Newsday from New York, New York • 84

Music ly 38 Carey has been in the business for 18 years and At on! music racked up more No 1 singles than any rock-era artists except The Beatles A No 2 at hitting No 1 With her current single "Touch My topping the charts Mariah Carey notches her 18th No 1 single putting her in second place among all artists in the rock era only two behind The Beatles How many ofthese do you remember? (We offer some' On a roll since her 'Emancipation' in 2005 the Greenlawn native hopes her winning formula continues with JEMC2' 0990 four weeks at No 1): Big ballad Realize the duh-ream 'last Mss IhnsT (1990 three weeks): Big ballad Not Whitney OK? "SsoMday" 0991 two weeks): Dancey sorta Ooh ooh someday 1 Daol Wanna Cry" (1991 two weeks): Big 1 ballad Acoustic guitar plinking Tamtiaa 0991 three weeks): Funky sorta Dog whistle scream 'Tala ThanT 0992 two weeks): Michael Jackson remake Cute unplugged 'Vraaadaaai 0993 eight weeks): Midtempo Dreamlover come rescue me HawT 0993 four weeks): Big ballad See the tuh-ruth upcoming "Hard Candy" album later this month seem tiny by 0995 eight weeks): Dancey Poppy "Genius of Love" "One Banal Day" (1995 16 weeks): Sorry I is saying "No really I am that was no fluke" says Ann Donahue the Billboard senior editor who interviewed Carey for the trade current cover story was the never told you "Manys Bally 0996 four weeks): Do doo do doodoo down 0997 two weeks): Hip-hoppish Diddv Mariah on fiah MP 0998 one week): Big ballad Remix was better Haartkraikar" 0999 two weeks): Only with more Jigga 1 1 Fsand Yan 2000 one week): What a difference a hit makes When Carey rolled out "The Emancipation of Mimi" in 2005 after a run of underperforming albums everyone was for more cautious gatekeepers all taking a wait-and-see attitude That album became a multiplatinum maun thfmgh and now it seems everyone is junyinon wagon foster than you can say "We Belong Together" the kind of launch that been seen in the music industry in years one that makes the recent campaign for Carey's labehnate Janet Jackson or for Madonna's out ptMfOur music 4IEWSD BY GLENN GAMBOA gtenngafnboanewsdaycom et ready for Mariah mania In case you've missed Mariah Carey onMTVs premiere party for "The or on the charity event "Idol Gives Bade" or "Saturday Night Live" or on the new heavy- rotation Macys ad the singer would like you to know she has a new alhum (Island Def Jam) in stores on Tuesday be on Oprah Win- frey Monday and back on TdoT Wednesday to re- mind you in case the countless airings of her new Na 1 single "Toudi My Body" on radio and the video channel somehow doesn't i t'uiuc i i 8 No 1 videos 3 blog Pass' 1 --Jm AYCOM BACKSTAGE (2005 14 weeks): Oh babybaby we of the year whenitcame out and she and her people anticipate that this album could be in the running for this year willing to do whatever it Island Def Jam Musk Group chairman Antonio Reid says Carey is driven by her (2005 two weeks): Smooth RfitB Speaking from experi-uh-ooh-unce GAMBOA Vote for favorite Mariah No 1 song at i A1 fc kl- I 1 5 5 UJ 'U frl.