Carey has spent 82 weeks at the number-one position on Billboard Hot 100, the greatest number for any artist in US chart history.[431] On that same chart, she has accumulated 19 number-one singles, the most for any solo artist (and second behind the Beatles).
Note: The Beatles were a band (rock group) from Great Britain.
For the record: On the night the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, I turned down an invitation to walk up the alley to study partner’s apartment to watch. My senior college year was hectic and I missed the historic event.
However, like the Kennedy assassination, I knew where I was at the time