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===Showbiz millionaire=== [[File:Johnny Mathis signing autographs.jpg|thumb|Mathis signing autographs in 1959]] In June 1957, Mathis appeared on the TV program ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', which helped increase his popularity. Later that year, Mathis released his second single to sell one million copies, "[[Chances Are (song)|Chances Are]]".<ref name=Millionaire>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 24, 1958|title=Mathematics on Mathis|page=57|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety213-1958-12#page/n295/mode/1up|access-date=May 21, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> In November, he released "[[Wild Is the Wind (song)|Wild Is the Wind]]", which featured in the [[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|film of the same title]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. Mathis performed the song at the ceremony in March 1958. The week before Mathis appeared at the Academy Awards, ''[[Johnny's Greatest Hits]]'' was released. The album spent an unprecedented 490 consecutive weeks (nearly nine and a half years) on the ''Billboard'' top 200 album charts,<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top LP's|date=July 20, 1968|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| page =70}}</ref> including three weeks at number one. It held the record for the most weeks on the top [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums in the U.S. for 15 years, until [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' (March 1973) reached 491 weeks in October 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top LP's & Tapes|date=October 29, 1983|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| page =73}}</ref> Later in 1958, Mathis made his second film appearance for [[20th Century Fox]], singing the song "[[A Certain Smile (song)|A Certain Smile]]" in the [[A Certain Smile (film)|film of that title]]. The song was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. By the end of the year, Mathis was set to earn $1 million a year.<ref name=Millionaire/> Critics called him "the velvet voice".<ref name="stationave"/> In 1959, Mathis released his album ''[[Heavenly (Johnny Mathis album)|Heavenly]]'', which topped the ''Billboard'' album chart for five weeks during its historic 295-week run.<ref>{{citation | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition | year = 2010 | publisher = Record Research Inc. | isbn = 0-89820-183-7 | p=503}}</ref> In 1962, ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazine listed Mathis as one of 30-35 millionaires on its list of "America's 100 Richest Negroes".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|date=May 1962|access-date=November 15, 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9cDAAAAMBAJ|pages=130β137|title=America's 100 Richest Negroes}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 2, 1962|title=5 From Show Business In 'Ebony' Roster of 100 U.S. Negro Millionaires|page=1}}</ref> He had two of his biggest hits in 1962 and 1963, with "[[Gina (song)|Gina]]" (number 6) and "[[What Will Mary Say]]" (number 9).
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