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Mariah Carey is an American singer and songwriter. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by the Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style, and signature use of the whistle register. She rose to superstardom in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which peaked atop the Billboard 200. Carey became the first and only artist to have their first five singles reach number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".Following her marriage to Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey became the label's highest-selling act with the follow-up albums Music Box , Merry Christmas , and Daydream . These albums spawned some of Carey's most successful singles, including "Hero", "Without You", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", and "One Sweet Day"; the latter became the longest-running U.S. number-one single in history, with a total of 16 weeks. After divorcing Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with the release of Butterfly . Billboard named her the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States, while the World Music Awards honored her as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s.

Carey parted with Columbia in 2000, and signed a record-breaking $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records. However, following her highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the failure of her film Glitter and its accompanying soundtrack, her contract was bought out for $50 million by Virgin and she signed with Island Records the next year. After a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of music charts with The Emancipation of Mimi . It became the world's second best-selling album of 2005 and produced "We Belong Together", which made her the only artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 Decade-End chart twice. Carey revived her film career with a supporting role in Precious , which earned her the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.Throughout her career, Carey has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. According to the RIAA, she is the third-best-selling female artist in the United States, with 63.5 million certified albums. With the release of "Touch My Body" , Carey gained her 18th number-one single in the United States, more than any other solo artist. In 2012, she was ranked second on VH1's list of the 100 greatest female artists in music history. Aside from her commercial accomplishments, Carey has won 5 Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, and 14 Billboard Music Awards, and has been consistently credited with inspiring a generation of singers.

✵ 27. March 1970
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Famous Mariah Carey Quotes

“It seems as though I've always been,
somebody outside looking in,
well, here I am for all of them to bleed,
but they can't take my heart from me,
and they can't bring me to my knees,
they'll never know the real me.”

Mariah Carey

"Looking In", Daydream, 1995
Lyrics

“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor, starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.”

Mariah Carey

This was actually taken from a phony satirical interview on a site called "Cupcake" that has been widely circulated as an actual quotation since its appearance in early 1996. See the Snopes http://www.snopes.com/quotes/carey.htm Urban Legends site for more information.
Misattributed

“Standing alone,
eager to just believe,
it's good enough to be what you really are,
but in your heart,
uncertainty forever lies,
and you'll always be,
somewhere on the outside.”

Mariah Carey

"Outside", "Butterfly", 1997
Lyrics

“Suffered from alienation,
carried the weight on my own,
had to be so strong,
so I believed,
and now I know I've succeeded,
in finding the place I conceived.”

Mariah Carey

"Vision of Love", "Mariah Carey", 1990
Lyrics

“I can make it through the rain,
I can stand up once again,
on my own, and I know,
that I’m strong enough to mend,
and every time I feel afraid
I hold tighter to my faith,
and I live one more day
and I make it through the rain.”

Mariah Carey

"Through The Rain", Charmbracelet, 2002
Lyrics

“You look at me and see the girl,
who lives inside the golden world,
but don't believe, that's all there is to see,
you'll never know the real me.”

Mariah Carey

"Looking In", Daydream, 1995
Lyrics

Mariah Carey Quotes

“When you love someone so deeply they become your life,
it's easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside,
blindly I imagined I could keep you under glass,
now I understand to hold you I must open my hands, and watch you rise.”

Mariah Carey

"Butterfly", Butterfly, 1997. Written from the perspective of Carey’s ex-husband, Tommy Mottola
Lyrics

Love , Life , Fear , Imagination

“Father, thanks for reaching out and lovingly,
saying that you've always been proud of me,
I needed to feel that so desperately,
you're always alive inside of me.”

Mariah Carey

"Sunflowers For Alfred Roy", Charmbracelet, 2002. Dedicated to Carey’s father, Alfred Roy
Lyrics

Feeling

“They can say anything they want to say
Try to bring me down
But I won't face the ground”

Mariah Carey

"Can't Take That Away"(Mariah's theme)
Lyrics

“See, I'm looking for a man that'll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low.”

Mariah Carey

"One & Only", The Emancipation of Mimi, 2005.
Lyrics

Singing

“Who's gonna love you when it all falls down?
Who's gonna love you when your bankroll runs out?
Who's gonna care when the novelty's over?
When the star of the show isn't you anymore.
Nobody cares when the tears of a clown fall down
(I guess your mama never told you what goes around comes back around).”

Mariah Carey

"Clown", Charmbracelet, 2002. Supposedly written about Carey’s brief relationship with Eminem
Lyrics

Love , Star , Tear

“So many I considered, closest to me,
turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,
although that knife was chipping away at me,
they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep.”

Mariah Carey

"Petals", Rainbow, 1999
Lyrics

Home , Sleep

“This is for my peoples who just lost somebody,
your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady,
put your hand way up high,
we will never say bye,
mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins,
this is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers,
lift your head to the sky,
cause we will never say bye.”

Mariah Carey

"Bye Bye", "E=MC²", 2008
Lyrics

People , Way , Sister , Baby

“Please be at peace father,
I'm at peace with you,
bitterness isn't worth clinging to,
after all the anguish we've all been through.”

Mariah Carey

"Sunflowers For Alfred Roy", Charmbracelet, 2002. Dedicated to Carey’s father, Alfred Roy
Lyrics

Peace

“For the record,
"You'll Always Be a Part Of Me" no matter what you do,
For the record,
can't nobody say I didn't give "My All" to you,
For the record,
I told you "Underneath The Stars" that you "Belong" to me,
For the record,
It's obvious that we just "Can't Let Go" of us "Honey."”

Mariah Carey

"For The Record", "E=MC²", 2008
Lyrics

Star , Parting

“But instead I kept my tears inside,
cause I knew if I,
started I'd keep crying for the rest of my life with you,
I finally built up the strength to walk away,
don't regret it,
but I still live with the side effects.”

Mariah Carey

"Side Effects", "E=MC²", 2008
Lyrics

Life , Tear , Cry

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