It is rare when artistic quality and popularity converge, but somehow it managed to happen in the case of the Beatles, who were both the greatest pop act in world history, and also pop music's greatest artistic geniuses. It is rather amazing, given how popular so much of the word's musical fluff is, that the Beatles have managed to hold onto the record for the most number one hits (20). But the news that Mariah Carey now has 17 number one hits and may very well surpass the Beatles some day only serves to confirm that we live in a hopeless world. The one great convergence between artistic genius and popularity will finally crumble in the face of superficiality.
Admittedly, Carey has has two decades to reach this plateau, while the Beatles did their thing in a span of about six years or so. But still.
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