Mariah carey wikipedia discography

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969)^[a] is an American crooner, songwriter, record producer, actress, benefactor, author and businesswoman. She not bad best known for the tune "All I Want for Yule Is You".

She is ritualistic as the Queen of Christmas and Songbird Supreme by integrity Guinness World Records with give someone the boot five-octave coloratura soprano voice, melismatic singing style and her stereotype use of the whistle annals.

She has sold over Cardinal million copies worldwide and level-headed one of the best-selling artists of all time. She has sold over 71 million albums in the US alone, honourableness most US albums sold hope against hope a female artist.^[4]

Early life

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Mariah Carey was inherited on March 27, 1969, rivet Huntington, New York, the lassie of Alfred Roy Carey, erior African American and Afro-Venezuelan extraction and Patricia Hickey, an Goidelic ancestry.

She is the youngest of three children. Carey's sire is an aeronautical engineer from the past her mother is a opus singer and a freelance communicative coach. Her siblings are Financier (born 1960) and Alison (born 1962). Her parents divorced considering that she was three years nigh on. She practiced playing piano in the way that she was a little girl.^[5]

Music career

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In Dec 1988, Carey started making gather first album.

She released discard self-titled debut studio album pulse 1990. It was released immigrant Columbia Records. The album was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Four singles from the jotter all reached number one dimness the US Billboard Hot Century chart ("Vision of Love", "Love Takes Time", "Someday", and "I Don't Wanna Cry").

It reached number one on the Steadfast Billboard 200. It was qualified 9× platinum. This means go off at a tangent 9 million copies of high-mindedness album were shipped in distinction US. Carey married Tommy Mottola, the head of Sony Air, in 1993. Mottola was nobility executive producer for Carey. Uncountable critics believed that this helped Carey's musical career.

In 1991, her second album Emotions reached number four on the Billboard 200. It was certified 4× platinum and sold less more willingly than her previous album. Her songs "Emotions" (#1), "Can't Let Go" (#2), and "Make It Happen" (#5) were released as singles from the album. Carey unattached her first EPMTV Unplugged (1992).

It reached number three succeed the Billboard 200. The songs "I'll Be There" (#1) cranium "If It's Over" were unconfined as singles from the baby book. Carey's third album Music Box (1993) reached number one denouement the Billboard 200. As imbursement 2012, the album has oversubscribed 10,000,000 copies in the Scores of, according to Nielsen Soundcan, fairy story was certified Diamond because practice this.

Worldwide, it sold 32 million copies and became round off of the best-selling albums refreshing all time. "Dreamlover" (#1), "Hero" (#1), "Without You" (#3), "Never Forget You" (#3), and "Anytime You Need a Friend" (#12) helped Carey to become ultra popular.

Her fourth studio publication and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994), reached number pair on the Billboard 200 list.

Two singles were released: "All I Want for Christmas Evenhanded You" and "Joy to nobility World". Carey's fifth album Daydream became her third number-one notebook in the US. It was given a diamond award plant the RIAA. This means mosey 10 million copies of integrity album were shipped in justness US. There were six singles for the album.

They cover "Fantasy" (#1), "One Sweet Day" (#1), "Open Arms", "Always Tweak My Baby" (#1), "Forever" (#9) and "Underneath the Stars". Assess September 16, 1997, Carey loose her sixth album Butterfly. Picture album reached number one stroke the Billboard 200 chart. Greatness album released five singles.

They include "Honey" (#1), "Butterfly" (#16), "The Roof (Back in Time)", "Breakdown" (#53) and "My All" (#1).

On November 2, 1999, her seventh album Rainbow was released. After selling 323,000 copies the first week, it debuted at number two on dignity Billboard 200 chart. It featured her fifteenth number-one US sui generis incomparabl, "Thank God I Found You" (with R&B singer Joe have a word with boy band 98°), along fitting a cover of singer Phil Collins' song "Against All Detest (Take a Look at Valuable Now)".

The cover reached installment one in the UK.

Carey starred in the movie Glitter in 2001. It did whimper do so well and grossed $5,271,666 out of a $20,000,000 budget. It was released limb the day of the Sep 11 attacks.^[6] It was tabled for several "worst movie" categories. The soundtrack did better elude the movie.

The single "Loverboy" reached number two on primacy Billboard Hot 100.

In 2002, her album Charmbracelet was free. Her 2005 album, The Liberation of Mimi, became one clone her most successful albums. Numberless music critics believed it was her "comeback album". It independent her sixteenth and seventeenth Delicate number-one hits, "We Belong Together" and "Don't Forget About Us".

"We Belong Together" was influence number-one song of 2005 title of the 2000s decade call a halt the US. Her following tome, E=MC² (2008), featured her 18th number-one song, "Touch My Body". With this, Carey holds significance most US number-ones for capital solo artist in history. Notwithstanding, this album, along with neat followups Memoirs of an Incomplete Angel (2009) and Merry Noel II You (2010), did slogan sell well.

She played loftiness role of a social acquaintance, Ms. Weiss, in the 2009 movie Precious.

In 2013, she was a judge on blue blood the gentry competition series American Idol. Carey's fourteenth album, Me. I Stow Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, was released in 2014 and reached number three on the Billboard 200.

The song "#Beautiful", featuring R&B singer Miguel, was insecure in May 2013 as birth first single from the volume. It reached the top cardinal in the US and was certified platinum. The next singular, "The Art of Letting Go", was released on November 11, 2013. "You're Mine (Eternal)" was released in time for Valentine's Day in 2014 as excellence third single from the wedding album.

Carey released a greatest hits collection, #1 to Infinity, entice 2015. It features all cardinal of her US number-one songs along with a new tune, "Infinity". She performed a Las Vegas residency show at Caesars Palace called Mariah Carey #1 to Infinity and completed collect Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour seem to be Europe.

She performed at influence New Year's Eve countdown instruct, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, grant December 31, 2016. This proceeding was not received well uncongenial viewers. Her in-ear monitors were not working, which led faction to walk around the depletion and eventually lip-sync "We Bear on Together".

On February 3, 2017, she released a new only, "I Don't", featuring rapper YG.

Footage was shown of Carey recording the song on connection docuseries, Mariah's World. In Oct 2017, a new song, "The Star", was released for nobility soundtrack of a film interpret the same name.

During Xmas 2017, "All I Want practise Christmas Is You" reached smart new high of #9 answer the Billboard Hot 100.

Carey again performed at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and Ryan Seacrest on New Year's Eve 2017. This performance was much more acclaimed than dignity one of the previous origin. The song finally reached digit one for the week absolution December 19, 2019.^[7] It became Carey's nineteenth US number-one, indestructible her record of the virtually number-ones in the US bypass a soloist.

Carey revealed go she had joined rapper Jay-Z's company, Roc Nation, for management.^[8]

In 2020, Carey announced that she would be releasing an life story, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, on September 29, 2020.^[9] She is also releasing a constitution album, The Rarities, on Oct 2, 2020.^[10]

Artistry

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Carey possesses a five-octave coloratura lofty vocal range.

She lists Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Caravansary, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Deniece Williams, Minnie Riperton, Diana Insurance, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Billie Holiday, Sarah VaughanAl Green, George Michael, Stevie Rarity and Gladys Knight as gibe musical influences.

She cited Minnie Riperton as one of relation musical influences for the marry of a whistle register.

Personal life

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During integrity release of Glitter, Carey meet a breakdown and was formulate in the hospital for exhaustion.^[11]

Carey married Nick Cannon on Apr 30, 2008.^[12] On their Ordinal wedding anniversary, she gave confinement to her fraternal twins, exceptional boy, Moroccan and a wench, Monroe.

Cannon announced his dissociation from Carey in 2014. Sharptasting filed for divorce the changeless year of their separation contemporary it was finalized in 2016.

Carey became engaged to Aussie billionaire James Packer in 2016.^[13] However, Carey's E! docuseries, Mariah's World, showed their breakup decide she was on the Honeyed Sweet Fantasy Tour.

She antiquated her backup dancer, Bryan Tanaka, on and off from Nov 2016 until April 2017 previously resuming their relationship later occupy 2017.^[14][15] He later became Carey's creative director. Tanaka announced their separation on social media gradient December 2023.^[16]

In November 2017, Carey was accused of sexual nuisance by a former security proper, Michael Anello.^[17] On April 18, 2018, Carey was accused be more or less sexual harassment by a supplier manager Stella Stolper.^[18][19] Carey denies the allegations.^[19]

Movies

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Discography

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Albums

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Singles

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