Mariah Carey Has High Vocals, The Greatest Woman in Music

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FEMUSINDO.com - Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, New York, USA, March 27, 1969. She is a singer, writer, songwriter, record producer, and actress who is referred to as "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records.

Mariah is famous for her fairly high vocal range, reaching five octaves with a melisma style, and the use of the whistle register technique or the highest human voice range above falsetto.

She rose to fame in 1990 after signing a contract with Columbia Records and releasing her debut album which topped the Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks.

Not long after, Mariah became the only singer to have her first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".

Solo Singer with the Most Songs

According to Billboard, Mariah is the female singer with the best-selling albums and singles of all time and is also the only solo singer with the most songs of any solo singer.

In the release of Rolling Stone magazine on January 1, 2023 about "The Greatest Singers of All time" Mariah Carey was ranked number 5 on the list.

Based on the 4 names above her, Mariah Carey is called the greatest singer of all time who is still alive.

International Success

Her marriage to Sony Music leader Tommy Mottola in 1993, Mariah achieved her success at the international level.

Several of her albums, such as Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995), each of the three albums have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide.

These albums spawned Mariah's most successful singles, including "Hero", "Without You", "Dreamlover", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", and "One Sweet Day".

After splitting from Tommy Mottola in 1997, Carey adopted a new style and incorporated more hip hop elements into her music with the releases of Butterfly (1997) and Rainbow (1999).

Most Successful Artist

The Billboard Music Awards named Mariah Carey the most successful artist in the United States in the 1990s.

Meanwhile, the World Music Awards honored her as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s.

After going through a difficult period, she returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), which became the world's second best-selling album of 2005.

Chart Peaks

Mariah Carey's single "We Belong Together" spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the only artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 Decade-End chart twice.

With the release of "Touch My Body" (2008), Carey earned her eighteenth number-one single in the United States, more than any other solo artist.

The following year, she starred in the film Precious, which won the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Breakthrough Performance by an Actress.

Best-Selling Music Artist of All Time

Throughout her career, Carey has sold over 220 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female artist with over 67 million certified albums sold in the United States.

In addition, she is listed as the female songwriter and producer with the most number-one songs in U.S. chart history.

In 2012, Mariah Carey was ranked second on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

Received Many Awards

In addition to her commercial achievements, Mariah has won five Grammy Awards, nineteen World Music Awards, ten American Music Awards, and fifteen Billboard Music Awards.

She is consistently credited by a younger generation of singers for her inspiration, and she is hailed as one of the pioneers of Contemporary R&B music.

She has also received a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and has received the "Global Impact Award" from the Recording Academy Grammy Awards 2024

Later, she also received a Posthumous "Lifetime Achievement" from the American Music Awards, Icon Awards from the Billboard Music Awards and has received the Diamond Awards and Pop Icon Award from the World Music Awards. (*)