mariah carey has more number one hits than whitney houston.
mariah carey has more number one hits than whitney houston.
who has more number one hits mariah carey and whitney houston?
mariah carey
rihanna has stated that carey is one of her major influences and idol. aguilera said in the early stages of her career that carey was a big influence in her singing career and one of her idols. according to pier dominguez, author of "christina aguilera: a star is made", aguilera has stated how she loved listening to whitney houston, but it was carey who had the biggest influence on her vocal styling. carey's carefully choreographed image of a grown woman struck a chord with aguilera. her influence on aguilera also grew from the fact that both are of mixed heritage. philip brasor, editor of "the japan times", expressed how carey's vocal and melismatic style even influenced asian singers. he wrote that japanese singer hikaru utada "sang what she heard, from the diaphragm and with her own take on the kind of melisma that became de rigueur in american pop after the ascendance of mariah carey." in an article titled "out with mariah's melisma, in with kesha's kick", writer david browne of "the new york times" discusses how the once ubiquitous melisma pop style suddenly lost in favor of the now ubiquitous autotune in which the former was heavily popularized by the likes of mariah carey and whitney houston. browne had commented "but beginning two decades ago, melisma overtook pop in a way it hadn't before. mariah carey's debut hit from 1990, "vision of love", followed two years later by whitney houston's version of "i will always love you", set the bar insanely high for notes stretched louder, longer and knottier than most pop fans had ever heard." browne further added "a subsequent generation of singers, including ms. aguilera, jennifer hudson and beyoncé, built their careers around melisma. (men like brian mcknight and tyrese also indulged in it, but women tended to dominate the form.)"
mariah carey
houston's second album, "whitney", was released in june 1987. the album again featured production from masser, kashif and walden as well as jellybean benitez. many critics complained that the material was too similar to her previous album. "rolling stone" said, "the narrow channel through which this talent has been directed is frustrating". still, the album enjoyed commercial success. houston became the first woman in music history to debut at number one on the "billboard" 200 albums chart, and the first artist to enter the albums chart at number one in both the us and uk, while also hitting number one or top ten in dozens of other countries around the world. the album's first single, "i wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)", was also a massive hit worldwide, peaking at no. 1 on the "billboard" hot 100 chart and topping the singles chart in many countries such as australia, germany and the uk. her next three singles, "didn't we almost have it all", "so emotional", and "where do broken hearts go", all peaked at number one on the us hot 100 chart, giving houston a total of seven consecutive number one hits; the previous record of six consecutive number one hits had been shared by the beatles and the bee gees. houston became the first woman to generate four number-one singles from one album. "whitney" has been certified 9× platinum in the us for shipments of over 9 million copies, and has sold a total of 20 million copies worldwide.
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