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Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Songbird Supreme", Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, signature use of the whistle register, 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.

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Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor born in Huntington in 1969. She is an African American female who speaks English and began her work period in 1988. Her musical genres include contemporary R&B, pop music, adult contemporary music, and dance-pop. She is represented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Carey is a coloratura soprano with a voice type that includes the whistle register. Her vocal range spans from a lowest note of F to a highest note of G♯. She has received several Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary R&B Album, and Best R&B Song. She has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

She has been married to Tommy Mottola and Nick Cannon and has two children. Her discography is associated with record labels such as Def Jam Recordings, Columbia Records, Epic Records, and Island Records.

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English language
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hip-hop
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Mariah Carey (/məˈraɪə/ mə-RY-ə; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Songbird Supreme", Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, signature use of the whistle register, 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.

Carey rose to fame with her eponymous debut album (1990) and became the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one 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). The remix to "Fantasy", with Ol' Dirty Bastard, introduced her new image and hip hop-inflected sound, which she later embraced on Butterfly (1997) and Rainbow (1999). With eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles, Carey was named by Billboard as the Artist of the Decade. Following a career decline, she made a comeback with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), her 21st-century bestseller.

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