#1 To Infinity
Mariah Carey
#1 To Infinity is Mariah Carey’s third greatest‑hits compilation, released on May 18, 2015 by Epic/Columbia/Sony Legacy as her first project after re‑signing with Sony and beginning a new partnership with L.A. Reid. Timed to coincide with her Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the album assembles—for the first time in one chronological package—all 18 of her U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number‑one singles, plus a newly recorded song, “Infinity,” which also served as the lead single. In doing so, it effectively updates and replaces her 1998 compilation #1’s, adding the post‑’90s chart‑toppers “Heartbreaker,” “Thank God I Found You,” “We Belong Together,” “Don’t Forget About Us,” and “Touch My Body” to the existing run of hits from her Columbia years.
Sequenced chronologically, #1 To Infinity opens with “Vision of Love” and moves through “Love Takes Time,” “Someday,” “I Don’t Wanna Cry,” “Emotions,” “I’ll Be There,” “Dreamlover,” “Hero,” “Fantasy,” “One Sweet Day,” “Always Be My Baby,” “Honey,” and “My All,” before arriving at the 2000s and 2010s smashes that cement her as the solo artist with the most Hot 100 number ones in history. The collection thus showcases the full stylistic arc of Carey’s commercial peak: early power ballads and pop‑soul; mid‑’90s hip‑hop‑infused R&B like “Fantasy” and “Honey”; the record‑setting ballad “One Sweet Day”; and the mid‑2000s slow‑jam “We Belong Together,” named Billboard’s Song of the Decade. “Infinity,” placed as the 19th track, is a hybrid of inspirational ballad and mid‑tempo pop/R&B breakup anthem that lyrically addresses endings and self‑worth, while symbolically pointing forward to her new phase at Epic. As reviewers have noted, #1 To Infinity is less a deep, career‑spanning portrait than a document of unprecedented chart dominance—but in compressing 25 years of number‑one singles into one disc, it powerfully illustrates just how thoroughly Carey helped define mainstream pop and R&B from the early ’90s onward.
#1 To Infinity
Mariah Carey
#1 To Infinity is Mariah Carey’s third greatest‑hits compilation, released on May 18, 2015 by Epic/Columbia/Sony Legacy as her first project after re‑signing with Sony and beginning a new partnership with L.A. Reid. Timed to coincide with her Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the album assembles—for the first time in one chronological package—all 18 of her U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number‑one singles, plus a newly recorded song, “Infinity,” which also served as the lead single. In doing so, it effectively updates and replaces her 1998 compilation #1’s, adding the post‑’90s chart‑toppers “Heartbreaker,” “Thank God I Found You,” “We Belong Together,” “Don’t Forget About Us,” and “Touch My Body” to the existing run of hits from her Columbia years.
Sequenced chronologically, #1 To Infinity opens with “Vision of Love” and moves through “Love Takes Time,” “Someday,” “I Don’t Wanna Cry,” “Emotions,” “I’ll Be There,” “Dreamlover,” “Hero,” “Fantasy,” “One Sweet Day,” “Always Be My Baby,” “Honey,” and “My All,” before arriving at the 2000s and 2010s smashes that cement her as the solo artist with the most Hot 100 number ones in history. The collection thus showcases the full stylistic arc of Carey’s commercial peak: early power ballads and pop‑soul; mid‑’90s hip‑hop‑infused R&B like “Fantasy” and “Honey”; the record‑setting ballad “One Sweet Day”; and the mid‑2000s slow‑jam “We Belong Together,” named Billboard’s Song of the Decade. “Infinity,” placed as the 19th track, is a hybrid of inspirational ballad and mid‑tempo pop/R&B breakup anthem that lyrically addresses endings and self‑worth, while symbolically pointing forward to her new phase at Epic. As reviewers have noted, #1 To Infinity is less a deep, career‑spanning portrait than a document of unprecedented chart dominance—but in compressing 25 years of number‑one singles into one disc, it powerfully illustrates just how thoroughly Carey helped define mainstream pop and R&B from the early ’90s onward.