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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is a multiple Grammy award-winning American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. She debuted in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and became the first recording act to have its first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. According to Billboar...Read More >
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Mariah Carey is a multiple Grammy award-winning American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. She debuted in 1990 and became the first recording act to have its first five singles top the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. She has 17 No. 1 singles in the U.S.. In 2000 the World Music Awards named Carey the best-selling female artist of all time.
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BY GINA ARNOLD | In her long seven-year reign at the top of the pop charts, Mariah Carey's records have sold in excess of 80 million copies. Yet she has never done a U.S. tour, seldom plays live except in the most controlled environments and only does the kind of substanceless and butt-kissy interviews which preclude her from being seen on the covers of most reputable major magazines. That Carey's record sales have been propelled entirely by videos and radio rather then media hype ought to be a sign of their inherent worth, but more likely they've simply been fueled by the bottomless pockets of her husband, Sony head Tommy Mottola, whom Carey, in her wisdom, has used to guarantee herself an endless front of industry influence.
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-- 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."
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Carey had ended a very successful decade in music... things took a sudden downward turn for her. Her one victory was in finally ending her contract with Sony after which she signed a huge contract with EMI's Virgin Records. Both parties appeared to be enthusiastic about the deal and Carey received a hefty signing bonus. Signs that things were going downhill began to appear, when Carey also made a notorious appearance on TRL, where she was scantily clad and acting strangely. Just a few weeks later, in August, 2001 it was widely reported that Carey had suffered physical and mental exhaustion.
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JD hopes to have the Janet and Mariah duet mapped out and recorded before Carey goes on tour this summer. Dupri ... said he's accepted Mariah's invite to go out on the road with her. He won't be at every single date, but he promises to pop up here and there and support his homie.
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