey, with her most successful chart year as a solo act being 2003 thanks to smash hit singles ‘Baby Boy‘ and ‘Crazy in Love.‘
Time Magazine’s Ultimate Pop Star Ranking
Mariah Carey
Rihanna
Usher
The Beatles
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Katy Perry
Boyz II Men
Elton John
Stevie Wonder
Diddy
Ludacris
Beyonce
Kanye West
Bruno Mars
50 Cent
Alicia Keys
The Supremes
Bee Gees
Rolling Stones
Eminem
Justin Timberlake
Black Eyed Peas
Elvis Presley
Lady Gaga
Jay Z
Akon
Jennifer Lopez
T-Pain
Donna Summer
Olivia Newton-John
Chris Brown
Christina Aguilera
Lionel Richie
Phil Collins
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
Snoop Dogg
Maroon 5
Lil Wayne
The 4 Seasons
Toni Braxton
Cher
Marvin Gaye
Santana
Taylor Swift
Britney Spears
Miley Cyrus
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Dc’s success doesn’t count towards Thiefonce Sam
The Flea Hive always using DC to inflate
Lol @THIEFonces declining record sales 🙂
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Seriously a Beyonce video in a mariah post.
I mean what the hell is wrong with you.
Still haven’t got over the rush of beyonce receiving a award a few days ago.
Queen Mimi 🙂
I heard Rihanna was #2. #oops
The fact that She is second to the highest selling female artist, almost caught up with #1’s and record sold says a lot. And the fact that these roaches Queen isn’t on this list also says a lot. Lol #
I can’t find yours either despite her endurance being passed from dame to jay.. ?
Only one absent from the list is AALIYAH. Beyonce is on the list. N***** is you bliiind?? *Rihanna voice*
Where are Rihanna´s album sales at though? LOL You know she only has cheap digital singles sales to brag about, and that´s in part due to the constant releases, like 6 singles every year since 2005 🙂
Y’all diss Rihanna’s albums sales as if there are many other artist selling around 4million album copies WW with almost every album….. I don’t get it.
BEY >>> MOORIAH
You sound PRESSED… Don’t be mad because Mariah, RIHANNA, and more are put above Mooyoncè!! You need something to do or something to read… Go read the lawsuit papers (one of many) that Uglyoncè has!
Let’s see how much Cowriahs barnyard tour grosses 🙂
Child boo! I rather watch Mooriah’s barn yard before I watch Mooyoncè’s I AM… Satan Drag Stripper Show! The b**** will forever be JLO’s & Tina Turner’s lessor. And she dam sure can’t come close to Janet no matter how much her tour gross! #Bloop
Beyodel is a flop sis
Yonce remains unbothered with a 2x platinum album, might I add the only black female to do so since her 3rd studio album I Am Sasha Fierce.
Mariah remains unbothered with her two diamond albums, soon to be 3 and her best selling Christmas album and single of all time, her 18 #1 singles and her $520 million net worth.
That biitch is seeeeething cause Nick dump her ass. #UNBOTHERED MY ASS
which one is her 3rd about to go diamond?
Lmao!!! So I call you out for not making a post on this in the Nicki Minaj post, you delete that post, see my comment and make this half ass job of the article?????????? Beyonce is no where close the top, in fact RiRi is a close second, where is that mention. Like I said in that deleted post FOH!!!
Kii Kiii Hun u and that Worthless Irrelevant list is the mess. I didn’t even know Time Mag write jokes lmfao
When I first read this, I said “WTF? Her new album is flopping” Then I realized how they are technically right. While MC is not as global as MJ (who should have a TGJ article celebrating his birthday yesterday), he had not made music since he was holding Mariah backstage when she crying her eyes out (2001) and crazily enough the media blacklisted Janet by 2004 (won’t get into that, or I’ll get into my feelings) & her last major hit was 2001 excluding maybe Feedback, they MURDERED tabloids with Whitney 02/03 & made headline after headline (NEGATIVE) when she attempted her I Look To You comeback in 09. Also, Madonna kills every female alive as a touring FORCE, but she only has 3 albums released in the last 10 years… This would only leave Mimi as every artist from the 60’s only pop up when a tribute is given or they have passed (I.e. James Brown). Even though Beyoncé, Katy, and Rihanna are the IT girls, their commercial success does not match the 80’s/90’s legends (Janet, Mariah, Madonna, Whitney, MJ, & Prince), as well as their careers are not as long (solo artist for B). So it makes sense, you just have to do a LOT of how, where, when, and who to get the answer LOL. Congrats.
PS: Watch the stan wars start in 5.4.3.2.1… (TGJ wrote this just to start it and pay some bills)
Thief beyonce new album sales arent that grand. Someone with so much exposure cant do Adele numbers Mariah has more #1s than thief beyonce she cant even sell 3 million in the US and worldwide sales arent that grand we still say thief beyonce 5th is a flop videos and all
Mariah has no power. #56k #lessthanciara #HASBEEN #FLOP #COW
omg ciara sold more! Ultimate DEATH!!
DEATH! 58k is more than what Whoredonna will sell… wait take that back, she’ll probably do another concert bundle #FreeCDs #YouSoundPressed
Ciara does a lot more without the use of payola *sips*
Sweetheart, Ciara can’t get Future to use a condom or book a stage! If he had Payola, he still wouldn’t get much further than Aaliyah on that runway *sips*
^and she’d still look better and pull nighas and spend their money like she been doing
#teamnodomesticviolence
#teambadbitch
And even with those stages ur faves highest first week is 100k below the princess
*breaks teacup*
Whoops
*plays ciara to the stage while the 7th man exits rihoebags motel*
DEATH! Riri is NO where under Ciflop’s goodies! As for Mariah, where was her big promo campaign? Cici took that same prerecorded track on EVERY show that let her flop ass get on stage and went everywhere to get those little sales. Sit down! If Rihanna and Mariah flop they can look back on legacies and millions of albums AND singles sold… Mariah can look back on hundreds of millions sold… WTF can Cici do besides book the preshow or an empty parking lot? *sips tea*
Why didn’t you post about Rihanna coming in at number 2 on the list I swear this site is sooo bias. If if where Beyonce at #2 I’m sure you would have mentioned it.
The Biggest Pop Star Of All Time Was/Is Michael Jackson.
@Mark111: Instead of done tryna find Beys impact why don’t ya search for Aaliyahs movie,cause we done know nobody go make her more important than she be lol
DESTINY’S CHILD IS NOT APART OF BEYONCE’S SOLO CAREER ROACHES!
they helped make her who she is
NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU STARTED
And this faggys & transsexuals is why Mariah is the baddest b****. Smokeandmirrorsyonce could never….
Seriously, I don’t see the point in bringing Beyonce’s name in a Mariah post. Let Mariah have her shine on this post, without Queen Bey being the center of attention like always. She has enough accolades including being “The Most powerful AND Influential Female Musician of the past years.
Congrats to MiMi, the legend!
Agreed. Everyone is just being shady little queens like always!
I love Miley but the fact that she is this high proves a point bout this list.. Rihanna above MJ and Whitney?lol s*** got scary…@Mark111: stop throwing shade u can’t back up..Make sure the plane u on is bigger than u carry ur baggage lol
Hey Sam, I know you love Beyonce but why is it that the hive like to use Destiny’s Child to inflate Beyonce’s “accomplishments?”, you never hear Michael Jackson using The Jackson 5, or Justin Timberlake using NO’Sync.
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Mariah Carey
Rihanna
Usher
The Beatles
Madonna
Janet Jackson
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Congratulations to all on the list, but most of all congratulations to Mariah Carey, who is the most successful female artist of all time. Best selling female artist of the soundscan era, 18 #1s, has written and produced ALL her hits, vocal powerhouse and Best selling female artist Ever.
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Also congratulations to Rihanna, in just 7 years you have achieved stardom that has taken many years to reach. You deserve all the success for all that you have accomplished due to hard work.
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Everyone else worked hard too and congrats to them too.
“NO’Sync” <—- Exactly!!!!!!!!
🙂
What kinda Rihanna fan? It’s been 9 years hasn’t it?
All that overblown hype about her being the “Queen”, yet when you look at the receipts, the biitch isn’t even in the top 10 of all time. I’ll just leave it at that lol.
7th top selling artist in MUSIC HISTORY! Keep trolling!!
Hmm… no. Beyonce is not top7 best selling artist of all time. That´s for sure. Or maybe you are just pulling a Rihanna and counting cheap digital singles sales, and not just what really counts, real album sales (and even in that case I doubt it).
@John I was referring to Mariah. #SIT
Maybe you need to SIT cause @SMH was obviously talking about Beyonce, not Mariah.
Of course Mariah will emerge triumphant, she has 18 no1 hits on the Hot 100,the most by a solo artist. And congrats to her and the lambs. Like I said Beyoncé is unbothered,she has countless records on her own. And like Stephy said, Michael Jackson is the biggest pop star of all time.
But if you were unbothered though, you wouldn’t keep copying and pasting your comment. We ALL know that B is first to get a 2x plaque, we saw the post and your comment. That’s enough.
Reread my 1st and 2nd comment and kindly show me where I copied and pasted the same thing.
Rewriting and adding a line from a psychotic f** is nothing but a copy and paste… if you were in school you would get failed for plagiarism.
First off Nazi u can’t compare 5 Albums to miss release a year forgettable trashs music which is garbage she can’t sing live.No body remembers rihanna s*** in Ten years forgettable junk like a certain some1 who died at 22
And let’s not at R**** microwavable song’s, we all know she jumped on whatever was hot at the moment. I respect Beyoncé for taking risks and releasing an R&B album at the height of EDM. She could have easily called Max Martin or Dr Luke if she wanted a number 1 hit.
Like I said, the hive more interested in outdoing Rihanna than their favs accomplishments.
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The songs people remember are HITS, that is not to say only #1s, I mean HITS, and if you look at Rihanna’s top 40 entries, her music WILL be remembered, whether you like it or not.
And so will Beyonces. Your point being?
Why do you need the hive approval? lol. When it’s all said and done Beyonce and Rihanna both have legacies. You guys go back and forth for no reason at all.
Congrats to Mariah, who deserves her spot. She was a force to be reckoned with in the 90’s and the 2000’s. Janet & Madonna get special props for being the only 2 living Pop Icons from the 80’s to still be a relevant force in music. Especially Janet, still holding her spot despite that blacklist. Say what you will about Rihanna, but fact remains that she has been a dominant force on the charts for almost 10 years consistently. And anyone who ever questions Usher’s supremacy over Justin Timberlake can kindly have several.
Sam, Bey’s name does not have to be mentioned in every post. No matter how hard people try to discredit Mariah, she has achieved so much. Also, she wrote most of her hits, she deserves the respect she gets. Also, for people trying to discredit Beyonce, you will always lose. She will go down as one of the greats, and if people want to call her a “queen” they can. I have saw that woman live, and she is absolutely amazing. In my opinion, you can have all the hits, but if you can’t sing or put on a decent show they mean nothing. Talent>>
LOL DEATH AT JAY Z’S S**** PLACING BELOW DIDDY! LMAO.
SHE BETTER CALL QUEEN RIRI FOR SOME HELP LOL!
#THATRIHANNAIMPACT
Mariah is a has been this list is the only thing she has managed to achieve unlike her flop album and marriage
Better a has been than a never was. Speaking of never was… Katy Perry vocal talent.
Never was… Katy Perry’s send writing talent.
*song*
Talking about flops… downloaded your free copy of of Prism yet on Google Play or are you above the age of 5? Katy’s didn’t even last half of Mariah’s so the self drag…
$hitty white trash Perry’s songs sound like nursery rhymes for re-tards.
This list is a load of bull.
Mariah The Queen of R&B Pop
Why Oh Why, do I keep seeing people say stuff like “Forgettable hits” or “No one will remember those hits”??? Who in the hell remembers all 20 of The Beatles number 1 hits besides BEATLES FANS?!?!?!? Every artist that achieves multiple #1’s like that have forgettable hits. No everyone is gonna remember all them damn hits. #1’s are based off of what was the most popular song of that certain week in USA (or whatever country you live in). Does not necessarily mean, it was one of the biggest songs in history.
Didn’t Beyonce already Top TIMES most Influential already?
The fact that JANET is infront of her brother LMAOOO. Who takes this list serious. Where did they pull this from their asses? Let Navy celebrate. This list is clearly stupid! How is the KING OF POP so low down?
He hasn’t made music since 2001, and the self drag… weren’t you stanning when TIME Magazine wrote that powerful article on Beyoncé? #Sit
MJs new album has already outsold Mariahs and he is DEAD and BURIED. Next>>>>
AND? He is benefiting from a death spike and is the King of Pop. That still does not take away from Mariah. You have yet to dispute why shading Mimi is going to take away from MJ.
Fyi: DEAD and BURIED MJ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beyoncé
Where did I take away from Mariah? The list is based on SINGLEs alone hence why its mess. Just deal. And why are you obsessed with Beyonce? No where is she mentioned here.
Rihanna wasn’t mentioned yet you brough her up, and the list isn’t based on singles, it’s based off of eras.
Ok mooyonce/beehov. You’re just mad cos I shaded the g****. I see.
It said modtv”enduring”. Michael n whit kinda opted out of that category. #noshade
I’m just gonna put this out there…
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Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (Song) did not go number 1. Hell, it didn’t even reach top 3!! But, that song is more memorable & iconic than ANY Mariah, Rihanna, Beyonce, Madonna or any other pop star song in HISTORY!
Well this is true peak position means nothing its the impact the song has.
Not trying to argue but All I want for Christmas is as Iconic and memorable as thriller. Thriller was iconic not for the song but for the visuals and dance and video.
This is very true! Hmmm, I think you have a point there. But, the album still sold 70+ milion & the single still sold 10+ million (digital & Physical)… So, I still stand by my words that THRILLER is bigger!
Elvis Presley and MJ are the biggest stars ever to walk this earth.
And why are Britney and Beyonce so low. This list is a mess! No credibility at all.
Just mad cause Icky Garbage could NEVER be on a list like this.
You must didn’t read carefully huh?
“Who’s Lovin’ You” By Michael Jackson is more memorable than most of these pop stars #1 hits tbh… This song is covered in more singing competition shows than most songs. Despite, being released in 1970!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bR4L0Y94AQ&hd=1
Yaaass Congrats true great Mariah Carey!
Anyway, why is Sam making the post about Mariah and Beyonce… when Beyonce is not even like top 10??? LMAO The obsession
I wonder how they came to this conclusion. This list is very strange.
Oh and btw the list is useless. It is only based on singles success from what I understand, which makes it irrelevant. If it were a mix of singles success and album success or other things it would be different and kind of respectable (and of course useless artists like Rihanna or Akon or Katy Perry wouldn´t be anywhere to be seen 🙂 )
PS: still shocked at how Sam wrote this post, making it seem like it is surprising that Mariah carey beat Beyonce at something LOL Reality check is needed 🙂
Why do Rihanna fans refer to Bey as Jay’s s****, are you kidding me? Bey had a career before she started dating him. Meanwhile Jay just let Rih take a break after working her like q dog for almost 9 years straight. Rih had a 360 deal, don’t get it twisted. But, congrats to her she has achieved a lot at a young age.
Oh I see its all about Hot 100s. LOL. Pretty irrelevant because in no way shape or form is Rihanna superior to 90% of the people below her on the list. Congrats to Mariah though.
Exactly!
Yawn. This is no shade to Mariah but call me when its not just about singles. This is why these lists are irrelevant because no one analyzes pop stars this way. Its about overall legacy not just singles success.
Well I assume Mariah will still be in the top 5 when it’s about Legacy or album sales or talent.
Yep. Thats why I specifically said its no shade to her.
The list is based on the hot 100, Mariah have most #1 singles for a solo artist and the most in a short time, i believe, she deserves the #1 spot on this one.
Death at Rihanna,Mariah, Katy and Ludacris being above Overrated Beyonce.
They are above Britney, MJ and Elvis also. This list is based on singles only. Its totally stupid why you have to single out Beyonce.
Beyonce gets the most hype why not single out the overrated b****
She only gets the most hype because you see it that way. Don’t be mad! It only makes you look pressed.
DEEEEEEATH @ This Non Factor Biitch Stan. #CIRRELEVANT
Only on lists like these will you find Ludacris in front of The Rolling Stones lmfao. Mess.
Mad bcos ur fav didnt even make it to top ten.
My fave is not on the list at all. And shes still a legend with much more respect than Rihanna could ever have even with these pointless rankings. So no Im not mad, save that for children.
The only thing the beyhive talk about is beyonce theatrics shows. Beside shaking ass what will beyonce be rememberd for? I can sit in my room and listen to mariah old songs & get my life back without having her shake her ass for me.
Those “theatric” shows will be apart of her legacy! She is known as the greatest entertainer of this generation and she has plenty of meaningful songs through out her discography. It’s just with this current wave of generic singers/songs,makes it hard for some artist to to the charts. Alot of Beyonce’s songs will be remembered over alot of these basic #1 singles. 😉
Congratulations MiMi i find it hilarious the self proclaimed King Bey couldn’t even make top 10 with all the hyping up her s***** stans do you’d think Beyonce would slaughter everyone she can’t even get past basic perry kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Death. You’re so pressed by the Hive.
Sweety you have uggly as your gravatar and you stan for 57kara.. The nerve
Times already crowned Bey most influential last year. Don’t see what the big deal is. Singles sales is not what makes you a legend. Congrats to everyone though!
Wow a magazine influential article def makes you a legend….
But did I say that though?
Congrats to all the talented artists on the list. Rihanna’s points come from her single sales and #1 singles. I don’t understand how her basic ass beat MJ, Whitney and several others. oh well
Stay pressed! i dont understand how thiefyonce won 17grammy when statistics shows her ass is more basic than katy perry
Are u serious? Beyonce has won grammys because she’s a talented singer. Her musis is worthy of grammys. She will also sweep the grammys in a few months with this new album..
DEATH@ you sayin Bey is more basic than Katy perry. I cant. She’s a 30 year old op star making music for children and hasn’t been awarded a grammy yet! 😀
Clearly this point system is flawed if damn Katy Perry is above Elton john.. i can’t
Mariah Carey’s biggest hit is not even a #1 hit nor a top 20 hit for that matter.
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“All I Want For Christmas Is You” is her biggest hit worldwide! With sales that stands over 14,000,000+ singles sold WW. This X-Mas song will be the biggest & most memorable song of her entire career.
Have you noticed Beyonce’s vocal damage? I now see why she is lip syncibg a lot lately, if you see her XO performance at the Brits and her recent VMA performance, you can hear her heading to Alicia Keys vocal damage territory.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QXm_EPB37p0
Yea, Beyonce voice has dropped an octave or two since 2011 (post baby). She can still sing tho. I think?
Have u noticed Rihjection still cannot still carry a tune!!!!!!! SHCOKER!!!!! Bey’s voice is not damaged, it’s just dat she now has a more deep mature voice with more texture to it, it actually has made her singing more emotive, look at her singing resentment on the on the run tour…… She is not concerned with hitting d highest note but conveying actual emotion..
If this list was album sales too, Mariah would still be top 5, only behind the biggest men to do it.
Saying it’s bs only hurts other artists, not her. She pulled her weight with BOTH.
I like the part where the article mentions Beyonce’s last hit was in 2008, what was that, single ladies?
Beyonce’s last hit was in 2014. Drunk in Love. That single will be remembered over the monster and all the other meaningless singles Rih/katy has put out. #Surfboard get into it 😉
Drunk in love only entered the top 5 because of streaming. It is sort of a hit, not a hit honey.
LOL sort of a hit? When everyone was quoting “Watermelon” and “Surfbort”? Who even remembers The monster? kii DIL’s chart position was due to airplay, streams AND sales. Plus Bey was promoting like your faves HAVE to do.
Wtf is ‘sort of a hit’. No ones here for your random definitions. It was hit. End of story. Catchy lyrics, played everywhere and loved by the majority.
*wasn’t promoting
Sam, you’re full of s***. This had nothing to do with Beyonce. I see you’ve forgotten the past.
What Mariah’s doing now does not discredit the accumulation for 24 years.
Not surprised to see Beyonce getting dragged. When you have crazy fans like hers that always make it seem like she’s better then everyones fav & putting other artists down when she cannot even out do Katy Perry on a list.
Where is the all time queen of gays thiefyonce on the list? The fact that her tired ass didnt even crack the top ten! Lmao. Now statistics speaks.
Congrats to Queen M. To think that 18 of her #1’s are HER SONGS, 17 Where Co-written and Co-produced by her speaks volumes. Rihanna being second is a joke, all those features shouldn’t count.
No lies detected!
Convenient that Madonna, Whitney, etc inflate their album sales by counting those shipments from before the soundscan era.
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I believe if this was album sales, Mariah would be either #1 or top 3.
Its ok boo. RIAA is counted as their sales. Shipments was the only way back in the slavery days.
Instead of the hive getting mad at people’s comments go get your fav another hit its a damn shame she only got 1 top 10/20 hit on her last album.
Beyonce has basic album and single sales.
And instead of worrying about the Hive, go purchase Me. i am. The elisive flop. But then everyone know you’re not a real Mariah stan away.
That b**** keeps using my name. It’s a C-Error stan in disguise
Cool. Congrats Mariah!
Resorting to calling me a “psychotic f**” since you failed to show me what and where I copied and pasted the same thing, proves you’re nothing but a pathetic lifeless troll looking to start a keypad war,just to fill that empty void in your life. This conversation is over and you’re now #dismissed from my comment section. Now beat it!
Beyonce owns ya’ll! kii Out of all the names on the list everyone is worrying about Queen Bey. lmaooo
Why can’t the queen own the hot 100?
The same way your “Icon” can’t scan above 500k,let alone 300k in 1st week sales?
Because her music isn’t generic enough, like your faves 😉
DEATH! So now some want to run with TIMES rankings like the gospel but when its Beyonce topping their lists it is ‘irrelevant’.
I aint mad though, its funny. Everyone already knows ConveyerBeltANNAH tops most with the quantity of singles.
Mariah has the best voice of ALL TIME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0cE5WwZS0c
beyonce’s voice is an average voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbX0D_oI8EE
Mariah Carey would still be on this list (Top 7) even with Album Sales added…
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USA ALBUM SALES ONLY!
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Mariah Carey: 1990 (9,000,000+)
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Emotions: 1991 (4,000,000+)
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Mtv Unplugged: 1992 (3,000,000+)
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Music Box: 1993 (10,000,000+) <—- DIAMOND
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Merry Christmas: 1994 (5,000,000+)
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Daydream: 1995 (10,000,000+) <— DIAMOND
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Butterfly: 1997 (5,000,000+)
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#1’s: 1998 (5,000,000+)
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Rainbow: 1999 (3,000,000+)
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Glitter: 2001 (1,000,000+)
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Greatest Hits: 2001 (1,000,000+)
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Charm-bracelet: 2002 (1,000,000+)
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The Remixes: 2003 (200,000+)
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The Emancipation Of Mimi: 2005 (6,000,000+)
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E=MC2: 2008 (1,000,000+)
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Memoirs Of Angel: 2009 (500,000+)
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Merry Christmas Too You: 2010 (500,000+)
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Elusive FLOPtuese: 2014 (100,000+) <—- FLOP FLOP FLOP
My dear educate the illitetate behives
I hate that emancipation sold 6 million+ based on your Wikipedia #s, that’s her absolute worst album. Worst than Glitter. It survived off of we belong together.
These numbers are from RIAA babe. Wikipedia is only used (by me) for Worldwide sales!!! Since, there is no REAL way of calculating WW sales to a T. Here’s my receipts babe… —-> http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
RIAA, so these are shipments? Count Soundscan, Mariah’s figures are larger.
Yes, they are shipments. Mariah has shipped a good 65 million albums & SOLD a good 56 million albums (soundscan). Not including, BMG club album sales & independent album store sales.
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Her RETAIL sales are still bigger than any FEMALE artist. With Celine Dion @ number 2.
Why is Celine @ #2 that woman is over hyped, and overrated IMO.
I have no idea tbh… Her music is very boring & stale. She is very political correct & liked by many people. In her prime, she could BLOW. But, her voice & music does NOTHING for me. SHe has not had a hit single since like 1998. She a HUGE album seller tho. She actually has 1 album to sell over 10+ million in the Soundscan era. But, Mariah still beats her. Despite, Celine having 123p48901230498127402 albums.
+ she sells 300,000k+ albums in back catalogue in the USA alone every year.AIWFCIY alone sells over 300k downloads in the US every year.Couple that with the amount of airplay AIWFCIY,Hero,ABMB,WBT and Fantasy get every year.This woman can flop however she wants because she’s set for eternity
Rihanna and Mariah has more #1s then overrated beyonce whos flop album only sold a measly 2million.. I mean damn only 2 mill really b****. Tgj asked if thiefyonce cld do Adele numbers well hell no.
This stale shade^
If Adele does 21 numbers nearly 2 decade’s into her career,then talk. Till >>>>>_/_/_/_/_/
Beyoncé has been longer than Adele in the business and she doesn’t have a diamond-certified album. The self drag!
Rihanna’s SOLO career is 2005-2014 ,NINE years,POSITION NR 2
Beyonce’s SOLO career is 2002-2014 ,TWELVE YEARS, POSITION NR 15
Beyonce’s solo career began in 2003 sweety. So that’s eleven years, while Rihanna is approaching ten with MORE albums AND singles.. nice try 😉
This stale shade^
If Adele does 21 numbers nearly 2 decade’s into her career,then talk. Till then >>>>>_/_/_/_/_/
Wow this list is stupid. Don’t nobody care about this s*** in real life. You have people like Katy in front of Marvin Gaye.
Who eliminates everything that counts towards success and legacy besides singles?
Mariah is #1 but she can BACK IT UP in other avenues unlike people like Rihanna, Akon and Katy Perry.
Brandy hasn’t had a hit since 2002
Exactly my point in my first comment. At least the #1 (Mariah) deserves it. Those others wouldn´t be here if this were a serious list.
Mariah is good for a throwback 🙂
Katy Perry was never good. That´s for sure.
Katy is good for………*tumbleweeds*
A Katy Payola Stan trying to throw shade? Have you downloaded your FREE copy of Prism off of Google Play yet?
But weren’t you JUST stanning for Katy? Baby you are a kii kii
I’m still in tears!!! …
Best Kiiiiii this year.
Your fave is ahead of Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Barbara Streisand etc on an irrelevant list based on cheap $1 singles and your pressed like a pavement gum about Yonce.
I like that the hive are pressed at this list when even if we were counting album sales, Beyonce still wouldn’t even top this list, hell she can’t even outdo Britney Spears.
Where is Britney now?? kii
Polishing her diamond plaques.
When will she polish A plaque for S****** Jean???
NO S****** AND RIHJECTION ARE TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO SING AND DANCE FROM BLUE IVY AND NORTH WEST….. ALL TO NO AVAIL… DEATH!!!!!! P.S WHY HASN’T ANYONE EVER REFERRED TO RIHJECT AS THE GREATEST CURRENT ENTERTAINER,EVEN S****** HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS DAT BUT NEVER RIHJECTION DEATH!!!!
because rihanna isnt the greatest current entertainer she is the biggest popstar on the planet, which she has been referred to numerous times
So has Beyonce though.
Beyonce should better hold on to shaking her tired ass and weave togther with those divorce rumours, cos thsts the only thing keeping her relevant. I like the fact that it was boldly pointed out that her last hit was in 2008.
LOL Beyonce will always be relevant. Even when she doesn’t have new music out, the blogs, media, fans and HATERS are checking for her. Her album didn’t go 2x platinum for nothing. Others struggle even with meaningless #1 singles. You know your fave the stiff p**** patting yodeler! BYE
Your fav have to fake divorce story just to sell concert ticket. So much for being relevant when statistics finally proves she is more basic than miley cyrus.
How do statistics prove that?
Well,this list is pretty irrelevant if you ask me.Well,at least Mariah’s legacy is not dependant on accolades thrown her way by magazines
Ur fav is being thrown fake accolades. 17 grammy with no memorable hit. She cant sell both songles and alhit. Behive pls get ur fav a legendary hit plssssss
Beyonce has more memorable non #1s than 70% of Rihanna #1s
though. And theres nothing fake about those accolades. They are all real honey.
Grrrrrrl…none of my favs has 17 Grammys,so bye
The Roaches does the most on the net except click that purchase button so that your “queen” can finally have a #1 hit. Say what you want, but she needs to go back to her shady ass father, cause he had the world knowing when Beyoncé is here on every format. I’m really questioning those album sales cause something isn’t adding up. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pepsi bought most of those albums, seeing how Samsung bought a million of her no good camel last album.
*Polishes Beyonce Multiplatinum #1 albums* How many of those does Rihfund have?
Tell my why pepsi didn’t purchase her singles since they’re cheaper?
What doesn’t add up is al those #1s yet you’re still getting outdone by Beyonce albums. Hmmm.
@LovelyBird, why you don’t like that album??? It had some gems on it like…
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1.) We Belong Together
2.) Its Like That
3.) Get Your Number
4.) Mine Again
5.) Stay The Night
6.) Circles
7.) Fly Like A Bird
8.) So Lonely (One & Only) Pt. 1
9.) Don’t Forget About Us
10.) I Wish You Knew
11.) Making It Last All Night
12.) Sprung Over You
13.) I Should Be Your Girl
14.) Joy Ride
15.) When I Feel It
16.) So Lonely (One & Only) Pt. 2
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Those are my favs from that ALBUM SESSION (some songs are outtakes)… It was/still is her most solid album/era of the 2000s
I only liked we belong together and circles, otherwise I felt it was a horrible album compared to what Marian is capable of.
Mariah*
Dang, REALLY?! Well, I guess I can respect that. I LOVED it & so did AMERICA!
The fact that these bxtches are so worried about Beyonces position shows how irrelevant it is. NEXT>>>>
I hate how she sings in Mine Again…Personally,it’s not better than Elusive Chanteuse but We Belong Together,Fly Like A Bird,Circles and It’s Like That rank very high in my all-time favorites list
@stephy
Her voice was already damaged by that point. But, she carried it very well… Mine Again is a personal fav from many people from that album. Melody, lyrics & rawness (piano, live band & voice). I think is which why (and me) many people like that song.
I wanna see the receipts *in my Whitney Houston voice* The Mrs Carter Show was a worldwide success without her courting an controversy,unlike your fave who gets sheet foiled between Drake and Chris Brown’s d***, n*** pic’s on Instagram, get into petty twars in order to stay relevant.
@Stephy are we finally in agreement that Butterfly is Mariah’s best album to date?
Yes, it is her best album. I love it. Listening to it right now! “Babydoll” is like heaven to my ears! But, its not her best VOCALLY! EMOTIONS & DEBUT is her best VOCALLY
I don’t think this list is very important at all. Stuff like this confuses people as to what makes a true legend. I don’t see people like Tina, Aretha or Prince on that list. Yet you have Akon, Ludacris and Katy Perry there. Its the reason why the music industry doesn’t know what a real ‘slay’ is these days. They think its about the amount of entries you have or airplay not how charismatic or talented you are.
Demi Lovato credits Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé with ‘revolutionising our generation’s view of what beautiful is’
I really credit women like Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian, [they] completely revolutionized what our generation’s view of perception of what beautiful is and I really think that they had a huge impact on that.
‘You can think whatever you want about the Kardashians, but they really did help tons of women feel comfortable in their own skin and I like to carry that message on.’
The pop star said any red carpet now shows the shift.
‘Look at J.Lo, look at Scarlett Johansson, Sophia Vergara, Beyoncé – who I don’t really consider human, she is more like a goddess – they have amazing figures it’s more realistic and achievable.’
USHER THE KING!!!
Some of her notes on “TEOM” are stronger than other albums..
Did anyone expect any less from the Goddess of Vocals? The Songbird Supreme will always sit above the rest of the peasants.
Goddess of Vocals! The Voice! Queen of Vocals. ALL BELONG TO WH! #LIES U TELL
Mariah got there without having another artist on 70% of her chart toppers. But besides that, the list is pretty pointless. They should have called it something different like ‘most successful artists in singles’ because the title does not pertain to its content at all.
I passed this post earlier and witness THIS EPIC HOT SHIITY FOOLERY @ ITS BEST list. WTFFFFF. So Time had the nutts to put R****, Luda and Usher over Rolling Stones, Madonna, KING B, Whitney, MJ, Elton, Em, Elvis and Celine???????????????????? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I’ve had my best laugh n years HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I see Time has focus on #1s and not Epic Talent kii kii kii. Not even successful longevity. I feel like I’m @ The Laugh Factory LMFAOOOO
A** looking Ni99er..
Kii Kii You sound upset that my black ass >>>>>>>> your mother’s posseum face kii kii
okay i have definitely had it sam. all this beyonce non sense. you don’t mention rihanna but bey? keep sucking her nutsack, shell never give your unprofessional ass website an interview, not matter how much brown nosing you do.
Thriller alone had more impact and bigger sales than Mariah Carey’s entire career. How exactly is she in front of him? Even a MJ copycat like Usher is ahead of him? Rihanna? What a joke! Just this fact puts TIMES’ diarrhea in form of list into the toilet bowl of irrelevance.
This is based on Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10. I’m done. Can I flush this s*** now?
* sound of s*** sinking like Battleshit sank on Box Office *
P.S Weeks on any chart =/= impact.
battleship pulled in more than half the titles by your fave…and why is the BBH 100 irrelevant? when its the measure by which every artist bases their careers?
Had it been Beyoncé, you’d be peeing your pants.
OBJECTION! First things first (I’m the realest), let’s analyze what they SAID: “Want to know how Beyoncé compares to Elvis when it comes to generating hit songs? Here’s the definitive ranking of the King, Queen and 48 other singers who have scored a top ten hit on the Billboard charts since 1960.”
# 101 READING A BASIC STATEMENT #
– “How Beyoncé compares to Elvis when it comes to generating hit songs?”
Comparing Beyoncé to Elvis. From all the other singers they could compare the King of Rock… IMPACT CHECK.
– “Here’s the definitive ranking of the King, Queen and 48 other singers”
Calling Beyoncé QUEEN. IMPACT CHECK.
– “…48 other singers”
Other singers not even mentioned… LACK OF IMPACT CHECK.
– ” who have scored a top ten hit on the Billboard charts since 1960″
Using an IRRELEVANT chart to make a list;
Point system =/= sales and airplay;
Sales and airplay =/= MOST SUCCESSFUL and ENDURING;
Overlook the fact songs have been charting longer this decade than used to be, like, decades ago.
My veredict: TIME found guilty of making a IRRELEVANT list lacking of GOOD SENSE, LOGIC, AND TASTE. TGJ is also guilty as charged for reading but not comprehend a BASIC PAPER, and making a big deal over it, like always. Anyone making a big deal over this s***, trying to attack KING BEE, is a stan of a SINGLE ARTIST. CASE CLOSED.
the delusion.
The truth
Yessssss Gilberto! Case Muthafawkin Closed kii kii
Love how people are all this list isnt relevant just because they it isnt exactly how they wanted it or didnt place their fave in the right position truth is it didnt lie…yes its based on singles which like it or not are the foundation of any popstar. Take whitney, madonna, mj…the general public especially the new generation doesnt know from what album any of their classics are from all they know is that an mj song rocks today as it it 15 years ago. like it or not singer are remembered for the songs not albums…20 years from now people wont be going out to buy a bey or rihanna album…they will hear one of their songs sampled on a new hit and go out to find the original track
and when it comes to world wide recognition Celine>>Whitney>>>>>>>>>Mariah
the USA isnt the world
and put them on a stage today (if whitney hadnt gone so sooon), vocally and performance wise Celine>>>>Whitney>>>>>>>>Mariah
Whitney’s vocal damage when she was alive was far worse than Mariah’s. Shut up!
Kudos to Mariah!
Congrats to Mariah! This is a FACT! She has endured
a long time. She is music.
#NuffSaid
@memo Mariah,Britney, Alanis Morissette, Nora Jones are all flops with diamond album sale’s, so miss me with that ish. Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Bob Marley don’t have diamond certified album’s, so bye …._/
Deal with Mariah being an icon despite her flop album.
And you’ll deal with Mariah being Cirrelevant’s lesser.
I can’t BELIEVE Time released this Tragic Mess.I think they were in the stage of organizing the list and somebody released it prematurely. Thats the only real logic I see when T Pain is ahead of pioneers! @Blue…..Miss us with THE EPIC BULLSHIIT. Singles aren’t the foundation to a popstar. Its longevity and success. I could careless where my my fav places in this lisy, because its obvious lacking Reality. The people that are still getting talked about today are more than singles. It was their talent and body of work that made them stand the test of time. The Most Enduring Singer would be MJ!
I think Time should’ve just called this Most Successful Singers of The Hot 100 Era. Most Enduring and Successful Singers of All Time is very misleading!!!! Some of this biitches wouldn’t be present, if it was Most Enduring and Successful Singers of all time. That’s the only reason why R**** can make a list next to Icons, are due to hit singles. That’s all she has. She’s next to people that have sold 50 to 100 millions of albums and they reached those numbers with less albums kii kii. While shes barely around 30 million sold WW. And the US, its a Massacre!! #THE FOOLERY
The title for this list is very misleading. Quite insulting to the real greats placed below the likes of Rihanna, even not on there at all.
The list is just s random, but I can deal with Mimi taking the #1 spot ahead of Bey.
Mariah’s life is quite the rollcoaster yet she has always managed to come back on top. Those #1 songs… and THAT christmas song we get to deal with every year. Mariah is the diva, the true hustler.
out of ALL the rest, Mariah Carey is the best!