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About Mariah Carey
The best-selling female performer of the 1990s and one of the most popular artists through the 2010s, Mariah Carey rose to superstardom on the strength of her stunning five-octave voice. An elastic talent who moved easily from glossy ballads to hip-hop-inspired dance-pop, she earned frequent comparison to rivals Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, but did them both one better by co-writing almost all her material. Like all artists with lengthy periods in the mainstream spotlight, Carey experienced creative and commercial lulls, yet each one of her proper studio albums peaked within the Top Five of the Billboard 200.
Born in Long Island, New York, on March 27, 1970, Carey moved to New York City at the age of 17 -- just one day after graduating high school -- to pursue a music career; there she befriended keyboardist Ben Margulies, with whom she began writing songs. Her big break came as a backing vocalist on a studio session with dance-pop singer Brenda K. Starr, who handed Carey's demo tape to Columbia Records head Tommy Mottola at a party. According to legend, Mottola listened to the tape in his limo while driving home that same evening, and was so immediately struck by Carey's talent that he doubled back to the party to track her down.
After signing to Columbia, Carey entered the studio to begin work on her 1990 self-titled debut LP. The heavily promoted album was a chart-topping smash, launching no less than four number one singles: 'Vision of Love,' 'Love Takes Time,' 'Someday,' and 'I Don't Wanna Cry.' Her overnight success earned Grammy Awards as Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist, and expectations were high for Carey's follow-up, 1991's Emotions. The album did not disappoint, as the title track reached number one -- a record fifth consecutive chart-topper -- while both 'Can't Let Go' and 'Make It Happen' landed in the Top Five. Carey's next release was 1992's MTV Unplugged EP, which generated a number one cover of the Jackson 5's 'I'll Be There.' Featured on the track was backup singer Trey Lorenz, whose appearance immediately helped him land a recording contract of his own.
In June 1993, Carey wed Mottola -- some two decades her senior -- in a headline-grabbing ceremony; months later, she released her third full-length effort, Music Box, which became her best-selling record to date. Two more singles, 'Dreamlover' and 'Hero,' reached the top spot on the charts. Carey's first tour followed and was widely panned by critics; undaunted, she resurfaced in 1994 with a holiday release titled Merry Christmas, scoring a seasonal smash with 'All I Want for Christmas Is You.' Released in 1995, Daydream reflected a new artistic maturity; the first single, 'Fantasy,' debuted at number one, making Carey the first female artist and just the second performer ever to accomplish the feat. The follow-up, 'One Sweet Day' -- a collaboration with Boyz II Men -- repeated the trick, and remained lodged at the top of the charts for a record 16 weeks.
After separating from Mottola, Carey returned in 1997 with Butterfly, another staggering success and her most hip-hop-flavored recording to date. #1's -- a collection featuring her 13 previous chart-topping singles as well as 'The Prince of Egypt (When You Believe),' a duet with Whitney Houston effectively pairing the two most successful female recording artists in pop history -- followed late the next year. With 'Heartbreaker,' the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow, Carey became the first artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s; the record also pushed her ahead of the Beatles as the artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop the Hot 100 singles chart.
However, the early 2000s weren't as kind to Carey. After signing an $80 million deal in 2001 with Virgin -- the biggest record contract ever -- she starred in her first film, Glitter and its attendant soundtrack (which was also her Virgin Records debut). Despite the movie's soft ticket sales, the Glitter soundtrack eventually went platinum thanks to the single 'Loverboy.' Virgin and Carey parted ways early in 2002, with the label paying her $28 million. That spring, she found a new home with Island/Def Jam, where she set up her own label, MonarC Music. In December, she released her ninth album, Charmbracelet, her first proper studio album to go merely platinum rather than multi-platinum.
The Emancipation of Mimi, her most successful work in years, appeared in 2005. It climbed to multi-platinum status and earned Carey three Grammy Awards -- Best Contemporary R&B Album and, for the single 'We Belong Together,' Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song -- thus restoring her status as a megastar. Two weeks before the release of her subsequent album, 2008's E=MC2, Carey scored her 18th number one hit with 'Touch My Body,' a feat that pushed her into second place (past Elvis, no less) among all artists with the most chart-topping singles. Although that hit song, along with the late April news that she had married Nick Cannon, kept her in the spotlight that year, the remainder of the album's spinoffs weren't nearly as successful; only 'Bye Bye' managed to scrape the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Carey went back to work fairly quickly, however, and in 2009, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel -- featuring collaborations with the-Dream as well as a cover of Foreigner's 'I Want to Know What Love Is' -- became her 12th studio album. Despite some positive reviews, it was her least successful studio album; only one of its singles, 'Obsessed,' reached the Top Ten. The following year, Carey released her second Christmas album, Merry Christmas II You. She gave birth to twins in 2011, and within a year she was performing again and judged the 12th season of American Idol. The Miguel collaboration '#Beautiful,' the lead single to her next album, was released in 2013 and went platinum. Me. I Am Mariah: The Elusive Chanteuse, her first album for Def Jam, followed in 2014, and reached number two on the album charts. ~ Jason Ankeny
Albums list:
Mariah Carey - #1 to Infinity (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - #1 to Infinity (US Version)
Mariah Carey - #1's
Mariah Carey - At the Pearl Palms Concert Theatre (Live)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (International Version)
Mariah Carey - Caution (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - Caution (New Zealand Version)
Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet
Mariah Carey - Daydream
Mariah Carey - Daydream Butterfly
Mariah Carey - E=MC²
Mariah Carey - E=MC² (Exclusive Version)
Mariah Carey - E=MC² (French Bonus Track)
Mariah Carey - E=MC2 (Japanese Digital Version)
Mariah Carey - E=MC² (US Version)
Mariah Carey - Emotions
Mariah Carey - Emotions (Mastered)
Mariah Carey - Glitter
Mariah Carey - Lovesongs
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey - iTunes Essentials
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (Mastered)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey Greatest Hits
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey Greatest Hits (International Version)
Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse (Deluxe Version)
Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse (Deluxe Version) (Clean Version)
Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (iTunes + LP)
Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (Special Edition)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (France Version)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (Mastered)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas II You
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas II You (Germany Version)
Mariah Carey - MTV Unplugged Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey - Music Box
Mariah Carey - Music Box (Mastered)
Mariah Carey - Playlist The Very Best Of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey - Rainbow
Mariah Carey - Rainbow (Bonus Track Version)
Mariah Carey - Rainbow (Clean Version)
Mariah Carey - The Ballads(Deluxe Version)
Mariah Carey - The Collection
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (Mastered)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (Reissue)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition)
Mariah Carey - The Essential Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey - The Remixes
Smooth Jazz All Stars - Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas Smooth Jazz Tribute
Various Artists - Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists - Smooth Sax Tribute to Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits
Vitamin Piano Series - The Piano Tribute to Mariah Carey Butterfly Melodies
Vitamin String Quartet - The String Quartet Tribute to Mariah Carey
EPs & Singles list:
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (feat. Miguel) - Single
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (Remix) [feat. Miguel & A$AP Rocky] - Single
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (Remix) [feat. Miguel & Jeezy] - Single
Mariah Carey - Against All Odds - EP
Mariah Carey - Against All Odds (feat. Westlife) - Single
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah's New Dance Mixes) [Remixed by Low Sunday] - EP
Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
Mariah Carey - Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) [The Remixes]
Mariah Carey - Boy (I Need You) - EP
Mariah Carey - Boy (I Need You) [CD 1] - EP
Mariah Carey - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (int'l 2 trk)
Mariah Carey - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (int'l 4 trk)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly - EP
Mariah Carey - Butterfly - Single
Mariah Carey - Bye Bye - EP
Mariah Carey - Bye Bye - Single (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)
Mariah Carey - Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) - EP
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us - EP
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us - EP (Australian Version)
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us - Single (Australian Version)
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us - Single (UK Version)
Mariah Carey - Emotions - Single
Mariah Carey - Fantasy (UK Maxi Single) (AAC Format)
Mariah Carey - Fantasy [Digital 45]
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number Shake It Off - EP (UK Maxi)
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number Shake It Off (UK 2 Trk Single)
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number - EP
Mariah Carey - Get Your Number - Single
Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker - EP
Mariah Carey - Hero - EP
Mariah Carey - Honey - EP
Mariah Carey - I Stay In Love (The Remixes) - EP
Mariah Carey - I Still Believe
Mariah Carey - I Still Believe - EP
Mariah Carey - I Still Believe (Remixes)
Mariah Carey - I Want to Know What Love Is - Single (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - I Want to Know What Love Is - The Remixes
Mariah Carey - I'll Be There - Single
Mariah Carey - It's Like That - EP (International Version)
Mariah Carey - Loverboy - EP
Mariah Carey - My All Breakdown
Mariah Carey - Never Too Far Don't Stop (Funkin 4 Jamaica) - Single
Mariah Carey - Obsessed - Single (New Zealand Version)
Mariah Carey - Oh Santa! (The Remixes) - EP
Mariah Carey - Say Somethin' - Single
Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You - Single
Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe & 98 Degrees) [Remixes]
Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (Remixes) - EP
Mariah Carey - Through the Rain - EP
Mariah Carey - Through The Rain - Single
Mariah Carey - Through the Rain - Single (US Version)
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body - EP
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body - Single
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body - Single (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Remixes)
Mariah Carey - Triumphant (Remixes)
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together - EP
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together - Remix
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together - Single
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together - Single (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - Without You Never Forget You
Mariah Carey - You're Mine (Eternal) [The Dance Remixes]
Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston - When You Believe (From The Prince Of Egypt) - Single
Praise Hymn - When You Believe (As Originally Peformed By Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston)
Trey Lorenz - Pisces (feat. Mariah Carey) - Single
Singles list:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Lil Love (feat. Mariah Carey & Bow Wow) - Single
Chef B - To the Ever - Expanding Reaches of the Universe and Back - Single
DJ First Mike - Thirsty (Remix) [feat. Rich Homie Quan] - Single
Empire Cast - Infamous (feat. Jussie Smollett & Mariah Carey) - Single
French Montana - Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee & Mariah Carey) [Mariah Carey Remix] - Single
French Montana - Unforgettable (Mariah Carey Acoustic Remix) [feat. Swae Lee & Mariah Carey] - Single
French Montana - Unforgettable (Mariah Carey Acoustic Remix) [feat. Swae Lee & Mariah Carey] - Single (Clean)
French Montana - Unforgettable (Mariah Carey Remix) [feat. Swae Lee & Mariah Carey] - Single
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (#Hermosa – Spanglish Version) [feat. Miguel] - Single
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (#Hermosa) [Spanglish Version] [feat. Miguel] - Single
Mariah Carey - 100% - Single
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You - Single
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) - Single
Mariah Carey - Almost Home (Music from the Motion Picture Oz the Great and Powerful) - Single
Mariah Carey - Angels Cry (Remix) [feat. Ne-Yo] - Single
Mariah Carey - Boy (I Need You) [Remix] {feat. Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jimmy Jones & Freeway} - Single
Mariah Carey - Bye Bye (So So Def Remix) [feat. Jay-Z] - Single
Mariah Carey - Bye Bye (So So Def Remix) [feat. Jay-Z] - Single (Clean)
Mariah Carey - Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany) - Single
Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Live) [feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard] - Single
Mariah Carey - GTFO - Single
Mariah Carey - I Don't (feat. Remy Ma & YG) [Remix] - Single
Mariah Carey - I Don't (feat. YG) - Single
Mariah Carey - I Want To Know What Love Is - Single
Mariah Carey - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time (feat. T.I.) - Single
Mariah Carey - Infinity - Single
Mariah Carey - Obsessed - Single
Mariah Carey - Obsessed (Remix) [feat. Gucci Mane] - Single
Mariah Carey - Oh Santa! - Single
Mariah Carey - Oh Santa! All I Want for Christmas Is You (Holiday Mashup) - Single
Mariah Carey - Right to Dream (From the Movie Tennessee) - Single
Mariah Carey - Say Somethin' (So So Def Remix) - Single (Japan Version)
Mariah Carey - Say Somethin' (Stereo Anthem Mix) - Single
Mariah Carey - Shake It Off (Remix) [feat. Jay-Z & Young Jeezy] - Single
Mariah Carey - The Art of Letting Go - Single
Mariah Carey - The Star (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Single
Mariah Carey - The-Dream - My Love (feat. Mariah Carey) - Single
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Craig C. Remix) - Single
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Remix) [feat. Rick Ross & The-Dream] - Single
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Seamus Haji Remix) - Single
Mariah Carey - Triumphant (Get 'Em) [feat. Rick Ross & Meek Mill] - Single
Mariah Carey - Triumphant (Get 'Em) [feat. Rick Ross & Meek Mill] - Single (Clean Version)
Mariah Carey - Triumphant (Pulse Remix (Extended) - Single
Mariah Carey - Triumphant (Vintage Throwback Mix) - Single
Mariah Carey - Up Out My Face (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Single
Mariah Carey - With You - Single
Mariah Carey - You're Mine (Eternal) - Single
Mariah Carey - You're Mine (Eternal) (Remix) [feat. Trey Songz] - Single
Mariah Carey & Brian McKnight - Whenever You Call - Single
Mariah Carey & John Legend - When Christmas Comes - Single
Mariah Carey featuring Dem Franchize Boyz - Say Somethin' - Single (So So Def Remix)
Rick Ross - Can't Say No (feat. Mariah Carey) - Single
Various Artists - Just Stand Up! - Single
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