"The Emancipation Of Mimi, named the biggest-selling album of 2005, generated an all-time career-high 8 Grammy nominations for Mariah"
"Don't Forget About Us" became Carey's seventeenth number-one, tying her with Elvis Presley for the most number-ones by a solo artist (and behind only The Beatles, who had attained twenty number-one singles)
With the exception of Merry Christmas (from which there was no single release) and #1's (a collection of her first 13 chart-toppers), Mariah has hit #1 with the debut single from every one of her albums
Daydream, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, generated three consecutive #1 singles; Fantasy, One Sweet Day (her duet with Boyz II Men which, having spent 16 weeks at #1, still holds the record as the longest-running #1 single in history), and Always Be My Baby
With Daydream, she became the first female artist in history to have three studio albums to each sell in excess of eight million copies
Carey frequently accesses the notes situated in the seventh octave, her highest so far being a G#7, hit in two live performances of "Emotions" in 1991
"Some people are of the opinion that if you have a big voice you should use it all the time... [but] I don't want to hear someone scream at me all the time"-Carey |
LYRICS
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Carey's Biography 1970-1996
(written by Dan Leroy) If Mariah Carey's career has merely been a blatant attempt to milk the formula that brought Whitney Houston success, it's also been an extremely successful one. Since her 1990 debut, Carey has eclipsed Houston in several commercial categories, racking up 11 No. 1 U.S. hits in record time. While detractors claim her three-year marriage to Sony Music president Tommy Mottola was a prime reason for her success, Carey has also taken a more active role in her career than many peers, co-writing, producing and arranging almost all of her material and even directing some of her own music videos. Born in 1970 to an aerospace engineer and a New York City opera singer, Carey began her career singing backup for R&B artist Brenda K. Starr. A demo tape of Carey's material reached Mottola, who signed her to Sony in 1988. Her eponymous debut, a slavish copy of Houston's first record that also took every opportunity to show off Carey's five-octave vocal range, had instantaneous chart impact: the first single, the ballad "Vision Of Love," hit No. 1, as did two further tracks--and the album itself. The follow-up 1991 release, Emotions, peaked at just No. 4, but incorporated gospel and funk, and included the No. 1 title hit. It wasn't until Carey performed on MTV's Unplugged in 1992, however, that she gained critical respect, downplaying vocal pyrotechnics in favor of a more warm, intimate style. But it was mostly back to overblown business for 1993's Music Box, yet another No. 1 album. Carey's commercial juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down, although she occasionally stretches beyond the boundaries of Whitney-ville. Besides schlocky fare like 1995's No. 1 duet with Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day," Carey also teamed the same year with the Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard for the funky, sample-fueled "Fantasy." Since her very public divorce from her alleged Svengali, Mottola, Carey has moved in a much racier direction, dabbling in hip-hop and R&B with Puff Daddy and flaunting her semi-naked body in videos and photos. But whatever course she chooses in the future, the fact that she can appear in a VH1 Divas special alongside legends like Aretha Franklin and Carole King, and the same year release a greatest-hits package none-too-subtly titled #1's, proves that Carey has undeniably raised the bar of commercial expectations for all future projects--and for those who follow in her footsteps. Awards
1991 Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist 1993 Top Contemporary Album 1993 Award for worldwide sales od over 55 million 1995 Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist 1996 Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist 1996 Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist 1998 Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist 2005 Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
Billboard Music Awards
Grammy Awards
Australian Record Industry Association Awards
Rolling Stone
Germany's Bravo magazine
Smash Hit Awards
World Music Awards
Blockbuster Awards
Australian RIA Awards
VH1 Fashion Awards
Soul Train Music Awards
Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards
Winter Music National Dance Awards
MTV European Music Awards
Rockefellar Center Awards
New York City Music Awards
Long Island Music Awards
International Achievement In Arts Awards
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Awards
Fourth Annual International Achievement in Arts Awards
Horizon Award 1999
3rd annual VIBE Awards
Radio Music Awards (broadcast live on NBC from Las Vegas) |
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