149-516: Mariah Carey ( / m ə ˈ r aɪ ə / ; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records , she is known for her five-octave vocal range , melismatic singing style and signature use of the whistle register . As an influential figure in music , she was ranked as the fifth greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her self-titled debut album and became
298-411: A Grammy Global Impact Award , 10 American Music Awards , 19 World Music Awards and 20 Billboard Music Awards . Carey's high-charting singles include " One Sweet Day " and " We Belong Together " – Billboard' s most successful songs of the 1990s and 2000s , respectively. She holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and
447-414: A Hit Albums book following two years later. In 1975, Parker Brothers marketed a board game, The Guinness Game of World Records , based on the book. Players compete by setting and breaking records for activities such as the longest streak of rolling dice before rolling doubles, stacking plastic pieces, and bouncing a ball off alternating sides of a card, as well as answering trivia questions based on
596-553: A cameo appearance in Adam Sandler 's film You Don't Mess with the Zohan , playing herself. Since the album's release, Carey had planned to embark on an extensive tour in support of E=MC² . However, the tour was suddenly cancelled in early December 2008. Carey later stated that she had been pregnant during that time period and suffered a miscarriage, prompting the tour's cancellation. On January 20, 2009, Carey performed "Hero" at
745-539: A "career re-defining" song for Carey, after a relatively unsuccessful period and a point when many critics had considered her career over. Music critics heralded the song as her "return to form," as well as the "return of The Voice," while many felt it would revive "faith" in Carey's potential as a balladeer . "We Belong Together" broke several records in the United States and became Carey's sixteenth chart topper on
894-635: A "made-for-television act of pop culture redemption". In July 2018, Carey embarked on a new Las Vegas residency, The Butterfly Returns , which received critical acclaim. Its first 12 shows in 2018 grossed $ 3.6 million, with dates later extending into 2019 and 2020. Following the residency, Carey embarked on her Mariah Carey: Live in Concert tour in Asia and returned to Europe with her All I Want for Christmas Is You concert series. In September 2018, Carey announced plans to release her fifteenth studio album later in
1043-458: A "performance train wreck." She said her inability to hear the music without in-ear auditory feedback caused the mishap. Carey's representatives and Dick Clark Productions placed blame on each other. On February 3, 2017, Carey released the single " I Don't " featuring YG . Later that month, she voiced the Mayor of Gotham City in the animated film The Lego Batman Movie . In July 2017, Carey made
1192-565: A "vocal Tour de force". Carey's live version of "I'll Be There" became her sixth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Sony capitalized on its success and released it as an extended play (EP). It earned a triple-Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and earned Gold and Platinum certifications in several European markets. After Emotions failed to achieve
1341-477: A bevy of producers other than Afanasieff, such as Sean Combs , Q-Tip , Missy Elliott and Jean Claude Oliver and Samuel Barnes from Trackmasters . Butterfly was released on September 10, 1997, and introduced a more subdued style of singing, with critics noting Carey's incorporation of breathy vocals . Some viewed her lack of propensity to use her upper range as a sign of maturity, while others questioned whether it forebode waning vocal prowess. The music video for
1490-480: A big lesson from that." She signed a contract with Island Records , valued at more than $ 24 million, and launched the record label MonarC . Carey's father, Alfred Roy, with whom she had had little contact since childhood, died of cancer that year. Her song "Sunflowers for Alfred Roy" from Charmbracelet is dedicated to his memory. In 2002, she was cast in the independent film WiseGirls alongside Mira Sorvino and Melora Walters , who co-starred as waitresses at
1639-511: A branch that keeps records for popular video game high scores, codes and feats in association with Twin Galaxies . The Gamer's Edition contains 258 pages, over 1,236 video game related world records and four interviews including one with Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day . Editions were published for the years 2008 through 2020, with the 2009 edition in hardcover. The 2025 edition is the first since 2020. The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles
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#17327800718781788-465: A cameo in the comedy film Girls Trip and embarked on a tour with Lionel Richie, titled, All the Hits Tour . She was also featured in the official remix for French Montana 's single " Unforgettable ", alongside Swae Lee . In October 2017, Carey released a new soundtrack single, " The Star ", for the movie of the same name She also voiced a hen named Rebecca in the film. The song was nominated for
1937-483: A collaboration with her longtime writing partner, Walter Afanasieff. She instead chose to work with David Foster and Diane Warren . " Heartbreaker " and " Thank God I Found You " both topped the Billboard Hot 100, while her rendition of Phil Collins ' " Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) " with Irish boy band Westlife became her second number-one song on the UK charts. Rainbow was released on November 2, 1999, to
2086-565: A cover of Foreigner 's " I Want to Know What Love Is ", broke airplay records in Brazil. The song spent 27 weeks atop the Brasil Hot 100 , making it the longest running song in the chart's history. On December 31, 2009, Carey embarked on her seventh concert tour, Angels Advocate Tour , which visited the United States and Canada and ended on September 26, 2010. A planned remix album of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel , titled Angels Advocate ,
2235-447: A departure from her allegiance to pop and gravitated heavily towards R&B and hip hop . Critically, the album was described as Carey's best to date. The New York Times named it one of 1995's best albums and wrote it "brings R&B candy-making to a new peak of textural refinement ... Carey's songwriting has taken a leap forward and become more relaxed, sexier and less reliant on thudding clichés." Its lead single, " Fantasy ", became
2384-458: A duet with John Legend titled " When Christmas Comes ", originally part of Merry Christmas II You . On March 1, 2012, Carey performed at New York City 's Gotham Hall; her first time performing since her pregnancy. She also performed a three-song set at a special fundraiser for US President Barack Obama held in New York's Plaza Hotel. A new song titled "Bring It On Home", which Carey wrote for
2533-527: A duet with Tony Bennett for his Duets II album, titled "When Do The Bells Ring For Me?", and re-recorded "All I Want for Christmas Is You" with Justin Bieber as a duet for his Christmas album, Under the Mistletoe . In November that year, Carey was included in the remix to the mixtape single "Warning" by Uncle Murda ; the remix also features 50 Cent and Young Jeezy . Later that month, Carey released
2682-568: A fact-finding agency in London. The twin brothers were commissioned to compile what became The Guinness Book of (Superlatives and now) Records, in August 1954. A thousand copies were distributed for free to pubs across Britain and Ireland as a promotional asset for the Guinness brand, and they became immensely popular with customers. After the founding of The Guinness Book of Records office at
2831-522: A female artist with the most number-one singles in the chart's history. Though a commercial success, Butterfly failed to reach the commercial heights of her previous albums, Music Box and Daydream . After concluding her Butterfly World Tour , Carey participated in the VH1 Divas benefit concert on April 14, 1998, where she sang alongside Aretha Franklin , Celine Dion , Shania Twain , Gloria Estefan , and Carole King . Carey began conceptualizing
2980-575: A female producer (15), spending a record 93 weeks atop the chart . Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the United States and 10th overall, with 75 million certified album units . Carey was born on March 27, 1969, in Huntington, New York . Her name is derived from the song " They Call the Wind Maria ", originally from the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon . She is the youngest of three children born to Patricia (née Hickey),
3129-527: A film project All That Glitters , later re-titled to simply Glitter (2001), and wrote songs for other projects, such as Men in Black (1997) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). After Glitter fell into developmental hell , Carey postponed the project and began writing material for a new album. Sony Music executives insisted she prepare a greatest hits collection in time for
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#17327800718783278-525: A former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of both African-American and Afro-Venezuelan lineage. The last name "Carey" was adopted by her Venezuelan grandfather, Francisco Núñez, after he emigrated to New York. Patricia's family disowned her for marrying a black man. Racial tensions prevented the Carey family from integrating into their community. While they lived in Huntington, their neighbors poisoned
3427-623: A guest role voicing as a redneck character on the adult animated series American Dad! . In February 2013, Carey recorded and released a song called " Almost Home ", for the soundtrack of The Walt Disney Studios film Oz the Great and Powerful . The video was directed by photographer David LaChapelle . For her 14th album, she worked with producers including DJ Clue? , Randy Jackson , Q-Tip, R. Kelly , David Morales , Afanasieff, Dupri, The-Dream , and Da Brat . Carey told Billboard : "It's about making sure I have tons of good music, because at
3576-543: A holiday standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season. By October 2017, it had become the 11th best-selling single in history with over 16 million copies sold worldwide. Carey's fifth studio album, Daydream , found her consolidating creative control over her career, leading to tensions with Columbia. Songs from her prior two albums had been primarily shaped by Mottola's conceptualization of what Carey should sound like, as innocent and wholesome tracks dominated by her vocal performance. Daydream featured
3725-667: A huge number of world records. The organisation employs record adjudicators to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records. Following a series of owners, the franchise has been owned by the Jim Pattison Group since 2008, with its headquarters moved to South Quay Plaza , Canary Wharf , London, in 2017. Since 2008, Guinness World Records has orientated its business model away from selling books, and towards creating new world records as publicity exercises for individuals and organisations, which has attracted criticism. On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver , then
3874-442: A hundred Mariahs". The singer claims that "it's because I started out as a backup singer and doing sessions as a background vocalist learning from some of the greatest background vocalists, and also people like Luther Vandross . Growing up, I admired his texture in and of itself but also his use of background vocals". Carey's songwriting is noted for its "eccentric verbosity". Jeffrey Ingold of Vice argues that her lyrics are "among
4023-751: A login on the company's website. Applications made by individuals for existing record categories are free of charge. There is an administration fee of £5 (or $ 5) to propose a new record title. A number of spin-off books and television series have also been produced. Guinness World Records bestowed the record of "Person with the most records" on Ashrita Furman of Queens, New York, in April 2009; at that time, he held 100 records. In 2005, Guinness designated 9 November as International Guinness World Records Day to encourage breaking of world records. In 2006, an estimated 100,000 people participated in over 10 countries. Guinness reported 2,244 new records in 12 months, which
4172-566: A mobster-operated restaurant. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival , and received negative reviews, though Carey's performance was praised. Roger Friedman of Fox News described her as "a Thelma Ritter for the new millennium", and wrote, "Her line delivery is sharp and she manages to get the right laughs." In December 2002, Carey released her ninth studio album, Charmbracelet , which she said marked "a new lease on life" for her. Sales of Charmbracelet were moderate and
4321-589: A musical based on the 1959 comedy film Some Like It Hot . It earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Musical . In February 2023, the 2009 track " It's a Wrap " experienced a revival on TikTok , prompting Carey to release an EP for the song, which included a new sped-up version. On September 8, 2023, she released a deluxe version of Music Box in celebration of the album's thirtieth anniversary. A remix of "Workin Hard" by Terry Hunter , which featured on
4470-409: A new record. The company also provides corporate services for companies to "harness the power of record-breaking to deliver tangible success for their businesses." Guinness World Records states several types of records it will not accept for ethical reasons, such as those related to the killing or harming of animals. In the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records , Colombian serial killer Pedro López
4619-637: A pushy mom. She never said, 'Give it more of an operatic feel.' I respect opera like crazy, but it didn't influence me." In high school, Mariah Carey was often absent because of her work as a demo singer. This led to her classmates giving her the nickname Mirage . Working in the Long Island music scene gave her opportunities to work with musicians such as Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies , with whom she co-wrote material for her demo tape. After moving to New York City, she worked part-time jobs to pay
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4768-473: A record to break or to create a new category just for them. As such, they have been described as a native advertising company, with no clear distinction between content and advertisement. Guinness World Records was criticised by television talk show host John Oliver on the program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in August 2019. Oliver criticised Guinness for taking money from authoritarian governments for pointless vanity projects as it related to
4917-573: A scroll", along with other such titles. Concerns were also raised around the activities around Egypt, which moved from 22 records to 110 within a decade until 2024. James Lynch, co-founder of FairSquare, said the records were legitimising Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's regime. The Guinness World Records stated that its record titles "cannot be purchased". For some potential categories, Guinness World Records has declined to list some records that are too difficult or impossible to determine. For example, its website states: "We do not accept any claims for beauty as it
5066-535: A stripped setting and devoid of studio equipment. Days prior to the show's taping, Carey and Afanasieff chose to add a cover of the Jackson 5 's 1970 song " I'll Be There " to the set-list. On March 16, 1992, she played and recorded an intimate seven-song show at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York. The acclaimed revue was aired more than three times as often as the average episode, and critics heralding it as
5215-460: A surprise appearance on the MTV program Total Request Live (TRL). As the show's host Carson Daly began taping following a commercial break, she came out pushing an ice cream cart while wearing a large men's shirt and began a striptease that revealed a tight ensemble. She credited exhaustion for the appearance going awry. Days later, Carey posted irregular voice notes on her website. On July 26, she
5364-487: A sword swallower, repeated lightning strike victim Roy Sullivan 's hat complete with lightning holes and a pair of gem-studded golf shoes on sale for $ 6,500. The museum closed in 1995. In more recent years, the Guinness company has permitted the franchising of small museums with displays based on the book, all currently (as of 2010 ) located in towns popular with tourists: Tokyo , Copenhagen , San Antonio . There were once Guinness World Records museums and exhibitions at
5513-437: A very limited and low-promotion release. Critical reception of Rainbow was generally positive, with the general consensus finding: "what began on Butterfly as a departure ends up on Rainbow a progression – perhaps the first compelling proof of Carey's true colors as an artist." Though a commercial success, Rainbow became Carey's lowest selling album at that point in her career. Carey received Billboard ' s Artist of
5662-546: Is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in August 1955. The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of
5811-419: Is not objectively measurable." On 10 December 2010, Guinness World Records stopped accepting submissions for the " dreadlock " category after investigation of its first and only female title holder, Asha Mandela, determining it was impossible to judge this record accurately. Traditionally, the company made a large amount of its revenue via book sales to interested readers, especially children. The rise of
5960-422: Is slow. Would-be record breakers that paid fees ranging from US$ 12,000 to US$ 500,000 would be given advisors, adjudicators, help in finding good records to break as well as suggestions for how to do it, prompt service, and so on. In particular, corporations and celebrities seeking a publicity stunt to launch a new product or draw attention to themselves began to hire Guinness World Records , paying them for finding
6109-554: Is the effective authority on the exact requirements for them and with whom records reside, the company providing adjudicators to events to determine the veracity of record attempts. The list of records which the Guinness World Records covers is not fixed, records may be added and also removed for various reasons. The public is invited to submit applications for records, which can be either the bettering of existing records or substantial achievements which could constitute
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6258-566: Is the subject of the majority of Carey's lyrics, although she has written about themes such as loss, sex, race, abuse and spirituality. Andrew Chan of the University of Texas Press identifies "the purging of private emotions" as the main theme of Carey's ballads, though he believes several others aim to have an "all-purpose feeling" with mass appeal. Carey has said that much of her work is partly autobiographical, but Time magazine's Christopher John Farley wrote: "If only Mariah Carey's music had
6407-694: The 1990 NBA Finals , singing " America the Beautiful ". The highlight was the piercing whistle note toward the song's conclusion, sparking CBS Sports anchor Pat O'Brien to declare, "The palace now has a queen." The album topped the US Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks, after Carey's exposure at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards , where she won the award for Best New Artist , and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Vision of Love". The album's singles "Vision of Love", " Love Takes Time ", " Someday ", and " I Don't Wanna Cry " all topped
6556-633: The American Idol season finale the following day. After multiple delays, The album, titled Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse , was released on May 27, 2014. In October 2014, Carey announced an annual residency show All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity . Originally performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City , the residency began on December 15, 2014, and ended in 2019. On January 30, 2015, it
6705-565: The Best Original Song at the 75th Golden Globe Awards . Carey additionally developed an animated Christmas film, Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You , for which she recorded an original song called "Lil' Snowman". The film was released direct-to-video on November 14, 2017. On December 31, 2017, Carey returned to perform on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve after the technical difficulties that hindered her previous performance, in what The New York Times described as
6854-531: The Billboard Hot 100 for the first time the same year, the song ended up giving Carey her nineteenth chart-topper in the US. In January 2020, it was announced that Carey would be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . Carey celebrated the 30th anniversary of her debut album through 2020, in a promotional campaign billed "#MC30". The first release consisted of the live EP The Live Debut – 1990 which
7003-449: The Billboard Hot 100. After staying at number one for fourteen non-consecutive weeks, the song became the second-longest-running number one song in US chart history , behind Carey's "One Sweet Day". Billboard listed it as the "song of the decade" and the ninth most popular song of all time. The song broke several airplay records, and according to Nielsen BDS, and gathered both the largest one-day and one-week audiences in history. During
7152-632: The Caution World Tour in support of the album. Later in 2019, Carey engaged in a series of business and television ventures. On September 18, 2019, Carey released " In the Mix ", the theme song for the ABC sitcom Mixed-ish . On November 1, 2019, Carey re-released her holiday album Merry Christmas for its 25th anniversary. The album package included the original album and another disc which include live performances from Carey's 1994 concert at St. John
7301-550: The Daydream World Tour . Its seven dates spanned three in Japan and four throughout Europe. Forbes named Carey the top-earning female musician of 1996 , collecting an estimated $ 32 million. During the recording of Daydream , Carey also worked on the alternative rock album Someone's Ugly Daughter by the band Chick, contributing writing, production, vocals and art direction. As Columbia Records refused to release
7450-490: The Empire State Building . Speed shooter Bob Munden then went on tour promoting The Guinness Book of World Records by performing his record fast draws with a standard weight single-action revolver from a Western movie-type holster. His fastest time for a draw was 0.02 seconds. Among exhibits were life-size statues of the world's tallest man, Robert Wadlow , and world's largest earthworm , an X-ray photo of
7599-676: The London Trocadero , Bangalore , San Francisco , Myrtle Beach , Orlando , Atlantic City , New Jersey, and Las Vegas , Nevada . The Orlando museum, which closed in 2002, was branded The Guinness Records Experience ; the Hollywood, Niagara Falls , Copenhagen, and Gatlinburg , Tennessee museums also previously featured this branding. Guinness World Records has commissioned various television series documenting world record breaking attempts, including: Specials: In 2008, Guinness World Records released its gamer's edition,
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#17327800718787748-682: The Neighborhood Inaugural Ball after Barack Obama was sworn as the first African-American president of the United States. On July 7, 2009, Carey—alongside Trey Lorenz —performed her version of "I'll Be There" at the memorial service for Michael Jackson. In 2009, she appeared as a social worker in Precious , the movie adaptation of the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire . The film garnered mostly positive reviews from critics, also for Carey's performance. Variety described her acting as "pitch-perfect." In January 2010, Carey won
7897-766: The Wu-Tang Clan , The Notorious B.I.G. and Mobb Deep , with whom she collaborated on the single " The Roof (Back in Time) " (1998). Carey was heavily influenced by Minnie Riperton , and began experimenting with the whistle register due to her original practice of the range. During Carey's career, her vocal and musical style, along with her level of success, has been compared to Whitney Houston, whom she has also cited as an influence. Carey and her peers, according to Garry Mulholland, are "the princesses of wails... virtuoso vocalists who blend chart-oriented pop with mature MOR torch song ." Author and writer Lucy O'Brien attributed
8046-426: The dance group C+C Music Factory . Carey's relationship with Margulies deteriorated over a songwriting royalties dispute. After he filed a lawsuit against Columbia's parent company, Sony Music Entertainment , the songwriting duo parted ways. Emotions was released on September 17 that year. Its title track served as the album's lead single and became Carey's fifth chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100, making her
8195-442: The most successful artist of the decade . Following a career decline and the failure of her 2001 film Glitter , she returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century . Carey's public and personal life, including her diva persona, high-profile relationships and public breakdown in 2001 , has received widespread media coverage . She has also been dubbed
8344-577: The "Queen of Christmas" due to the enduring popularity of her holiday music , particularly Merry Christmas (1994), the best-selling holiday album , and its single " All I Want for Christmas Is You ", which is the best selling holiday single by a female artist of all time. Outside of music, she has acted in major roles in the films Tennessee (2008), Precious (2009), The Butler (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). Appearing on multiple television series, Carey served as an American Idol judge and starred in
8493-407: The 2025 edition, it is now in its 70th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 40 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international source for cataloguing and verification of
8642-742: The Breakthrough Actress Performance Award for her role in Precious at the Palm Springs International Film Festival . On September 25, 2009, Carey's twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel , was released. Reception for the album was mostly mixed; Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "her most interesting album in a decade," while Jon Caramanica from The New York Times criticized Carey's vocal performances, complaining she overused softer vocal registers at
8791-607: The Clark Sisters , Shirley Caesar , and Edwin Hawkins as the most influential in her early years. When Carey incorporated hip hop into her sound, speculation arose that she was making an attempt to take advantage of the genre's popularity, but she told Newsweek , "People just don't understand. I grew up with this music." She has expressed appreciation for rappers such as the Sugarhill Gang , Eric B. & Rakim ,
8940-474: The Day " featuring Lauryn Hill and a cover of Irene Cara 's " Out Here on My Own ". At the end of October, Carey was featured on Busta Rhymes ' single " Where I Belong ". Carey's 2020 Christmas special , Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special , premiered on December 4, 2020, on Apple TV+ along with a soundtrack. A new version of Carey's 2010 song " Oh Santa! ", featuring Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson ,
9089-670: The Decade Award and the World Music Award for Best-Selling Pop Female Artist of the Millennium , and parted from Columbia Records. She signed an unprecedented $ 80 million five-album recording contract with Virgin Records ( EMI Records ) in April 2001. Glitter was a musical departure, recreating a 1980s post-disco era to accompany the film, set in 1983. Carey was given full conceptual and creative control over
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#17327800718789238-498: The Divine Church, several tracks from Merry Christmas II You , as well as other stand-alone singles such as "Lil Snowman" and "The Star". On December 5, 2019, it was announced that a mini-documentary titled Mariah Carey Is Christmas! , charting the creation and subsequent cultural legacy of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was to be produced and broadcast on Amazon Music; it premiered later that month. Peaking at number one on
9387-459: The Internet began to cut into book sales starting in the 2000s, part of a general decline in the book industry. According to a 2017 story by Planet Money of NPR , Guinness began to realise that a lucrative new revenue source to replace falling book sales was the would-be record-holders themselves. While any person can theoretically send in a record to be verified for free, the approval process
9536-677: The Official Chart Company's singles and albums charts were combined under the title British Hit Singles & Albums , with Hit Entertainment publishing the book from 2003 to 2006 (under the Guinness World Records brand). After Guinness World Records was sold to The Jim Pattison Group, it was effectively replaced by a series of books published by Ebury Publishing/Random House with the Virgin Book of British Hit Singles first being published in 2007 and with
9685-616: The RIAA, after Music Box . The album continued Carey's dominance in Asian music markets and sold in excess of 2.2 million copies in Japan alone and over 20 million copies globally. Daydream and its singles were nominated in six categories at the 38th Grammy Awards . Though considered a favorite to win the top awards of the evening, Carey was shut out, prompting her to comment "What can you do? I will never be disappointed again." In early 1996, she embarked on her first international string of concerts,
9834-509: The US Billboard Hot 100 . Mariah Carey was the best-selling album in the United States in 1991, and achieved worldwide sales of 15 million copies. Carey co-wrote, co-produced, and recorded her second studio effort, Emotions , during 1991. She described it as a homage to Motown soul music and employed the help of Walter Afanasieff , who only had a small role on her debut, as well as Robert Clivillés and David Cole , from
9983-474: The United Kingdom. Music Box remains Carey's best-seller and one of the best-selling albums , with worldwide sales of over 28 million copies. In mid-1994, Carey and Luther Vandross recorded and released a cover of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross 's " Endless Love ". Merry Christmas , released on November 1, 1994, became the best-selling Christmas album , with global sales of over 15 million copies. The lead single, " All I Want for Christmas Is You ", became
10132-470: The album was well received by some critics, others criticized it for being very similar to the formula used on The Emancipation of Mimi . Two weeks before the album's release, " Touch My Body ", the record's lead single, reached the top position on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Carey's eighteenth number one and making her the solo artist with the most number one singles in United States history , pushing her past Elvis Presley into second place according to
10281-533: The album with her lead vocals, Carey's friend Clarissa Dane was brought in to become the face of Chick, and her vocals were layered on top of Carey's, masking her voice. Her contributions were secret until the release of her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey . Carey's subsequent musical releases followed the trend that began with Daydream . Her music began relying less on pop and adult contemporary-tinged balladry and instead incorporating heavy elements of hip hop and R&B. On Butterfly , she collaborated with
10430-400: The album's lead single, " Honey ", her first since separating from Mottola, introduced a more overtly sexual image. Butterfly became Carey's best-reviewed album, with attention placed on the album's exploration of more mature lyrical themes. In their review of the album, Rolling Stone wrote it was "not as if Carey has totally dispensed with her old saccharine, Houston-style balladry ... but
10579-594: The album, AllMusic 's Ron Wynn concluded: "sometimes excessive spirit is preferable to an absence of passion." In promotion of the album, Carey embarked on her debut tour, a six-date concert series, the Music Box Tour . Music Box ' s first and second singles, " Dreamlover " and " Hero ", became Carey's seventh and eighth chart-toppers in the United States, while her cover of Badfinger 's " Without You " became her first number-one single in Germany, Sweden and
10728-487: The album, Carey embarked on her first headlining tour in three years, named The Adventures of Mimi after a "Carey-centric fan's" music diary. The tour spanned 40 dates, with 32 in the United States and Canada, two in Africa, and six in Japan. It received warm reception from music critics and concert goers, many of which lauded Carey's vocals. In early 2007, Carey began to work on her eleventh studio album, E=MC² . Although
10877-554: The album, Carey embarked on the Charmbracelet World Tour , spanning North America and East Asia over three months. While smaller venues were booked throughout the tour's stateside leg, Carey performed in stadiums in Asia and Europe. In the United Kingdom, it was her first tour to feature shows outside London. The tour garnered generally positive reviews, with many praising the production and Carey's vocals. Carey's tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi in 2005,
11026-511: The album, titled Merry Christmas II You , was November 2, 2010; the track list included new songs as well as a remix of "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Merry Christmas II You debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with sales of 56,000 copies, and number one on the R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it only the second Christmas album to top this chart. In February 2011, she recorded
11175-424: The album. Although she attributed this to stage fright and the vocally challenging nature of her material, speculation grew that Carey was a "studio worm" and incapable of producing the perfect pitch and five- octave vocal range for which she was known. In hopes of ending any speculation of her being a manufactured artist, Carey booked an appearance on MTV Unplugged . The show presented artists "unplugged" or in
11324-468: The arts, such as music and literature. Carey began writing poetry and lyrics while attending Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York , where she graduated in 1987. Carey began vocal training under her mother's guidance. Though she was a classically trained opera singer, Patricia Carey never pressured her daughter to pursue a career in classical opera. Mariah Carey recalled that she had "never been
11473-504: The audience on various world records and were able to give the correct answer. Ross McWhirter was assassinated by two members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1975, in response to offering a £50,000 reward for information that would lead to capture of members of the organisation. Following Ross's assassination, the feature in the show where questions about records posed by children were answered
11622-601: The basis for a narrative that should have global appeal. List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1990s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. The methodology for determining sales and airplay figures drastically changed with
11771-635: The book became a surprise hit, many further editions were printed, eventually settling into a pattern of one revision a year, published in September/October, in time for Christmas. The McWhirters continued to compile it for many years. Both brothers had an encyclopedic memory; on the British children's television series Record Breakers , based upon the book, which was broadcast on the BBC from 1972 to 2001, they would take questions posed by children in
11920-431: The chart dated November 30, 1991. Instead of surveying retail stores and radio stations, sales data was now gathered by Soundscan via a collection of the number of barcode scans a record received while airplay was to be compiled by Broadcast Data Systems , which continuously monitored what songs were being played on radio. As the decade progressed, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without
12069-487: The comeback of Barbra Streisand 's "old-fashioned showgirl" to Carey and Celine Dion, and described them and Houston as "groomed, airbrushed and overblown to perfection." Carey's musical transition and use of more revealing clothing during the late 1990s were, in part, initiated to distance herself from this image, and she subsequently said that most of her early work was "schmaltzy MOR." Some have noted that unlike Houston and Dion, Carey writes and produces her own music. Love
12218-495: The commercial heights of her debut album, Carey's subsequent release was to be marketed as adult contemporary and pop-friendly. Music Box was produced by Carey and Afanasieff, and it began a songwriting partnership that would extend until 1997's Butterfly . The album was released on August 31, 1993, to mixed reviews from music critics. Carey's songwriting was derided as clichéd and her vocal performances were described as less emotive and lazier in their delivery. In his review of
12367-438: The cover with the topic of 'The ocean and the water'. The retirement of Norris McWhirter from his consulting role in 1995 and the subsequent decision by Diageo Plc to sell The Guinness Book of Records brand have shifted the focus of the books from text-oriented to illustrated reference. A selection of records are curated for the book from the full archive but all existing Guinness World Records titles can be accessed by creating
12516-449: The decade and began the next with a 12-week run atop the Hot 100. The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the 1990s. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration. The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1990s. The following songs were featured in top of
12665-436: The deluxe album, was nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards . Carey embarked on her 16-date concert tour, Merry Christmas One and All! , which ran from November 15 to December 17, 2023, in the United States. The tour grossed approximately $ 30 million and sold more than 200,000 tickets. On February 16, 2024, Carey featured on the remix of Ariana Grande's single " Yes, And? ", which
12814-569: The docu-series Mariah's World . She published a memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey , in 2020. Carey is one of the best-selling music artists , with over 220 million records sold worldwide. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame , the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress , and The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame . Her accolades include 5 competitive Grammy Awards and
12963-469: The drama of her life. Her songs are often sugary and artificial— NutraSweet soul. But her life has passion and conflict," applying it to the first stages of her career. He commented that as her albums progressed, so too her songwriting and music blossomed into more mature and meaningful material. Jim Faber of the New York Daily News , made similar comments, "For Carey, vocalizing is all about
13112-461: The end of the day that's the most important thing... There are a lot more raw ballads than people might expect...there are also uptempo and signature-type songs that represent [my] different facets as an artist." The lead single, " Beautiful ", featuring singer Miguel , was released on May 6, 2013, and peaked at number 15 on the Hot 100. Carey taped a performance of "Beautiful" along with a medley of her greatest hits on May 15, 2013. This taping aired on
13261-595: The event to show her support for Obama's re-election campaign, was also performed. In August 2012, she released a stand-alone single, " Triumphant (Get 'Em) ", featuring rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill . Carey joined the judging panel of the twelfth season of American Idol . Throughout the show there were on-set disagreements between Carey and fellow judge Nicki Minaj . Three years later, Carey did not make an appearance for its original series finale. In 2013, Carey appeared in Lee Daniels ' film The Butler and had
13410-443: The expense of her more powerful lower and upper registers. Commercially, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 168,000 copies. " Obsessed " served as the lead single and debuted at number eleven in the US before peaking at number seven. It became Carey's 27th top-ten entry within the nation, tying her with Elton John and Janet Jackson for having the fifth most top-tens. Its follow-up single,
13559-547: The family dog and set fire to their car. After her parents' divorce, Carey had little contact with Alfred, and Patricia worked several jobs to support the family. Carey spent much of her time at home alone and began singing at age three, often imitating her mother's take on Verdi 's opera Rigoletto in Italian. Her older sister Alison moved in with their father while Mariah and her elder brother Morgan lived with their mother. During her years in elementary school, she excelled in
13708-415: The first artist whose first five singles reached the chart's summit. Though critics praised the album's content and described it as a more mature effort, the album was criticized as calculated and lacking originality. While the album managed sales of eight million copies globally, Emotions failed to reach the commercial and critical heights of its predecessor. Carey did not embark on a world tour to promote
13857-411: The first single by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and the second song overall after Michael Jackson 's " You Are Not Alone ". " One Sweet Day ", a collaboration with R&B group Boyz II Men , served as the second single from Daydream and remained atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks, becoming the longest-running number-one song in
14006-409: The highest first-week sales of her career at the time, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Carey's tense relationship with Columbia grew increasingly fractious; she began posting messages on her website, sharing inside information with fans on the dispute, as well as instructing them to request " Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) " on radio stations. Ultimately, the song was only given
14155-427: The history of the charts at the time. It also opened at the top spot, becoming Carey's second track to do so. The album's third single, " Always Be My Baby ", became Carey's eleventh chart-topper, tying her with Madonna and Whitney Houston for the most number-one singles among female artists at the time. Daydream became Carey's biggest-selling album in the United States, and her second album to be certified Diamond by
14304-481: The holiday season. The album, titled #1's (1998), featured a cover of Brenda K. Starr's " I Still Believe " and a duet with Whitney Houston, " When You Believe ", which was included on the soundtrack for The Prince of Egypt (1998). #1's became a phenomenon in Japan, selling over one million copies in its opening week, making Carey the only international artist to accomplish this feat. It sold over 3.25 million copies in Japan in its first three months and holds
14453-555: The listings in the Guinness Book of World Records . A video game , Guinness World Records: The Videogame , was developed by TT Fusion and released for Nintendo DS , Wii and iOS in November 2008. In 2012, Warner Bros. announced the development of a live-action film version of Guinness World Records with Daniel Chun as scriptwriter. The film version will apparently use the heroic achievements of record holders as
14602-453: The longest egg tossing distances, or for longest time spent playing Grand Theft Auto IV or the largest number of hot dogs consumed in three minutes. Besides records about competitions, it contains such facts such as the heaviest tumour, the most poisonous fungus , the longest-running soap opera and the most valuable life-insurance policy, among others. Many records also relate to the youngest people to have achieved something, such as
14751-545: The magazine's revised methodology. Carey is second only to The Beatles , who have twenty number-one singles. Additionally, it gave Carey her 79th week atop the Hot 100, tying her with Presley as the artist with the most weeks at number one in the Billboard chart history ." E=MC² debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 463,000 copies sold, the biggest opening week sales of her career. In 2008, Carey also played an aspiring singer named Krystal in Tennessee and had
14900-462: The main focus of his story, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow . Oliver asked Guinness to work with Last Week Tonight to adjudicate a record for "Largest cake featuring a picture of someone falling off a horse", but according to Oliver, the offer did not work out after Guinness insisted on a non-disparagement clause. Guinness World Records denied the accusations and stated that they declined Oliver's offer to participate because "it
15049-800: The managing director of the Guinness Breweries , went on a shooting party in the North Slob , by the River Slaney in County Wexford , Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover , he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the golden plover or the red grouse (the plover is faster, but neither is the fastest game bird in Europe). That evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that it
15198-429: The most verbose in pop music." Since the beginning of her career, Carey has repeatedly described herself as a songwriter and producer and emphasized the importance of being acknowledged for these roles. Guinness World Records Guinness World Records , known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records ,
15347-712: The musical drama Empire , as a superstar singer named Kitty and sung the song "Infamous" featuring Jussie Smollett . On December 5, 2016, Carey participated in the VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night benefit concert, alongside Vanessa Williams , Chaka Khan , Patti LaBelle , and Teyana Taylor . On December 31, 2016, Carey's performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in Times Square received worldwide attention after technical difficulties caused her in-ear monitors to malfunction, resulting in what The New York Times referred to as
15496-428: The older book to the "Modern Society" section of the newer edition. As of 2011 , it is required in the guidelines of all "large food" type records that the item be fully edible, and distributed to the public for consumption, to prevent food wastage. Chain letters are also not allowed: "Guinness World Records does not accept any records relating to chain letters, sent by post or e-mail." After Roger Guy English set
15645-419: The only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. She achieved an international success with the best-selling albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995), before adopting a new urban image with hip hop -inflected sounds, following the release of Butterfly (1997). With eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles, Billboard ranked Carey as
15794-478: The original release, the most received by Carey in a single year, and two in 2007 for the Ultra Platinum Edition . Carey won Best Contemporary R&B Album for The Emancipation of Mimi and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "We Belong Together". The Emancipation of Mimi was 2005's best-selling album in the United States, with nearly five million units sold. It
15943-491: The performance, not the emotions that inspired it. Singing, to her, represents a physical challenge, not an emotional unburdening." While reviewing Music Box , Stephen Holden from Rolling Stone commented that Carey sang with "sustained passion," while Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly wrote that during some vocal moments, Carey becomes "too overwhelmed to put her passion into words." In 2001, The Village Voice wrote that "Carey's Strawberry Shortcake soul still provides
16092-464: The poor performance to her state of mind, its postponement and the soundtrack having been released on September 11 . Carey's record deal with Virgin Records was bought out for $ 28 million. She flew to Capri , Italy, for five months, and wrote material for a new album there. Carey described her time at Virgin "a complete and total stress-fest ... I made a total snap decision which was based on money and I never make decisions based on money. I learned
16241-404: The predominant mood of Butterfly is one of coolly erotic reverie." AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Carey's vocals as "sultrier and more controlled than ever," and felt the album "illustrates that Carey continues to improve and refine her music, which makes her a rarity among her '90s peers.'" "Honey" and " My All ", the album's fifth single, both topped the Hot 100, making Carey
16390-418: The project. She said that Columbia had regarded her as a commodity, with her separation from Mottola exacerbating her relations with label executives. Carey's three-year relationship with Latin singer Luis Miguel ended. In July 2001, Carey suffered a physical and emotional breakdown. She began posting disturbing messages on her website and behaved erratically in live promotional outings. On July 19, Carey made
16539-496: The publisher to potential litigation . These changes included the removal of all spirit , wine and beer drinking records, along with other unusual records for consuming such unlikely things as bicycles and trees. Other records, such as sword swallowing and rally driving (on public roads), were closed from further entry as the current holders had performed beyond what are considered safe human tolerance levels. There have been instances of closed categories being reopened. For example,
16688-470: The quality of Carey's vocals came under criticism. Joan Anderson from The Boston Globe declared the album "the worst of her career, and revealed a voice [that is] no longer capable of either gravity-defying gymnastics or soft coos", while AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Mariah's voice is shot, sounding in tatters throughout the record. She can no longer coo or softly croon nor can she perform her trademark gravity-defying vocal runs." To support
16837-550: The re-release, she said that new music was being worked on. On November 6, 2024, Carey will embark on the "Mariah Carey's Christmas Time" tour, set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Merry Christmas . It shall conclude the following December 17. Carey has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Billie Holiday , Sarah Vaughan as well as R&B and soul musicians including Al Green , Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight , Aretha Franklin, and George Michael . Her music contains strong influences of gospel music , and she credits
16986-438: The record as the best-selling album by a non-Asian artist. With only one album left to fulfill her contract with Sony, and with a desire to separate herself professionally from the record label her ex-husband still headed, Carey completed the album in three months in mid-1999. Titled Rainbow , the album found Carey exploring with producers whom she had not worked with before. Rainbow became Carey's first album to not feature
17135-481: The record for sleeplessness in 1974, the category was discontinued for being too dangerous. At the request of the U.S. Mint , in 1984, the book stopped accepting claims of large hoardings of pennies or other currency. Environmentally unfriendly records (such as the releasing of sky lanterns and party balloons ) are no longer accepted or monitored, in addition to records relating to tobacco or cannabis consumption or preparation. In 2024, Guinness World Records
17284-538: The release of a commercially available singles in an attempt by record companies to boost albums sales. Because such a release was required to chart on the Hot 100, many popular songs that were hits on top 40 radio never made it onto the chart. Beginning December 5, 1998, the Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. Not only did Billboard start allowing airplay-only tracks to chart, it broadened its radio panel to include "R&B, adult R&B, mainstream rock, triple-A rock, and country outlets", which
17433-462: The rent and completed 500 hours of beauty school . Carey moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with four female students as roommates. She landed a gig singing backup for freestyle singer Brenda K. Starr . In December 1988, Carey accompanied Starr to a music executive's party and handed her demo tape to the head of Columbia Records , Tommy Mottola . After listening to the tape during
17582-641: The ride home, he immediately requested the driver turn around. She had already left the event, and Mottola spent two weeks looking for her. Another record label expressed interest and a bidding war ensued. He signed Carey to Columbia and enlisted producers Ric Wake , Narada Michael Walden , and Rhett Lawrence for her first album. Columbia marketed Carey as the main female artist on their roster, competing with Arista Records 's Whitney Houston and Madonna of Sire Records . It spent upwards of $ 1 million promoting Carey's debut studio album, Mariah Carey . On June 5, 1990, Carey made her first public appearance at
17731-403: The sword swallowing category was listed as closed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records , but has since been reopened with Johnny Strange breaking a sword swallowing record on Guinness World Records Live. Similarly, the speed beer drinking records which were dropped from the book in 1991, reappeared 17 years later in the 2008 edition, but were moved from the "Human Achievements" section of
17880-494: The template with which teen-pop cuties draw curlicues around those centerless [Diane] Warren ballads." Carey gained public perception as a balladeer with her first few releases. Following her divorce with Tommy Mottola, Carey broke free of adult contemporary arrangements in favor of what Alex Macpherson of The Guardian described as "a lovingly crafted, hip-hop-inflected quiet storm". Carey often records her layered background vocals, which has been described as "a swooning bank of
18029-770: The time, along with a new recording, " Infinity ", which was released as a single on April 27. In 2015 Carey had her directorial debut for the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie A Christmas Melody , in which she also performed as one of the main characters. In December 2015, Carey announced The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour which spanned a total of 27-dates beginning in March 2016, marking Carey's first major tour of mainland Europe in 13 years. Four stops included shows in South Africa. The tour grossed $ 30.3 million. On March 15, 2016, Carey announced that she
18178-423: The top of Ludgate House, 107 Fleet Street , London, the first 198-page edition was bound on 27 August 1955 and went to the top of the British bestseller list by Christmas. The following year, it was introduced into the United States by New York publisher David Boehm and sold 70,000 copies. Since then, Guinness World Records has sold more than 150 million copies in 100 countries and 40 languages. Because
18327-420: The week of September 25, 2005, Carey set another record, becoming the first woman to occupy the first two spots atop the Hot 100, as "We Belong Together" remained at number one, and her next single, " Shake It Off ", moved into the number two spot (Ashanti had topped the chart in 2002 while being a featured singer on the number two single). On the US Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart of 2005, "We Belong Together"
18476-415: The well-being of potential record breakers. For example, following publication of the "heaviest pet" record, many owners overfed their pets beyond the bounds of what was healthy, and therefore such entries were removed. The Guinness Book also dropped records within their "eating and drinking records" section of Human Achievements in 1991 over concerns that potential competitors could harm themselves and expose
18625-655: The year. The project was announced alongside the release of a new song titled " GTFO ", which she performed on September 21, 2018, when she headlined the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival . The album's lead single, " With You ", was released in October and performed for the first time at the American Music Awards of 2018 . It became Carey's highest-charting non-holiday song on the US Adult Contemporary chart since "We Belong Together" in 2005. This
18774-419: The youngest person to visit all nations of the world, currently held by Maurizio Giuliano . Each edition contains a selection of the records from the Guinness World Records database, as well as select new records, with the criteria for inclusion changing from year to year. The latest edition is the 70th, published on 15 September 2023. It is the fourth and last installment featuring Rod Hunt's illustrations on
18923-441: Was a 173% increase over the previous year. In February 2008, NBC aired The Top 100 Guinness World Records of All Time and Guinness World Records made the complete list available on their website. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records. For many records, Guinness World Records
19072-408: Was a music reference book first published in 1977. It was compiled by BBC Radio 1 DJs Paul Gambaccini and Mike Read with brothers Tim Rice and Jonathan Rice. It was the first in a number of music reference books that were to be published by Guinness Publishing with sister publication The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums coming in 1983. After being sold to Hit Entertainment, the data concerning
19221-586: Was accused of laundering the reputation of the oppressive governments as it set world records for the UAE's police forces and Egypt's military. By 2024, the UAE achieved 526 records, of which 21 were credited to the Emirates' police force. Matthew Hedges, a British academic who was forced to sign a false confession, asked the records body to take down the Abu Dhabi police department's certificate for "most signatures on
19370-497: Was announced that Carey had left Universal Music Group 's Def Jam Recordings to reunite with L.A. Reid and Sony Music via Epic Records . Carey also announced her new #1 to Infinity residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas the same month. To coincide with the residency, Carey released #1 to Infinity , a greatest hits compilation album containing all of her eighteen Billboard Hot 100 number one singles at
19519-556: Was called Norris on the Spot . Norris carried on as the book's sole editor. Guinness Superlatives, later Guinness World Records Limited , was incorporated in London in 1954 to publish the first book. Sterling Publishing owned the rights to the Guinness book in the US for decades until it was repurchased by Guinness in 1989 after an 18-month long lawsuit. The group was owned by Guinness PLC and subsequently Diageo until 2001, when it
19668-457: Was declared the number one song, a first for Carey. Billboard listed "We Belong Together" ninth on The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and was declared the most popular song of the 2000s decade by Billboard . The album was re-released as The Ultra Platinum Edition , from which " Don't Forget About Us " became her seventeenth number-one in the United States. The Emancipation of Mimi earned ten Grammy Award nominations: eight in 2006 for
19817-458: Was filming Mariah's World , a docu-series for the E! network documenting her Sweet Sweet Fantasy tour and her wedding planning process. Carey told The New York Times , "I thought it would be a good opportunity to kind of, like, show my personality and who I am, even though I feel like my real fans have an idea of who I am... A lot of people have misperceptions about this and that." The series premiered on December 4, 2016. Carey guest starred on
19966-503: Was followed by a second single, " A No No ". The album, titled Caution , was released on November 16, 2018, and received universal acclaim from critics. Though it debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, it became her lowest-selling album to date and ultimately was her final release with Epic Records ; she quietly left the label sometime in 2019. By December 2018, the album had been featured on numerous year-end lists by music critics and publications. In February 2019, Carey commenced
20115-455: Was formerly "confined to the mainstream top 40, rhythmic top 40, adult top 40, adult contemporary, and modern rock formats." " Another Day in Paradise " by Phil Collins began the 1990s in the number-one position, spending the first two weeks of the decade on top, but its first week at number one was on the chart dated December 23, 1989. Santana 's " Smooth " featuring Rob Thomas finished
20264-658: Was hospitalized due to exhaustion and a "physical and emotional breakdown". Carey was admitted to a hospital in Connecticut and remained under doctor's care for two weeks, followed by an extended absence from the public. Virgin Records and 20th Century Fox delayed the release of Glitter and its soundtrack. Critics panned Glitter and its soundtrack; both were unsuccessful commercially. The soundtrack became Carey's lowest-selling album to that point. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch condemned it as "an absolute mess that'll go down as an annoying blemish on [her] career." She attributed
20413-549: Was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. Beaver knew that there must have been numerous other questions debated nightly among the public, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. He realised then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove successful. Beaver's idea became reality when Guinness employee Christopher Chataway recommended university friends Norris and Ross McWhirter , who had been running
20562-462: Was included in the "slightly deluxe" edition of Grande's seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine . On April 12, Carey began a new residency at the Dolby Live in Las Vegas titled The Celebration of Mimi . On May 21, Carey appeared on the remix to Muni Long 's " Made for Me ". In June, Carey released an expanded edition of Rainbow to coincide with its twenty-fifth anniversary. While promoting
20711-478: Was listed as the "most prolific serial killer", having murdered at least 110 people (with Lopez himself claiming he murdered over 300 people) in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in the late 1960s to 1980s. This was removed after complaints that the listing and category made a competition out of murder. Several world records that were once included in the book have been removed for ethical reasons, including concerns for
20860-579: Was merely an opportunity to mock one of our record-holders," and that Oliver did not specifically request the record for the largest marble cake. As of 2021, the Guinness World Record for "Largest marble cake" remains with Betty Crocker Middle East in Saudi Arabia. Following Oliver's episode, Guinness World Records ' ethics were called into question by human rights groups. In 1976, a Guinness Book of World Records museum opened in
21009-421: Was performed on her second Christmas special, Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues . In March 2022, Carey was featured alongside DJ Khaled on the remix of Latto 's single " Big Energy ", which interpolates Carey's 1995 single "Fantasy". In April, an online course from MasterClass based on singing, in which Carey served as a vocal coach, was released. On September 16, 2022, an expanded version of Butterfly
21158-481: Was produced with the Neptunes , Kanye West and Carey's longtime collaborator, Jermaine Dupri . She described the album as "very much like a party record ... the process of putting on makeup and getting ready to go out ... I wanted to make a record that was reflective of that." The Emancipation of Mimi topped the charts in the United States, becoming her fifth number-one album and first since Butterfly (1997), and
21307-869: Was purchased by Gullane Entertainment for £45.5 million ($ 65 million). Gullane was itself purchased by HIT Entertainment in 2002. In 2006, Apax Partners purchased HIT and subsequently sold Guinness World Records in early 2008 to the Jim Pattison Group , the parent company of Ripley Entertainment , which is licensed to operate Guinness World Records' Attractions. With offices in New York City and Tokyo, Guinness World Records' global headquarters remain in London, specifically South Quay Plaza , Canary Wharf , while its museum attractions are based at Ripley headquarters in Orlando , Florida. Recent editions have focused on record feats by individuals. Competitions range from obvious ones such as Olympic weightlifting to
21456-573: Was released as a single the same day. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topped the UK chart for the first time that month, becoming her third number one in the nation, and spent an unprecedented 69 weeks in its top 40 before reaching the summit. In July 2021, Carey was featured on the track " Somewhat Loved " from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ' debut studio album Jam & Lewis: Volume One . On November 5, 2021, Carey released " Fall in Love at Christmas ", which features Khalid and Kirk Franklin . The single
21605-476: Was released for the 25th anniversary of the album. In November, Carey released a children's picture book titled The Christmas Princess , co-written with Michaela Angela Davis and illustrated by Fuuji Takashi. In December 2022, Carey performed two pairs of shows at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and Madison Square Garden in New York City . Carey also served as a co-producer of Some Like It Hot on Broadway ,
21754-531: Was released on July 17, 2020. Her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey which was co-written with Michaela Angela Davis , was published in September of the same year. The memoir reached number one on The New York Times Best Seller list after its first week of release. On October 2, 2020, Carey released a compilation album titled The Rarities , which includes rare and unreleased songs that Carey recorded at various stages of her career. Its songs included " Save
21903-487: Was slated for a March 30, 2010, release but was eventually cancelled after Island Def Jam decided to instead distribute " Up Out My Face " with Nicki Minaj and " Angels Cry " with Ne-Yo as stand-alone releases. Following the cancellation of Angels Advocate , it was announced that Carey would return to the studio to start work on her thirteenth studio album. It was later revealed that it would be her second Christmas album, and follow-up to Merry Christmas . The release date for
22052-635: Was the first album by a solo female artist to become the year's best-selling album within the country since Alanis Morissette 's Jagged Little Pill in 1996. At the end of 2005, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reported that The Emancipation of Mimi had sold more than 7.7 million copies globally, and was the second-best-selling album of the year after Coldplay 's X&Y . It has since sold 12 million copies worldwide. In support of
22201-430: Was warmly accepted by critics. Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian defined it as "cool, focused and urban [... some of] the first Mariah Carey tunes in years which I wouldn't have to be paid to listen to again," while USA Today ' s Elysa Gardner wrote, "The [songs] truly reflect the renewed confidence of a songbird who has taken her shots and kept on flying." The album's second single, " We Belong Together ", became
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