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  1. 1 to Infinity
File:Number Ones to Infinity cover.png
Compilation album by Mariah Carey
Released May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
Recorded 1990–2015
Length 79:39
Label
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Various
Mariah Carey chronology
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse
(2014)Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse2014		 #1 to Infinity
(2015)
Singles from #1 to Infinity
  1. "Infinity"
    Released: April 27, 2015

#1 to Infinity is the sixth compilation album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released by Sony Music Entertainment on May 15, 2015. It features Carey's eighteen U.S. number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. A new recording called "Infinity" was released as the only single on April 27, 2015. In January 2015, the singer announced that she had signed a residency deal to perform at The Colosseum at the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas in May and July 2015, and would perform all of her number-ones. As a result, she decided to re-release her first compilation, #1's, from 1998 with an updated list of subsequent chart toppers. Carey promoted the album with her Mariah Carey #1's residency and with live performances at the Billboard Music Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Live! with Kelly and Michael.

Background

Following the release of Mariah Carey's fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, in May 2014, she parted ways with her record label Def Jam Recordings, her publicist Cindi Berger and her manager Jermaine Dupri.[1] She signed a new record contract with L.A. Reid at Epic Records (who co-executively produced Carey's tenth album The Emancipation of Mimi in 2005), sought a new publicist with Chris Chambers of the Chamber Group and hired new managers Stella Bulochnikov and Brian Sher.[1] Writers Shirley Halperin and Andrew Hampp of Billboard attributed Carey's decision to seek new a new label and management to the low sales of Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, which at a total of 117,000 units since its release, is Carey's lowest selling album in the United States.[2] Carey secured a multi-album record deal with Epic in January 2015, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, meaning that #1 to Infinity would be her first album since her seventh studio album Rainbow in 1999 to be released with Sony.[2]

Following the release of Rainbow, Carey left Sony and signed an $80 million, four-album contract with EMI's Virgin Records, wishing to severe all ties with Sony and its chairman, her former husband Tommy Mottola.[2] Halperin and Hampp believe that following a prolonged period of absence from Sony and re-signing with them is a positive situation for Carey: "Doug Morris, current chairman/CEO of Sony Music, brought Carey to Island Def Jam in 2003 when he was running Universal Music Group. Reid, then head of Island Def Jam, oversaw her Mimi-powered 2005 comeback. Joey Arbagey, a collaborator of Carey's during the making of the six-times platinum [The Emancipation of Mimi], is now executive vp A&R at Epic."[2] Furthermore, Carey released seven studio albums, a live EP and four compilation/greatest hits albums with Sony, which have sold a total of 43.9 million units in the US combined.[2] Although Halperin and Hampp note that "Carey's legacy is undisputed, her recent stumbles have not gone unnoticed," with regard to her divorce from Nick Cannon, the low sales of Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse and its failure to garner a top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 and hiring and firing three managers: Dupri, Randy Jackson and Kevin Giles (the last of whom Carey has kept as a consultant). As a result, several record labels were reluctant to offer Carey a contract.[2] According to Billboard, many other critics felt that reuniting with Reid is Carey's best chance of re-establising herself on the charts.[2]

Content

In January 2015, Carey announced that she would re-release #1's (1998) with an updated version featuring her songs that had in the meantime reached number-one: "Heartbreaker" featuring Jay-Z (1999), "Thank God I Found You" featuring Joe and 98 Degrees (2000), "We Belong Together" (2005), "Don't Forget About Us" (2005/06) and "Touch My Body" (2008).[3] The North American track listing of #1 to Infinity features Carey's eighteen U.S. number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and one new recording called "Infinity".[4] Instead of including the original studio version of her third number-one "Someday" (1991), the live recording from her MTV Unplugged EP (1992) features instead. Carey explains in the liner notes of #1 to Infinity that she felt the studio version was overproduced.[5] The Bad Boy Fantasy remix of her ninth number-one "Fantasy" featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard was included instead of the original solo version. Carey describes the remix as a "turning point" in her career.[5]

"Someday", "I Don't Wanna Cry" and "Thank God I Found You" were omitted from the international track listing. They were replaced with Carey's cover of Badfinger's song "Without You" (number-one in New Zealand,[6] the United Kingdom,[7] and several European territories[6]), her "Endless Love" duet with Luther Vandross (number-one in New Zealand[8]) and "Against All Odds" featuring Westlife (number-one in the United Kingdom[7]). "Thank God I Found You" was also omitted from the Japanese track listing, and replaced with "All I Want for Christmas Is You".[9] For the album artwork, Carey launched a social media campaign on April 12, 2015, whereby fans had to share a link to her website in order to reveal the cover which was concealed by a curtain. Using the hashtag "RevealMariah", the more shares the link received, the quicker the cover was revealed.[10][11] Fans unlocked the final image a day later on April 13.[12]

Singles

"Infinity" was released as the only single from the album, and was the only new recording to be included on the track list.[13] It is a mid-tempo R&B song[14][15] written by Carey, Eric Hudson, Priscilla Renea, Taylor Parks and Ilsey Juber.[5] Lyrically, the song is about Carey freeing herself and emancipation,[16] however many critics speculated that the lyrics were specifically about her separation from her second husband, Nick Cannon.[13][15][17][18] In response, Carey said that the song was not a reflection of her personal life, but even if it was, she would not publicly confirm who it was written about.[16] Critical response to the song was positive, with many critics praising Carey's vocals and her comical songwriting, specifically with regard to the reference about Fritos.[14][19] "Infinity" reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her forty-seventh entry since her debut in 1990.[20]

Promotion

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On January 15, 2015, Carey appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to announce that she signed a contract to take up residency at The Colosseum at the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas in May and July 2015; it is called Mariah Carey #1's.[21] During the interview, Carey confirmed "I'm going to do my first ever residency in Vegas at Caesars."[21] "This is a special event for me. And again, I have to hope that the fans will enjoy this cause I'm gonna be performing, which was kind of inspired by my album #1's, and this is now the updated version with eighteen of them. Hopefully other people will enjoy this. I've never done this before."[21] The confirmation of Carey's residency came after Canadian singer Celine Dion announced that she had postponed dates of her residency at Caesars Palace to care for her husband, René Angélil, who is suffering from cancer.[21] Aside from singing "Infinity" at her residency,[22] Carey performed a medley of her 1990 debut single "Vision of Love" followed by "Infinity" at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17, 2015; it was her first performance at the ceremony in seventeen years.[23][24][25] Andrew Hampp for Billboard described the performance as "octave-leaping" and one of the most memorable of the night.[26] Other promotional appearances included Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Live! with Kelly and Michael.[27][28] For the latter, Carey wore an Aurora-inspired dress from the Disney film Sleeping Beauty and performed on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disney World.[28]

Chart performance

#1 to Infinity debuted at number 29 on the Billboard 200 chart on June 6, 2015.[29] It became her twentieth album to make the chart. Her eponymous album had debuted at number 80 twenty-five years prior in 1990 and later became her first of six number-one albums in 1991.[30] #1 to Infinity peaked at number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart[31][32] and R&B Albums chart, respectively.[33][34] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 8 on May 24, 2015, remaining on the chart for 5 weeks.[35][36] On the UK R&B Albums Chart, the compilation reached number 1.[37] Similarly, the album peaked at number 18 on the Australian Albums Chart,[38] but reached number 2 on the Urban Albums Chart.[39]

Track listing

#1 to Infinity – North American edition
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Vision of Love"  
3:29
2. "Love Takes Time"  
  • Carey
  • Margulies
 Walter Afanasieff 3:49
3. "Someday" (MTV Unplugged version)
  • Carey
  • Margulies
 Ric Wake 4:08
4. "I Don't Wanna Cry"  
  • Carey
  • Walden
 Walden 4:48
5. "Emotions"  
  • Carey
  • Cole
  • Clivillés
 4:08
6. "I'll Be There" (featuring Trey Lorenz)
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
 4:24
7. "Dreamlover"  
  • Carey
  • Hall
  • Afanasieff
 3:53
8. "Hero"  
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
 4:17
9. "Fantasy (Bad Boy Fantasy Remix)"  
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
 4:53
10. "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men)
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
 4:41
11. "Always Be My Baby"  
  • Carey
  • Dupri
  • Seal
 4:18
12. "Honey"  
4:59
13. "My All"  
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff
 3:51
14. "Heartbreaker" (featuring Jay-Z)
4:46
15. "Thank God I Found You" (featuring Joe and 98 Degrees)
  • Carey
  • Harris
  • Lewis
 4:17
16. "We Belong Together"  
  • Carey
  • Dupri
  • Seal
 3:22
17. "Don't Forget About Us"  
  • Carey
  • Dupri
  • Seal
 3:53
18. "Touch My Body"  
  • Carey
  • Stewart
 3:27
19. "Infinity"  
  • Carey
  • Hudson
 3:58
Total length:
 79:39
Notes
  • "I'll Be There" featuring Trey Lorenz is a cover, originally performed by The Jackson 5
  • "Without You" is a cover, originally performed by Badfinger
  • "Endless Love" with Luther Vandross is a cover, originally performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
  • "Against All Odds" with Westlife is a cover, originally performed by Phil Collins
Sample credits

Charts

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref
Germany May 15, 2015
Sony [59]
United Kingdom Digital download [60]
France May 18, 2015
  • CD
  • digital download
 [61]
Spain Digital download [62]
United Kingdom CD [63]
United States
  • CD
  • digital download
[64]
Italy May 19, 2015 Sony [65][66]
Spain CD [67]
Australia May 22, 2015
  • CD
  • digital download
 [68][69]
United States August 28, 2015 Vinyl
  • Epic
  • Columbia
  • Legacy
 [70]

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