This compilation arrived as Carey's first official greatest hits album, collecting all of her number-one singles to date. The release was a commercial juggernaut, cementing Carey's status as a dominant force in 1990s pop music.
- #1's was released on November 16, 1998, by Columbia Records.
- The album features fourteen number-one singles from the Billboard Hot 100, as well as two new songs.
- It debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 chart and has since been certified diamond by the RIAA.
Mariah Carey is a vocal prodigious, best-selling singer-songwriter from Huntington, NY. She rose to fame in the 1990s with a string of chart-topping pop and R&B hits. At the time of #1's release, Carey was arguably the biggest female artist in the world, having already achieved an unprecedented string of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles. This compilation arrived as her seventh studio album, significantly bolstering her already immense commercial success.
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