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".
Mariah Carey responds to “super sweet” mention in Britney Spears’ memoir
nme.comMariah Carey has responded to the comments that Britney Spears made about her in her new memoir, describing Spears as “super sweet”.Carey appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday (November 2), where the host read the relevant excerpt of Spears’ book The Woman in Me, which was released on October 24.Before Kimmel could get to the passage, Carey declared, “I love her actually,” and as the reading proved, the feeling is mutual.“At one award show I knocked on Mariah Carey’s dressing room door,” Kimmel read from the memoir. “She opened it and out poured the most beautiful otherworldly light.
You know how we all have ring lights now? Well, more than 20 years ago, only Mariah Carey knew about ring lights. And no, I can’t just say her first name.
To me, she’s always going to be Mariah Carey.”Kimmel went on to say that Britney explained that Mariah taught her everything she knows about lighting, leading Mariah to respond: “That’s super sweet, what Britney said about me.”It was revealed this week that The Woman in Me sold over one million copies in its first week of release in the US, currently holding down the Number One spot on the New York Times bestsellers chart for non-fiction.
It has also topped the UK charts this week.In other Britney Spears news, the singer also teased that a second volume of the memoir is on the horizon, as is new music.The singer took to her Instagram account this week (October 29) to inform fans that she is set to release a new single shortly. “I wrote a new song,” she wrote, sharing a shot from the music video to her 2001 song ‘Overprotected’.
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