

Starr, who handed Carey's demo tape to Columbia Records head Tommy Mottola at a party. Her big break came as a backing vocalist on a studio session with dance-pop singer Brenda K. 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.īorn 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. 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.

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. Can't Take That Way (Mariah's Theme) (4:31) Thank God I Found You (ft.98 Degrees & Joe) (4:16)Ġ7. Side Effects (featuring Young Jeezy) (4:22)Ġ9. I Know What You Want (ft.Busta Rhymes) (4:53)Ġ8. Artistas adolescentes femininas que gosto até a vida adulta.07.Divas anos 80,90,2000 até os dias atuais.all this will be remembered forever in history. All her music are indeed timeless and the fact that she has 19 #1 Hits on BB100, 6 #1 Hits on BB200, Artist Of The Decade, Artist Of The Millennium, Two Song Of The Decades of the 90s which is One Sweet Day & 00’s - We Belong Together, Honorary Award, Billboard Icon Award, Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee Award, 5 Grammys, 350+ Awards, Longest #1 Record As A Female Artist (Previously held the record as an Artist for 20+ Years) and even had two in America, having a #1 Hit in a span of 4 Decades, First Solo Female Artist to have 4 #1 Hits in one album, First Solo Artist to have 5 Consecutive #1 Hit Singles, having two of the Best Selling Albums Of All Time (Music Box - 35-40+ Million WW, Daydream - 30+ Million WW) 3 Diamond Albums and possibly a Diamond Single soon, selling over 250+ Million Records WW & 150+ Million Records in the US, 1.6 Billion Units sold in Asia, more and more of Mariah’s achievements really proves she is a legend, the Queen Of Christmas, the Queen Of R&B, the Queen Of Songwriting, Etc. Mariah Carey will always remain the best of all time for being a Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Composer, Director, Actress, Entertainer, Performer. Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.

Vocal range: 5 octaves 2 notes and a semi-tone. Of course, it's an enormous compliment, but I don't feel that way about myself."Ĭarey has a Lyric Soprano vocal type. Carey said of the poll, "What it really means is voice of the MTV generation. In 2003, her voice was ranked first in MTV and Blender magazine's countdown of the 22 Greatest Voices in Music, as voted by fans and readers in an online poll.

Carey has cited Minnie Riperton as the greatest influence on her singing technique and from a very early age, she attempted to emulate Riperton's high notes, to increasing degrees of success as her vocal range expanded. Music critic Jim Farber of Daily News said that Carey has "a range wide enough to cover all the octaves between an alto and a soprano and the agility to move between those roles with swiftness and aplomb", and her vocal trademark is her ability to sing in the whistle register. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 90s in the United States. Mariah Carey (born in Huntington, New York, on 27 March, 1969 or 1970 according to some sources) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter noted for her remarkable vocal range.
