Number 1 to Infinity (concert residency)

#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
End date July 18, 2017
Legs 6
No. of shows 50
Attendance 177,586 (88%)
Box office $23,912,616
Website Official website
Mariah Carey concert chronology

#1 to Infinity was a concert residency by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey at The Colosseum 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.

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. 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." 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."

Set list

  1. "Vision of Love"
  2. "Love Takes Time"
  3. "Someday" (with elements of "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg")
  4. "I Don't Wanna Cry"
  5. "Emotions"
  6. "I'll Be There" (with Trey Lorenz)
  7. "Dreamlover" (with elements from "Juicy")
  8. "Hero"
  9. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix)
  10. "One Sweet Day" (with Daniel Moore and Trey Lorenz)
  11. "Always Be My Baby"
  12. "Honey" (Bad Boy Remix)
  13. "My All"
  14. "Heartbreaker" (Desert Storm Remix)
  15. "Thank God I Found You"
  16. "We Belong Together"
  17. "Don't Forget About Us"
  18. "Touch My Body"
  19. "Infinity"

Notes:

Shows

Date Attendance/Capacity Revenue
Leg 1
May 6, 2015 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
July 8, 2015 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
February 2, 2016 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
June 7, 2016 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
August 24, 2016 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
July 8, 2017 20,224 / 23,452 (86%) $2,426,861
July 9, 2017
July 11, 2017
July 14, 2017
July 15, 2017
July 18, 2017
Total 177,586 / 201,079 (88%) $23,912,616

Cancelled shows

Date Reason
May 13, 2015 Bronchitis

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