#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
"Vision of Love" "Love Takes Time" "Someday" (with elements of "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg") "I Don't Wanna Cry" "Emotions" "I'll Be There" (with Trey Lorenz) "Dreamlover" (with elements from "Juicy") "Hero" "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix) "One Sweet Day" (with Daniel Moore and Trey Lorenz) "Always Be My Baby" "Honey" (Bad Boy Remix) "My All" "Heartbreaker" (Desert Storm Remix) "Thank God I Found You" "We Belong Together" "Don't Forget About Us" "Touch My Body" "Infinity" Notes:
Starting from September 3rd, "It's Like That" replaced "Infinity".
Shows
Cancelled shows
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