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  • Musician Name: Mariah Carey
  • Birthday / Location: Mariah Carey March 27, 1969 (age 52) Huntington; New York
  • Main instrument: R&B  · hip hop  · pop  · soul
  • Musician Picture:200px-MariahRAH270519-32_%2849620848628%29_%28cropped%29.jpg
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  • Other Information: Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Renowned for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and unique use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the "Supreme Bird" and "Queen of Christmas". Throughout her career, Carey has been considered one of the greatest and most influential vocalists in recorded music history. She is credited with influencing the vocal construction of many artists of diverse musical genres and as one of the first artists to po[CENSORED]rize hip hop and the practice of remixes in po[CENSORED]r music.
  • Under the guidance of her ex-husband, executive Tommy Mottola, Carey rose to fame in the early 1990s after signing to Sony Music and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. The work made her the only artist in history to have her first five songs from work reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions". The artist's po[CENSORED]rity continued to grow with her subsequent albums Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993) and Merry Christmas (1994), the latter being the most purchased Christmas album of all time. In addition to producing several other number one hits, including "Dreamlover", "Hero", "Without You" and "All I Want for Christmas Is You". With Daydream (1995), Carey made history when her second single, "One Sweet Day", a duet with Boyz II Men, scored sixteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, a record held for 23 years. After parting ways with Mottola, she adopted a new image and incorporated more hip hop elements into her works, which was evident with the release of Butterfly (1997) and Rainbow (1999).
  • After eleven consecutive years of charting number one singles in the US, she left Sony in 2000 and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records. However, after having a highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the critical and commercial failure of her film Glitter (2001) and its corresponding soundtrack, Virgin terminated her contract for 50 million and she signed with Island the following year. . After a relatively unsuccessful period, her follow-up albums The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) and E=MC² (2008) brought her back to the top of the charts and had the songs "We Belong Together" and "Touch My Body" at the top of the charts. Billboard Hot 100. However, since Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009), she has again experienced relative success with her releases.
  • His work has earned him three Book of Records entries, five Grammys, 21 American Music Awards, 21 World Music Awards, and several others, in addition to the titles of "Icon of the Industry" and "Artist of the 1990s" and 19 singles. at number one in the United States — more than any other female artist of the Billboard Hot 100 era. Carey became the first artist to debut three songs at the top of that chart, the most of any other musician. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the most certified woman in the United States, based on her 68.5 million units accounted for. Worldwide it has distributed 200 million recordings, which makes it a record holder in sales. VH1 ranked her second on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while music magazine Rolling Stone recognized her as one of the 100 Greatest Vocalists of All Time. In 2019, Billboard magazine named her the fifth best-performing musician of all time on its charts.
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