Months later, she released her third full-length effort, Music Box, which became her best-selling record to that point.
In June 1993, Carey wed Mottola in a headline-grabbing ceremony. 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. 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. The heavily promoted album was a chart-topping smash, launching four number one singles: “Vision of Love,” “Love Takes Time,” “Someday,” and “I Don’t Wanna Cry.” Overnight success and Grammy wins in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (for “Vision of Love), made expectations high for the follow-up, 1991′s Emotions. According to legend, Mottola listened to the tape in his limo while driving home that evening, and was so immediately struck by Carey’s talent that he doubled back to the party to track her down.Īfter signing to Columbia, Carey entered the studio to begin work on her 1990 self-titled debut LP. Starr, who handed Carey’s demo tape to Columbia Records head Tommy Mottola at a party. Her big break came as a backing vocalist on a studio session with dance-pop singer Brenda K. There she befriended keyboardist Ben Margulies, with whom she began writing songs.
Two years after that album, Carey celebrated the 30th anniversary of her debut with archival releases such as The Live Debut: 1990 and The Rarities.īorn in Huntington, New York, on March 27, 1969, Carey moved to New York City at the age of 17 - just one day after graduating high school - to pursue a music career. By the time she released her 15th album, Caution (2018), Carey was one of only six artists with two songs in the upper half of the Billboard Top 100′s All-Time Hot 100 Songs (the record-breaking “One Sweet Day” and “We Belong Together”). Each one of her proper studio albums, including the diamond platinum releases Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995), as well as the Grammy-winning The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), has peaked within the Top Five of the Billboard 200, promoted with smash-hit singles that either pushed or adapted to contemporary pop production trends with solid songwriting at the core.
All four singles off her multi-platinum debut album, Mariah Carey (1990), topped the Billboard Hot 100, beginning with “Vision of Love,” which also led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. An elastic talent who has easily moved from glossy ballads to hip-hop-inspired dance-pop throughout her career, she earned early comparisons to Whitney Houston and Céline Dion, and did them both one better by co-writing almost all of her own material from the start. One of the best-selling female performers of all time, Mariah Carey rose to superstardom on the strength of her stunning five-octave voice.
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