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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York) is an American popular music singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, philanthropist, diva and actress, who rose to prominence in the 1990s. Carey's music has been influenced by rhythm and blues, pop, gospel, hip hop, dance, and rock and roll. She is a coloratura soprano, credited as having a five-octave vocal range. Carey's vocal trademark is her ability to hit high notes in the whistle register and she makes lavish use of melisma; her vocal swoops and trills are easily recognizable features of her sound.
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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Making her debut in 1990, she became the most successful and best-selling artist of the decade, according to Billboard magazine and the World Music Awards. In 2000, the World Music Awards show named her the best-selling female recording artist of all time.
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NEW ALBUM IN STORES APRIL 15th; FOLLOWS-UP WORLDWIDE 10 MILLION-SELLING, MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMIPerformer and songwriter Mariah Carey has set April 15th as the in-store date for the most eagerly anticipated album of the year, E=MC2. The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC2 is the follow-up to The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), 2 #1 singles and countless more industry honors during its 18-month stay on the charts.
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Mariah Carey's career began with the release of her eponymous debut album in 1990, when she was just twenty years old. She became a commercial success almost overnight, and the album produced four huge #1 singles. Mariah took home two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for lead single "Vision Of Love" in 1991, proving that her success was not limited to the charts.
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Mariah Carey is spending Thanksgiving in New York for the first time in three years. In honor of the occasion, the songbird helped serve turkey dinner to 300 children and their families at the True Worship Church in Brooklyn this week as part of the Fresh Air Fund team. As for today, Carey, whose new album, "The Emancipation of Mimi," hits in the spring, is taking it easy with some pals at her Manhattan pad and may take in a turkey dinner at a nearby eatery.
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Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York, USA. She is the daughter of a former opera singer and vocal coach. She was named after the song "They Call the Wind Mariah" from the popular Lerner and Loewe musical Paint Your Wagon. By the time she was in junior high school, she had begun to write songs. After her high school graduation, she got her fist big break, singing backup for Brenda K. Starr, a break that led to her signing with Columbia Records. And now Mariah is not only a singer, but ... a writer and producer........
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