Madonna and Mariah Do Unthinkable Record Break
By Jane Ivory
15:51, April 3rd 2008
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Madonna and Mariah Do Unthinkable Record Break

Pop divas Madonna and Mariah Carey have managed the unthinkable, a record break tinged with blasphemy: they have both surpassed Elvis Presley, the former with most top-ten singles, the latter with most No. 1 singles.

Elvis Presley, the undefeated King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, has lost two crown jewels to Mimi and Madge. Elvis’ decade-long triumphant lead of the Billboard charts, which included most No. 1 singles by a solo artist and most Top 10 hits in the 50-year history of Billboard's Hot 100, has been chipped by two of the most successful female singers ever.

Mariah Carey’s latest single, “Touch My Body,” put her name ahead of Elvis’ when it comes to counting No. 1 singles, with only The Beatles ahead of her. Spooky, some would say!

“Touch My Body” is Mimi’s 18th No. 1 song and the first single from her “E=MC2” album, due April 15. It remains to be seen whether the singer will hold this title for 40 years, like Elvis has. His last chart triumph was 1969’s “Suspicious Minds.”

Madonna also defeated the King in that she secured the title of artist with most top-ten singles in the modern pop era. “4 Minutes,” off her latest studio album “Hard Candy,” to be released on April 29, has become the singer’s 37th Top 10 hit.

The Queen of Pop’s single, a duet with Justin Timberlake, had a huge sales week, with 217,000 digital copies sold, which pushed “4 Minutes” from No. 68 to No. 3.

Mariah told the Associated Press that she felt grateful for such an accomplishment but that she would never equate herself with The Beatles or Elvis. “I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world, that’s a completely different era and time,” she said.



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