In its 2nd week, Touch My Body is up 31-16 on next week's Hot Dance Club Play chart. It seems inevitable (and soon) that she will break out of a tie (with Whitney and Donna Summer) for 3rd-most #1 club hits ever with her 13th.
well when you're talking numbers and your job is to know the artist you're talking about i think the idiot is the interviewer.
and not only that, but she didn't hang up, that was edited in the UK for the effect.
the UK likes to make her seem eccentric/mean/diva/crazy because they do... it's awkward idk why they do it she's the biggest selling female artist of all time you think they'd want to be respectful.
regardless, that's not even exciting. and she was funny the entire interview, i love how they try to talk after she "hung up" about her and no one can find anything to really pick at so they just get over it. accept it. embrace it. she's your life. bff.
Billboard: Mariah Carey To Collect Her 18th Number One This Week
Mariah Closing In On Record For No. 1 Hits
Mariah Carey is on track to collect her 18th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart next week.
"Touch My Body," the first single from her upcoming album, dipped one place to No. 15 on the latest survey. But the fresh availability of a digital download should send the song hurtling to the top next week.
That will push Carey to second place among artists with the most No. 1s in the rock era. The record is held by the Beatles with 20; Carey is currently tied with Elvis Presley.
Carey's album, "E=MC2," the follow-up to her 2005 Grammy-winning smash "The Emancipation of Mimi," arrives April 15 via Island Def Jam.
Asked recently by Billboard if she ever thinks about surpassing the Beatles' record, Carey admitted with a laugh, "I do, because people bring it up. But it's not like I sit around thinking about that type of stuff while I'm creating something. I did write this record in terms of wanting it to be a lot of songs that could potentially be singles, because people like that."
"I think it would be phenomenal," Island Def Jam Music Group chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid says of the prospect. "But the real goal is to create music the whole world can sing. And if we break records and set some milestones while doing that, that would be beautiful."
Fantastic. Another great song to wait for in High Quality.
"Bye Bye" is the second single from E=MC2
In a radio interview conducted today, Mariah told the DJs that the second single from the album is a ballad she worked on with Stargate and Johnta Austin. Although Mariah did not specifically mention the title of the song, we know from previous report that the ballad they collaborated on is Bye Bye which received rave reviews from the early listening parties for the album. it's an emotional ballad that people cry when they hear it but it's also a current song.
- Mariah Daily
"Touch My Body" #1 song on U.S. iTunes!
"Touch My Body" is #1 on the Top 100 Songs on iTunes USA!!11
CHART UPDATE:
• Mediabase Update: For the week ending March 24, 2008, "Touch My Body" has registered 105.815 million audience impressions with 16,694 spins (Pop - 6178, Rhythmic - 6019, Urban - 3180, Urban A/C - 1116, Hot A/C - 131, A/C - 12, Alternative - 4, MTV - 12, BET - 17, VH1 - 18, Fuse - 7).
• "Touch My Body" remains to be the Most Viewed video on AOL Music and Yahoo! Music! It is also positioned at #3 on the most popular videos at MTV.
• The video remains at #1 today on 106 & Park's "Top 10 Live" countdown for the 8th day in a row and jumped 9 spots to #3 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown.
• Ryan Seacrest's AT40 - syndicated: Remains at #14 on AT40 chart.
• Los Angeles, CA - KIIS FM: #2 on Jojo's Top 9 @ 9.
• New York City, NY - Z100: #1 on Shelly's High Noon countdown today and #6 on Romeo's Interactive 9 @ 9 last night.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATE
• Australia: "Touch My Body" climbed from #23 to #16 on Hot Hits' Top 40 chart.
"Touch My Body" is currently the #1 most downloaded video on iTunes Australia and the #8 most downloaded song on the Top 100 songs.
• Bulgaria: "Touch My Body" is at #24 on the radio countdown "The Voice Top 30". The video debuted high at #6 on "The Big 50" countdown at the "City" music television channel in Bulgaria.
• Canada: "Touch My Body" was #1 on Toronto's Flow 93.5 Top 6 @ 6 today! The song is #2 on iTunes' Top 100 songs.
• Croatia: "Touch My Body" was #1 this week on Radio Drava. The song also jumped 6 spots to #5 Radio Sibenik.
• France: Up one spot to #10 on Hit Skyrock. The video is at #1 on the top downloaded videos on iTunes France.
• Indonesia: The positions for "Touch My Body" on Indonesian radio stations are: #9 on Swaragama FM's Top 41, #5 on UTY FM's Top 20 Countdown, #3 on UTY FM's Urban Flavor, #2 on Star FM's Top 10, #14 on Geronimo FM's Top 40 and #7 on Trax FM's 20/20.
• Israel: "Touch My Body" debuts straight at #1 on Radio Jerusalem. The song is also at #24 on Radius 100 FM and also premiered on Galgalatz.
• Italy: "Touch My Body" is #8 on the Top 100 Songs on iTunes Italy.
• Japan: "Touch My Body" climbed from #17 to #5 on the Tokyo Hot 100!
• Korea: "Touch My Body" premiered on South Korea's most popular show, Music Camp - MBC FM 95.5 on Saturday. The song debuted at #12 on the American Top 20 countdown.
• Malaysia: "Touch My Body" climbed 1 spot to #16 on the Hitz Fm's Top 20 chart this week. It also broke into the Freaky Fly 30 chart at #30.
• Philippines: "Touch My Body" climbed to #1 on the Sunday countdown at Manila's Magic 89.9 FM.
• Poland: "Touch My Body" is the #1 video on one of the biggest Polish portals Interia.pl.
• Serbia: "Touch My Body" jumped two spots to #5 on Radio 3 FM's Top 30 this week.
• Singapore: "Touch My Body" is a spankin' new video on MTV Asia and will be aired all week as one.
• South Africa: At Metro FM, "Touch My Body" takes the #1 spot on the Top 40 countdown! At 5FM, the song moves up 3 spots to #21 on the Vodacom High 5@5 and on the Top 40 countdown, it was premiered with the intro: "This song just won't be ignored." At East Coast Radio, the song climbs an incredible 16 spots to #14 on the Global Hot Hits countdown!
• Sweden: #25 on the iTunes Top 100 Songs.
• United Kingdom: The "Touch My Body" video is #2 on the most downloaded videos on iTunes UK.
New Promo Pciture!
"Touch My Body" Now Available on iTunes
"Touch My Body," Mariah's first single in over three years is now available for download on iTunes
Mariah Carey is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 48 years of the Hot 100 with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits, and has already tied Elvis Presley's record setting 17 #1s.
Get Ready for Mariah's record-breaking 18th #1 on the Hot 100!
"Touch My Body"
Billboard Hot 100: #14 (Last Week #16)
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #4 (Last Week #4)
Billboard Pop 100: #20 (Last Week #25)
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #8 (Last Week #14)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #10 (Last Week #11)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #10 (Last Week #11)
Billboard Hot Dance Airplay: #13 (New Entry)
Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay: #9 (Last Week #14)
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40: #5 (Last Week #6)
Billboard Top 40 Mainstream: #9 (Last Week #14)
Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks: #1 (Last Week #1)
Billboard Hot RingMasters: #3 (Last Week #3)