Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.
She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen is calling in a few of his famous friends to take part in the Lakewood Church’s virtual Easter Sunday service.
Osteen, 57, who has been delivering his sermons online since March, has invited Mariah Carey, Tyler Perry and Kanye West, along with the rapper’s Sunday Service choir, to each take over a segment of the Lakewood Church live feed. “It just all came together,” says Osteen. “It just kind of fell into place.” “I had known Mariah from years past,” the televangelist tells TMZ, explaining that Carey had summoned him to help her “do her part to bring hope and uplift the nation,” by putting together a tribute to health-care workers and first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
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