Mariah Carey

MARIAH CAREY. American singer-songwriter record producer and actress. Dubbed the "Songbird Supreme", she is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and diva persona. An influential figure in popular culture, she was ranked as the fifth-greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. She rose to fame with her eponymous debut album (1990) and became the only artist to have their first five singles reach No1 in the US ; from "Vision of Love" to the title track of her second album Emotions (1991). 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 and later embraced on Butterfly (1997) and Rainbow (1999). With eleven consecutive years of US No1 singles, she was named by Billboard as the Artist of the Decade. She 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 five Grammy Awards / a Grammy Global Impact Award / 10 American Music Awards / 19 World Music Awards / 14 Billboard Music Awards and MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008