MARIAH CAREY
Mariah Carey is a Grammy winning pop and R&B singer, and songwriter. She was born on March 27, 1970 in Long Island, NY. Encouraged by her opera singer mother, Mariah began singing at the tender age of 4. Carey made her debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and became the first recording act to have its first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, she released “Music Box,” her best-selling album to date. The series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. After separating from Mottola, Carey returned in 1997 with her hip hop influenced album, “Butterfly,” which was another success. In 1999, she released “Rainbow,” and 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. In 2001, she left Columbia. After signing with Virgin in 2001, she was dropped by the company after a highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown and the poor reception of Glitter, her film and soundtrack project. In 2002 Carey signed with Island/Def Jam, and she returned to the forefront of pop music in 2005 with the chart-topping album “The Emancipation of Mimi.” In addition to her commercial accomplishments, she is well-known for her singing voice, vocal range, power, and technical ability.
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