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Mariah Carey Biography
The best-selling female performer of the 1990s, Mariah Carey
rose to superstardom on the strength of her stunning five-octave voice;
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
composing all of her own material. Born in Long Island, NY, 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. Her big break came as a backing vocalist on a studio session
with dance-pop singer Brenda K. Starr, who handed Carey's demo tape to
Columbia Records head Tommy Mottola at a party. According to legend,
Mottola listened to the tape in his limo while driving home that same
evening, and was so immediately struck by Carey's talent that he
doubled back to the party to track her down.
After signing to Columbia, Carey entered the studio to begin work on
her 1990 self-titled debut LP; the heavily promoted album was a
chart-topping smash, launching no less than four number one singles:
Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Someday, and I Don't Wanna
Cry. Her overnight success earned Grammy awards as Best New Artist and
Best Female Vocalist, and expectations were high for Carey's follow-up,
1991's Emotions. The album did not disappoint, as the title track
reached number one -- a record fifth consecutive chart-topper -- while
both Can't Let Go and Make It Happen landed in the Top Five.
Carey's next release was 1992's MTV Unplugged EP, which generated a
number one cover of the Jackson 5's I'll Be There ; featured on the
track was backup singer Trey Lorenz, whose appearance immediately
helped him land a recording contract of his own.
In June 1993, Carey wed Mottola -- some two decades her senior -- in a
headline-grabbing ceremony; months later she released her third
full-length effort, Music Box, her best-selling record to date. Two
more singles, Dreamlover and Hero, reached the top spot on the
charts. Carey's first tour followed and was widely panned by critics;
undaunted, she resurfaced in 1994 with a holiday release titled Merry
Christmas, scoring a seasonal smash with All I Want for Christmas Is
You. 1995's Daydream reflected a new artistic maturity; the first
single, Fantasy, debuted at number one, making Carey the first female
artist and just the second performer ever to accomplish the feat. The
follow-up, One Sweet Day -- a collaboration with Boyz II Men --
repeated the trick, and remained lodged at the top of the charts for a
record 16 weeks.
After separating from Mottola, Carey returned in 1997 with Butterfly,
another staggering success and her most hip-hop-flavored recording to
date. #1's -- a collection featuring her 13 previous chart-topping
singles as well as The Prince of Egypt (When You Believe), a duet
with Whitney Houston effectively pairing the two most successful female
recording artists in pop history -- followed late the next year. With
Heartbreaker, the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow, Carey
became the first artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s;
the record also pushed her ahead of the Beatles as the artist with the
most cumulative weeks spent atop the Hot 100 singles chart.
However, the 2000s weren't as kind to Carey. After signing an
80-million-dollar deal with Virgin -- the biggest record contract ever
-- in 2001 she experienced a very public personal and professional
meltdown that included rambling, suicidal messages on her website; an
appearance on TRL where, clad only in a T-shirt, she handed out
Popsicles to the audience; and last but not least, the poorly received
movie Glitter and its attendant soundtrack (which was also her Virgin
Records debut). Both the film and the album did poorly critically as
well as commercially, with Glitter making just under four million
dollars in its total U.S. gross and the soundtrack struggling to make
gold sales. Following these setbacks, Virgin and Carey parted ways
early in 2002, with the label paying her 28 million dollars. That
spring, she found a new home with Island/Def Jam, where she set up her
own label, MonarC Music. In December, she released her ninth album,
Charmbracelet, which failed to become a success. Although she took
nearly three years for a follow-up, Carey found a hit with 2005's
chart-topping The Emancipation of Mimi, her most successful record in
years. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Written by Jason Ankeny