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Carey began singing when she was three; her mother believed early on that she had tremendous potential. In fact, one day, when Patricia had brought Mariah to her opera rehearsal, Patricia had missed a vocal cue, but the young Mariah astouned everyone by catching in and singing it perfectly in tune. Publicly, she first performed when she was six and first began writing songs when she was in grade school. She attended and graduated from Oldfield Middle School and Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, but was frequently absent due to efforts to break into the music business, netting her the nickname "Mirage". Ironically, Mariah was never in her school's choir. She eventually landed a role as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr.
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Mariah has garnered many accolades throughout her career including 2 Grammy Awards, 8 American Music Awards, Billboard's "Artist of the Decade" Award and the World Music Award for "World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium" to name a few. Mariahs many accomplishments and unprecedented career success stand as a testament to her creativity and talent. That they represent only the beginning is all the more impressive.
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With well over 100 million units moved, Carey was certainly one of popular music's heavy hitters, and appeared on the VH1 special "Celine, Aretha, Gloria, Shania and Mariah: Divas Live" as a testament to her status and vocal prowess. The special and subsequent CD were very successful and certainly showed Carey as deserving of the Diva moniker. She teamed up with another diva that year, singing "When You Believe" with Whitney Houston for "The Prince of Egypt" soundtrack. Though rumors ran rampant that the two were embroiled in power struggles, the song ended up being a quality collaboration and a big hit.
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Carey's voice has come under considerable scrutiny from critics who believe that she does not communicate the message of her songs effectively. Rolling Stone magazine said in 1992, "Carey has a remarkable vocal gift, but to date, unfortunately, her singing has been far more impressive than expressive [...] at full speed her range is so superhuman that each excessive note erodes the believability of the lyric she is singing."[82] The New York Daily News wrote in 2005 that Carey's singing "is ultimately what does her in. For Carey, vocalizing is all about the performance, not the emotions that inspired it [...] Does having a great voice automatically make you a great singer? Hardly."[76] Some interpreted Carey's decision to utilize what she described as "breathy" vocals in some of her late 1990s and early 2000s work as a sign that her voice was deteriorating, but she has maintained that it "has been here all along".[83] An article in VIBE magazine indicated that Carey's singing style highlights weaknesses in other aspects of her music, "The impressiveness of her voice—as well as her tendency to oversing—make the blandness of her material all the more flagrant."[9] In 2007 Carey was listed as one of the worst singers of all time by Q Magazine in a reader poll. The magazine wrote "Mariah Carey may have an 100-octave range and the ability to sing so loudly that birds’ nests fall from tress, but that doesn’t make it right.[84]
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Mariah Carey wurde in ihrer Karriere bislang mit rund 150 Awards ausgezeichnet. Darunter mit den bedeutenden Grammy Awards (5), World Music Awards (16), Billboard Music Awards (25), Blockbuster Awards (6) und den American Music Awards (10). In Deutschland erhielt Mariah Carey 1994 den Goldenen Otto Award (Bravo Magazin), 1995 und 1997 den Silbernen Otto und 1996 den Bronzenen sowie 1995 den ECHO Award als beste internationale Künstlerin und 2005 der Bambi als beste Popkünstlerin international.
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Mariah was nominated for Best Female Artist at the 1998 MTV European Music Awards, as were Celine Dion, Natalie Imbruglia, Janet Jackson and Madonna. The show aired on MTV on November 13, 1998. Madonna won the award.
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