Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American
singer-songwriter and actress. Known for her five-octave vocal range,
melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register,
she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World
Records. She rose to fame in 1990 with her eponymous debut album,
released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy
Mottola, who married her three years later. Carey is the first artist
in history to have their first five singles reach number one on the
Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".She achieved
worldwide success with follow-up albums Music Box (1993), Merry
Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995). These albums spawned some of
Carey's most successful singles, including "Hero", "Without You", "All
I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", as well
as "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end
chart (1990s). After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new
image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with
the release of Butterfly (1997). Billboard named her the country's
most successful artist of the 1990s, while the World Music Awards
honored her as the world's best-selling music artist of the 1990s, and
the best-selling female artist of the millennium.After eleven
consecutive years charting a US number-one single, Carey parted ways
with Columbia in 2001 and signed a $80 million recording contract with
Virgin Records in April of that year. However, following her highly
publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the critical
and commercial failure of her film Glitter (2001) and its accompanying
soundtrack, her contract was bought out for $28 million by Virgin and
she signed with Island Records the following year. After a relatively
unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of music charts with The
Emancipation of Mimi (2005), the world's second-best-selling album of
2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard
Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). Her performance the 2009 film
Precious won her the Breakthrough Actress Performance Award at the
Palm Springs International Film Festival.
singer-songwriter and actress. Known for her five-octave vocal range,
melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register,
she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World
Records. She rose to fame in 1990 with her eponymous debut album,
released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy
Mottola, who married her three years later. Carey is the first artist
in history to have their first five singles reach number one on the
Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".She achieved
worldwide success with follow-up albums Music Box (1993), Merry
Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995). These albums spawned some of
Carey's most successful singles, including "Hero", "Without You", "All
I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", as well
as "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end
chart (1990s). After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new
image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with
the release of Butterfly (1997). Billboard named her the country's
most successful artist of the 1990s, while the World Music Awards
honored her as the world's best-selling music artist of the 1990s, and
the best-selling female artist of the millennium.After eleven
consecutive years charting a US number-one single, Carey parted ways
with Columbia in 2001 and signed a $80 million recording contract with
Virgin Records in April of that year. However, following her highly
publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the critical
and commercial failure of her film Glitter (2001) and its accompanying
soundtrack, her contract was bought out for $28 million by Virgin and
she signed with Island Records the following year. After a relatively
unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of music charts with The
Emancipation of Mimi (2005), the world's second-best-selling album of
2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard
Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). Her performance the 2009 film
Precious won her the Breakthrough Actress Performance Award at the
Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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