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".
Why Brenda Lee is still rockin’ the charts with her Christmas classic
nypost.com“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” is at No. 3 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 — right behind Adele’s “Easy on Me” and Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — 63 years after its original release.Lee, who is the only woman to be inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame, recorded the Christmas chestnut in 1958.
She was just 13 at the time. Thirty-two years later, the song had a cinematic revival after being featured in 1990’s “Home Alone.”“It was a Christmas miracle,” Lee, 77, told The Post over the phone from her Nashville home.
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