Mariah Carey’s Always Be My Baby reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart dated May 4, 1996, adding another major milestone to her run in the mid-1990s.
Chart records show the single became Carey’s 11th No. 1 hit on the Hot 100. At the time, that tied her with Whitney Houston and Madonna for the most No. 1 songs among women.
Always Be My Baby was released from Carey’s 1995 album Daydream. The album had already produced Fantasy, which spent eight weeks at No. 1, and One Sweet Day with Boyz II Men, which held the top spot for 16 weeks.
Always Be My Baby spent two weeks at No. 1. Together, the three Daydream singles totaled 26 weeks at the top of the Hot 100. That remains a record for an album by a woman.
Carey later moved ahead on the all-time list. She now has 19 Hot 100 No. 1 singles, the most among solo artists.