Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey ( ; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Songbird Supreme" by ''Guinness World Records'', Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whistle register. An influential figure in music, she was ranked as the fifth greatest singer of all time by ''Rolling Stone'' in 2023.

Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her self-titled debut album and became the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions". She achieved international success with the best-selling albums ''Music Box'' (1993) and ''Daydream'' (1995), before adopting a new image with hip hop-inflected sounds, following a remix to "Fantasy" with Ol' Dirty Bastard, and more extensively on ''Butterfly'' (1997). With eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles, ''Billboard'' named Carey the Artist of the Decade. Following the failure of her film ''Glitter'' (2001) and a career decline, she made a comeback with one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' (2005).

Carey's life and career have received widespread media coverage, including her diva persona, high-profile relationships and mental breakdown in 2001. She has been dubbed the "Queen of Christmas" due to the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly ''Merry Christmas'' (1994), one of the best-selling holiday albums, and its single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which is one of the best selling singles of all time. Outside of music, she co-founded Camp Mariah with the Fresh Air Fund in 1994; starred in films such as ''Precious'' (2009), ''The Butler'' (2013), and ''The Lego Batman Movie'' (2017); and served as a judge on ''American Idol'' (2013). She released a memoir, ''The Meaning of Mariah Carey'', in 2020.

Carey is one of the best-selling music artists, with over 220 million records sold worldwide. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her accolades include 5 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Global Impact Award, 10 American Music Awards, 19 World Music Awards and 14 ''Billboard'' Music Awards. She holds the record for the most ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15), spending a record 97 weeks atop the chart. "One Sweet Day" and "We Belong Together" were ranked by ''Billboard'' as the most successful songs of the 1990s and 2000s, respectively. Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the US, with 75 million certified album-equivalent units, and the best-selling Western artist in Japan. Provided by Wikipedia