Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is a singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer from the United States. She is known as the "Songbird Supreme" and the "Queen of Christmas" for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and characteristic usage of the whistle register. Carey shot to popularity in 1990 with her self-titled debut album. From "Vision of Love" through "Emotions," she was the first artist to have her first five singles hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Carey's debut album was produced by Tommy Mottola, a Columbia Records executive whom she married three years later. Carey achieved worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995), which featured singles such as "Hero," "Without You," "All I Want for Christmas Is You," "Fantasy," "Always Be My Baby," and "One Sweet Day," which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (the 1990s). Carey established a fresh persona and added more hip hop elements with Butterfly after her divorce from Mottola (1997). Billboard awarded her the Musician of the Decade in the 1990s, and the World Music Awards declared her the best-selling female pop artist of the decade.

Detailed information:
Active years: 1988 – present
Main genre: R&B
Best-selling album: Music Box (1993)
Best-selling single: All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994)