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In June 1993 Mariah Carey married Tommy Mottola in a high-profile celebrity wedding. Later in the year she released her third album Music Box which sold 10 million copies. In 1995 Mariah accomplished two amazing music chart feats. Her single "Fantasy" debuted at the top of the singles chart, the first ever single by a woman to do so, and then her single "One Sweet Day" with BoyzIIMen spent an amazing 16 weeks at #1. Daydream, the album containing both hits... debuted at #1.
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Los Angeles Indie Label Baby Ree Records Shaking Up Industry With Aim of Becoming 'West Coast Motown' LOS ANGELES, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-Platinum producer/artist Damion "Damizza" Young (Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Korn) is giving the record industry a wakeup call. The 32-year-old Baby Ree Records CEO -- described by the LA Times as "One of the most powerful executives in the music business" -- has a landmark independent distribution deal through Universal/Fontana and is evolving his label into what he describes as the "West-Coast Motown." He's releasing a remarkable album by some of the greatest blues players in the world, the L.A. Blues Alliance CD "What A Life." This super-group of musicians was hand picked by Grammy and Emmy-winning producer/composer Mike Post (Law & Order, Hill Street Blues, etc.) and consists of highly sought-after musicians Keb' Mo, W.G. Snuffy Walden (Emmy winner) Sunny Landreth, J.R.
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Discovered seemingly by chance by songwriter/producer Ben Margulies (3 number 1 hits with Mariah Carey), Ben was handed her demo while visiting a recording studio in Las Vegas 3 years ago. After just one listen, Ben recalls it was "like the first time I heard Mariah." Calling her magical voice "one in a million," he knew Lisa had everything it takes to record a hit album. Fortunately for her growing fanbase, they will not have to wait much longer.
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Mariah Carey's self-titled 1990 debut album was one of the biggest hit first albums of all time. Between that album and the followup Emotions, she scored an unprecedented 5 #1 singles in a row. Songs like "Vision Of Love," "Someday," and "Emotions" dominated the radio airwaves.
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Carey's tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), contained contributions from producers such as The Neptunes, Kanye West and Carey's longtime collaborator, Jermaine Dupri. Carey said it was "very much like a party record [...] the process of putting on makeup and getting ready to go out [...] I wanted to make a record that was reflective of that."[47] The Emancipation of Mimi became 2005's best-selling album in the U.S., and The Guardian reviewer defined it as "cool, focused and urban [... some of] the first Mariah Carey tunes in years I wouldn't have to be paid to listen to again".[48] The album earned Carey a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album, and the single "We Belong Together" won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. "We Belong Together" held the Hot 100's number-one position for fourteen weeks (Carey's longest run at the top as a solo lead artist), and "Shake It Off" made Carey the only solo female artist to occupy the Hot 100's top two positions simultaneously.[49] "Don't Forget About Us" became her seventeenth number-one in the U.S., tying her with Elvis Presley for the most number-ones by a solo act according to Billboard magazine's revised methodology (their statistician Joel Whitburn still credits Presley with an eighteenth).[50] The Beatles had twenty number-ones. Carey's singles have, collectively, topped the charts for 77 weeks, which places her ahead of The Beatles (59 weeks), and behind Presley, who topped the combined charts for 79 weeks. Carey has ... had notable success on international charts, though not to the same degree as her native America. Thus far, she has had two number-one singles in Britain,[51] two in Australia, and six in Canada.
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Mariah Carey, 35, is arguably the most popular female singer, ever. Since releasing her first record at 20, she has sold more than 150 million albums and had more No. 1 singles than any individual performer except Elvis Presley.
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