TIME has calculated that the 45-year-old R&B diva has had the longest, most consistently successful career of her peers.
The magazine’s infographic outlines every major artist since 1960 to make it to the Billboard Top 10, and appropriate points were assigned based on rank/time on the chart which showed Mariah’s best year to be 2005 when she released the singles We Belong Together, Don’t Forget About Us, and Shake It Off.