Number 1 to Infinity (concert residency)

#1 to Infinity was a concert residency by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. It began on May 6, 2015, and concluded on July 18, 2017. The show featured all eighteen of Carey's US number-one singles in chronological order.[1][2][3]

Number 1 to Infinity

Residency by Mariah Carey
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Venue	The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Associated album	#1 to Infinity
Start date	May 6, 2015 (2015-05-06)
End date	July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18)
Legs	6
No. of shows	17 in 2015 27 in 2016 6 in 2017 50 in total
Attendance	177,586 (88%)
Box office	$23,912,616
Website	Official website
Mariah Carey concert chronology

Background

Carey announced the residency during her interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The announcement follows reports that Canadian singer Celine Dion would not be returning to the venue who postponed her shows so that she could continue to take care of her ill husband. Later that spring 2015 Celine announced that she will return to Caesars Palace on August 27, 2015.[1][3] Speaking of the residency, Carey said "I'm going to do my first ever residency in Vegas at Caesars. This is a special event for me. And again, I have to hope that the fans will enjoy this cause I'm gonna be performing, which was kind of inspired by my album #1's, and this is now the updated version with eighteen of them. I've never done this before."[4] Tickets went on sale January 15, 2015.

Critical response

Robin Leach from the Las Vegas Sun praised the opening performance, writing the singer "is the highest-pitched contemporary pop singer of the decade."[5]

Set list

1. "Vision of Love"
2. "Love Takes Time"
3. "Someday" (with elements of "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC)
4. "I Don't Wanna Cry"
5. "Emotions"
6. "I'll Be There" (with Trey Lorenz)
7. "Anytime You Need a Friend" (C+C Club Mix) [Video interlude]
8. "Dreamlover" (with elements from "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G.)
9. "Hero"
10. "Fantasy" (with elements from “Bad Boy Remix”)
11. "One Sweet Day" (with Daniel Moore and Trey Lorenz)
12. "Always Be My Baby"
13. "Always Be My Baby / Butterfly" (Performed by background singers)
14. "Honey" (with elements from "Bad Boy Remix")
15. Guitar Interlude
16. "My All"
17. "Heartbreaker" (with elements from "Desert Storm Remix")
18. "Thank God I Found You" (piano snippet)
19. "We Belong Together / Don't Forget About Us"
20. "Touch My Body"
21. "Touch My Body Reprise" (Band introductions)
22. "Infinity"

Notes:

• An acoustic snippet of "It's Like That" was performed on the eighth night.
• "Rainbow Interlude" was performed on the seventeenth, twentieth, twenty-fourth, twenty-sixth, thirty-first and thirty-third night.
• Acoustic snippets of "Fly Like a Bird", "Circles" and "I Wish You Well" and were performed on the twenty-sixth night.
• "Infinity" was replaced by "It's Like That" for the final ten shows.

Shows

Date	Sellouts/Shows	Attendance/Capacity	Revenue
Leg 1[6]
May 6, 2015	4/8	30,936 / 32,597 (95%)	$4,596,125
May 9, 2015
May 10, 2015
May 16, 2015
May 17, 2015
May 20, 2015
May 23, 2015
May 24, 2015
Leg 2[7]
July 8, 2015	6/9	34,499 / 35,846 (96%)	$5,300,365
July 11, 2015
July 12, 2015
July 15, 2015
July 18, 2015
July 19, 2015
July 22, 2015
July 25, 2015
July 26, 2015
Leg 3[8]
February 2, 2016	2/9	31,038 / 35,349 (88%)	$4,532,760
February 5, 2016
February 6, 2016
February 10, 2016
February 13, 2016
February 14, 2016
February 17, 2016
February 19, 2016
February 20, 2016
Leg 4[9][10]
June 7, 2016	0/9	30,319 / 38,660 (78%)	$3,069,710
June 10, 2016
June 11, 2016
June 14, 2016
June 17, 2016
June 18, 2016
June 21, 2016
June 24, 2016
June 25, 2016
Leg 5[11]
August 24, 2016	1/9	30,570 / 35,157 (87%)	$3,986,795
August 27, 2016
August 28, 2016
August 31, 2016
September 3, 2016
September 4, 2016
September 7, 2016
September 10, 2016
September 11, 2016
Leg 6[12][13]
July 8, 2017	0/6	20,224 / 23,452 (86%)	$2,426,861
July 9, 2017
July 11, 2017
July 14, 2017
July 15, 2017
July 18, 2017
Total	13/50	177,586 / 201,079 (88%)	$23,912,616

Cancelled shows

Date	Reason
May 13, 2015	Bronchitis[14]

Rescheduled shows

Leg 6 has been rescheduled. Originally ran from April 26, 2017 - May 18, 2017. Due to the announced joint tour between Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey, the original dates of Leg 6 have been rescheduled to July 2017. The original 6th leg had 9 shows, the new announced leg has 6 shows [15]

Personnel

• Show director — Ken Ehrlich
• Creative director — Raj Kapoor
• Musical director — James Wright
• Guitar — Tim Stewart
• Drums — Josh Baker
• Bass — Lance Tolbert
• Keyboards — Daniel Moore & Derrieux Edgecombe
• Piano - James "Big Jim" Wright
• Backing vocalists — Trey Lorenz, Maryann Tatum, & Takeytha Johnson
• Choreographers — Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
• Dancers — Bryan Tanaka, Shaun Walker, G. Madison IV, Joaquim de Santana, Anthony Burrell & Michael Silas

References

1. Blistein, Jon (January 15, 2015). "Mariah Carey to Sing Number Ones at First Las Vegas Residency". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
2. Oldenburg, Ann (January 15, 2015). "Mariah Carey signs for Las Vegas residency show". USA Today. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
3. Shenton, Zoe (January 15, 2015). "Mariah Carey confirms 'multi-million pound' Las Vegas residency". Daily Mirror. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
4. "Mariah Carey Announces Caesars Palace Residency". Billboard. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
5. Leach, Robin (May 7, 2015). "Review: Mariah Carey's premiere at Caesars is a night of triumph". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
6. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. June 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015.
7. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. July 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 29, 2015.
8. "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York: Billboard. March 12, 2016. p. 67.
9. "Mariah Carey Announces New 2016 Dates For Her Sell-Out Las Vegas Residency At The Colosseum At Caesars Palace". PR Newswire. January 26, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
10. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. July 13, 2016. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
11. "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York: Billboard. October 15, 2016. p. 154.
12. "New Schedule for Final Shows of "Mariah #1 to Infinity" at The Colosseum" (Press release). Las Vegas, Nevada: The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
13. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. August 30, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
14. "Mariah Carey has bronchitis, cancels Wednesday night Las Vegas show to rest voice". U.S. News & World Report. May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
15. "Mariah Carey Las Vegas Show Tickets - Caesars Palace".