Nowadays it's the Christina Aguileras and Jessica Simpsons who awkwardly oversing, while the women with roof-raising lung power keep it in check when tune or lyric demands." Carey's output makes use of electronic instruments such as drum machines, keyboards and synthesizers. Many of her songs contain piano-driven melodies, as she was given piano lessons when she was six years old. Carey said that she cannot read sheet music and prefers to collaborate with a pianist when composing her material, but feels that it is easier to experiment with faster and less-conventional melodies and chord progressions using this technique. While Carey learned to play the piano at a young age, and incorporates several ranges of production and instrumentation into her music, she has maintained that her voice has always been her most important asset: "My voice is my instrument; it always has been." Carey began commissioning remixes of her material early in her career and helped to spearhead the practice of recording entirely new vocals for remixes.
Musical style
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey | Musical style
She uses  electronic instruments such as drum machines, keyboards and synthesizers.Many  songs contain piano-driven melodies She makes use of electronic instruments such as drum machines, keyboards, synthesizers and piano-driven melodies. Melismatic singing style Love is the subject of the majority of her lyrics, although she has written about themes such as loss, sex, race, abuse and spirituality.
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Olivia Olson
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Los Angeles, California
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Singing the song "All I Want for Christmas Is You
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Mariah Carey
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No. 6 on the "Billboard"
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An American singer-songwriter and actress.
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Huntington, New York
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Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York
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Most of the time she was home alone and began singing at the age of three, often imitating  Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" in Italian.
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Yes. She is associated with the Fresh Air Fund.,Ambassador of the World Hunger Relief Movement. name a few
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One Sweet Day, All I Want for Christmas Is You
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Singing, to her, represents a physical challenge, not an emotional unburdening." While reviewing "Music Box", Stephen Holden from "Rolling Stone" commented that Carey sang with "sustained passion," while Arion Berger of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that during some vocal moments, Carey becomes "too overwhelmed to put her passion into words." In 2001, "The Village Voice" wrote in regards to what they considered Carey's "centerless ballads," writing, "Carey's Strawberry Shortcake soul still provides the template with which teen-pop cuties draw curlicues around those centerless [Diane] Warren ballads [...] it's largely because of [Blige] that the new R&B demands a greater range of emotional expression, smarter poetry, more from-the-gut testifying, and less [sic] unnecessary notes than the squeaky-clean and just plain squeaky Mariah era.
Mariah Carey | Musical style
Nowadays it's the Christina Aguileras and Jessica Simpsons who awkwardly oversing, while the women with roof-raising lung power keep it in check when tune or lyric demands." Carey's output makes use of electronic instruments such as drum machines, keyboards and synthesizers. Many of her songs contain piano-driven melodies, as she was given piano lessons when she was six years old. Carey said that she cannot read sheet music and prefers to collaborate with a pianist when composing her material, but feels that it is easier to experiment with faster and less-conventional melodies and chord progressions using this technique. While Carey learned to play the piano at a young age, and incorporates several ranges of production and instrumentation into her music, she has maintained that her voice has always been her most important asset: "My voice is my instrument; it always has been." Carey began commissioning remixes of her material early in her career and helped to spearhead the practice of recording entirely new vocals for remixes.
Mariah Carey | Musical style
Combs said that Carey "knows the importance of mixes, so you feel like you're with an artist who appreciates your work—an artist who wants to come up with something with you."
Mariah Carey | Musical style
Love is the subject of the majority of Carey's lyrics, although she has written about themes such as loss, sex, race, abuse and spirituality. She has said that much of her work is partly autobiographical, but "Time" magazine's Christopher John Farley wrote: "If only Mariah Carey's music had the drama of her life. Her songs are often sugary and artificial—NutraSweet soul. But her life has passion and conflict," applying it to the first stages of her career. He commented that as her albums progressed, so too her songwriting and music blossomed into more mature and meaningful material. Jim Faber of the "New York Daily News", made similar comments, "For Carey, vocalizing is all about the performance, not the emotions that inspired it.
Mariah Carey | Musical style
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by "Guinness World Records". She rose to fame in 1990 with her eponymous debut album, released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, who married her three years later. Carey is the first artist in history to have their first five singles reach number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions". She achieved worldwide success with follow-up albums "Music Box" (1993), "Merry Christmas" (1994), and "Daydream" (1995).
Mariah Carey | Introduction
Her musical style is a mixture of pop and dream pop very similar to artists such as M2M, Natalie Imbruglia, Michelle Branch, Jewel, and The Cranberries.
Maria Arredondo | Musical style
Carey's vocal style, as well as her singing ability, have significantly impacted popular and contemporary music. She has consistently been cited as one of the greatest and most influential vocalists of all time. As music critic G. Brown from "The Denver Post" wrote, "For better or worse, Mariah Carey's five-octave range and melismatic style have influenced a generation of pop singers." According to "Rolling Stone", "Her mastery of melisma, the fluttering strings of notes that decorate songs like 'Vision of Love', inspired the entire "American Idol" vocal school, for better or worse, and virtually every other female R&B singer since the Nineties." In 2008, Jody Rosen of "Slate" wrote of Carey's influence in modern music, calling her the most influential vocal stylist of the last two decades, the person who made rococo melismatic singing.
Mariah Carey | Legacy
Crazy personal," Henderson continued calling the album's lyrical content an "deliberately confusing innocence with insight, obliviousness with bliss." Carey's voice on the album was described by Elysa Gardner of "USA Today", as "artful melisma, robust belting and decorative high notes." Gardner continued, noting Mariah's use of her "supple middle and lower registers to convey feeling simply and directly."
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | Music and lyrics
Carey has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and R&B and soul musicians such as Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Her music contains strong influences of gospel music, and she credits the Clark Sisters, Shirley Caesar and Edwin Hawkins as the most influential in her early years. When Carey incorporated hip hop into her sound, speculation arose that she was making an attempt to take advantage of the genre's popularity, but she told "Newsweek", "People just don't understand. I grew up with this music." She has expressed appreciation for rappers such as the Sugarhill Gang, Eric B.
Mariah Carey | Influences
In the "Los Angeles Times", Chris Willman wrote that Carey "attempts her share of girl-group pop amid the quasi-gospel melisma, though still not evidencing as much personality as talent in either style". "New York Times" journalist Jon Pareles was more critical in his review. "Regardless of backup, Ms. Carey oversings, glutting songs with her vocal tics—like sliding down from the note above the melody note—and turning expressions of devotion into narcissistic displays." Chris Dickinson from the "Chicago Tribune" called the singer a "trilling songbird" and "over-the-top irritant" throughout the album, particularly on "All I Want for Christmas Is You", where she "sounds like a bush-league Petula Clark".
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) | Critical reception
She has been cited as a sex symbol. During her tours, she has frequently worn Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin high-end stiletto footwear, as well as leotards, corsets, and fishnet tights. Due to the lasting popularity of her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Carey has been dubbed the "Queen of Christmas" and she has been seen wearing Santa suits and other Christmas-related outfits in the music videos of her songs as well as during her live performances. She is recognized as a gay icon and her song "Hero" is regarded as an anthem among the gay community as it touches upon themes of embracing individuality and overcoming self-doubt.
Mariah Carey | Public image
The chorus was sophisticated and natural, with each following line "cascading onto one another", something that would have proved difficult for a "less skilled vocalist". Carey started leaning away from the "standard Celine Dion ballad" and more towards R&B jams. However, she was not going to completely abandon the type of songs that made her famous. For this reason, Carey wrote "When I Saw You" with Afanasieff, a song that would truly embody some of her earlier work, as well as show off her powerful vocals. Returning to her R&B territory, Carey recorded "Long Ago", the second song she wrote alongside Dupri and Seal which contains a strong hip hop background.
Daydream (Mariah Carey album) | Conception and composition
As noted by Scott Shelter of PopCrush, "listeners are treated to notes from the upper reaches of Mariah’s five-octave range, which she rarely shows off anymore." In an interview for Vevo, Carey stated that she felt that Legend was the "perfect choice" to re-create the song as a duet with, and that his "soulful" creative decisions "took it up several notches".
When Christmas Comes | Background and composition
Carey filmed a music video for "I Want to Know What Love Is" in September 2009 in New York City, directed by Hype Williams. The video premiered on Mariah's official website on November 13, 2009. The video features Carey singing in Yankee Stadium, intercut with shots of the audience, often accompanied by loved ones, and some glimpses into the tough times in their past, as they grow emotional from the song's performance. A gospel choir joins Carey at the center of the stadium at the video's end. Carey wears the signature curly hairstyle from the initial stages of her career circa 1990–1993, maintaining the "Memoirs" theme of the album.
I Want to Know What Love Is | Music video
& Rakim, the Wu-Tang Clan, The Notorious B.I.G. and Mobb Deep, with whom she collaborated on the single "The Roof (Back in Time)" (1998). Carey was heavily influenced by Minnie Riperton, and began experimenting with the whistle register due to her original practice of the range. She has also called Marilyn Monroe one of her idols. During Carey's career, her vocal and musical style, along with her level of success, has been compared to Whitney Houston, whom she has also cited as an influence, and Celine Dion. Carey and her peers, according to Garry Mulholland, are "the princesses of wails [...] virtuoso vocalists who blend chart-oriented pop with mature MOR torch song." Author and writer Lucy O'Brien attributed the comeback of Barbra Streisand's "old-fashioned showgirl" to Carey and Dion, and described them and Houston as "groomed, airbrushed and overblown to perfection." Carey's musical transition and use of more revealing clothing during the late 1990s were, in part, initiated to distance herself from this image, and she subsequently said that most of her early work was "schmaltzy MOR." Some have noted that unlike Houston and Dion, Carey writes and produces her own music.
Mariah Carey | Influences
The video was directed by photographer David LaChapelle. For her 14th album, Carey worked with producers including DJ Clue?, Randy Jackson, Q-Tip, R. Kelly, David Morales, Loris Holland, Stevie J, James Fauntleroy II, Ray Angry, Afanasieff, Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, James "Big Jim" Wright, Hit-Boy, The-Dream, Da Brat, and Rodney Jerkins. Carey told "Billboard": "It's about making sure I have tons of good music, because at the end of the day that's the most important thing... There are a lot more raw ballads than people might expect...there are also uptempo and signature-type songs that represent [my] different facets as an artist."
Mariah Carey | 2010–2014: "Merry Christmas II You" and "Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse"
Meet the new Mariah, almost exactly the same as the old . . . 'Mimi'!"
E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) | Style and structure
The lead single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", was heralded as a "holiday standard" and came to be widely considered "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon." By October 2017, it had become the 11th-bestselling single in modern music. Carey's fifth studio album, "Daydream", found her consolidating creative control over her career, leading to tensions with Columbia. The album featured a departure from her allegiance to pop and gravitated heavily towards R&B and hip hop. Critically, the album was described as Carey's best to date. "The New York Times" named it one of 1995's best albums and concluded: "[the album] brings R&B candy-making to a new peak of textural refinement [...] Carey's songwriting has taken a leap forward and become more relaxed, sexier and less reliant on thudding clichés." The album's lead single, "Fantasy", became the first single by a female artist to debut at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and the second single, "One Sweet Day", a collaboration with R&B group Boyz II Men, remained atop the "Billboard" Hot 100 for a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks, becoming the longest-running number-one song in history.
Mariah Carey | 1993–1996: "Music Box", "Merry Christmas", and "Daydream"
"Say Somethin'" is a mid-tempo song lasting three minutes and forty-four seconds, while drawing influence from R&B and hip-hop music genres. It incorporates its beat from several musical instruments, including the organ, bass drum and several electronic and computerized sound effects. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Music Publishing, the song is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 88 beats per minute. Written by Carey, Snoop Dogg, Chad Hugo, and Pharrell Williams, and produced by The Neptunes, the song is composed in the key of E minor, with Carey's vocal range spanning from the low-note of F to the high-note of B.
Say Somethin' (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
According to Ben Ratliff from "The New York Times", it's a "questionably sexy striptease: a goofy-sleazy tryst vignette", with Carey singing "If there's a camera up in here then I best not catch this flick on YouTube." "Cruise Control", featuring reggae artist Damian Marley, is influenced by R&B and reggae, and finds her adapting to the genre by imitating Jamaican phrases, accents and styles of singing. "I Stay in Love" was released as the fourth and final single from the album. Written by Carey and Bryan-Michael Cox, is a mid-tempo "beat-driven" and "piano-laced" ballad, that is influenced by pop and R&B music genres.
E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) | Songs and lyrics
Roger Friedman of Showbiz411 revealed some information about the album on June 3, 2010, saying "Mariah’s Christmas album is said to be very lush, with lots of strings and no hip hop. A lot of it is said to be 'live' and there’s an ochestra" and would feature a new version of her 1994 Christmas single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You". It was reported by Showbiz411 in August 2010 that Carey had enlisted Broadway composer Marc Shaiman to work on the then untitled album; the magazine described the pairing as "unusual" but noted that the outcome could be "colossal".
Merry Christmas II You | Background and production
Carey possesses a five-octave vocal range, and has the ability to hit notes beyond the seventh octave. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by the "Guinness World Records", she was ranked first in a 2003 MTV and "Blender" magazine countdown of the 22 Greatest Voices in Music, as voted by fans and readers in an online poll. Carey said of the poll: "What it really means is voice of the MTV generation. Of course, it's an enormous compliment, but I don't feel that way about myself." She also placed second in "Cove" magazine's list of "The 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists." Regarding her voice type, Carey said that she is an alto, though several critics have described her as a coloratura soprano.
Mariah Carey | Voice and timbre
It features a basic chord progression of A-F. Carey's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of E to the high note of F; the piano and guitar pieces range from F to G as well. The song contains choral lyrics written by Carey, who produced the song's melody and chorus as well. Aside from assisting with its chord progression, Cory Rooney co-arranged and produced the track as well. Author Chris Nickson felt the song was extremely important for Carey's musical transition, writing "Lyrically, this was some of her best work ever, the melody slinky and overtly sexy, confirmation – as if any was needed at this point! – that this was the new Mariah."
The Roof (Back in Time) | Composition
Carey has been noted for co-writing and producing all of her original material. Of her nineteen "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one singles in the United States – the most among soloists – she has written eighteen of them. For her sophomore release "Emotions", Carey wrote all of the lyrics herself and co-composed the music with other collaborators, and is similarly credited for doing the same for the majority of the songs on "Music Box", "Daydream" and "Butterfly" (1997). The singer has collaborated with a number of songwriters throughout her career, with many of the songs reaching number-one on the music charts around the world, including "Hero", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", "Heartbreaker", "We Belong Together" and "Touch My Body".
List of songs recorded by Mariah Carey | Introduction
Carey wrote and produced "One Child" with Broadway composer Marc Shaiman. It was reported by Showbiz411 in August 2010 that Carey had enlisted Shaiman to work on the then untitled album; the magazine described the pairing as "unusual" but noted that the outcome could be "colossal". Lasting for a duration of four minutes and twenty-five seconds, the song is one of two original ballads included on "Merry Christmas II You". It encompasses a range of genres, including Christmas, adult contemporary, urban contemporary and religious music. The music and Carey's vocals recorded by Brian Garten at several recording studios, which included Henson Studios and 20th Century Fox Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, Guardian Angel Studios Bel Air, Germano Studios New York City and Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood.
One Child (Mariah Carey song) | Background and composition
Additionally, he described its content and instrumentation: As a song full of gospel and soulful influences, it allowed Mariah to really tear loose and show what she could do – which in reality was far more than the vocal gymnastics that seemed to comprise her reputation so far. From a deep rumble to a high wail, she covered five octaves wonderfully, as the power of the tune built. The backing vocals – which once again had those churchy harmonies – filled out the spare melody, as did the stately horns, which entered towards the end. The song was truly a vocal showcase for Mariah.
Emotions (Mariah Carey album) | Music and lyrics
Carey claims that she has had nodules in her vocal cords since childhood, due to which she can sing in a higher register than others. However, tiredness and sleep deprivation can affect her vocals due to the nodules, and Carey explained that she went through a lot of practice to maintain a balance during singing. Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" described Carey's lower register as a "rich, husky alto" that extends to "dog-whistle high notes." Additionally, towards the late 1990s, Carey began incorporating breathy vocals into her material. Tim Levell from the BBC News described her vocals as "sultry close-to-the-mic breathiness," while "USA Today"s Elysa Gardner wrote "it's impossible to deny the impact her vocal style, a florid blend of breathy riffing and resonant belting, has had on today's young pop and R&B stars."
Mariah Carey | Voice and timbre
Carey's vocal range spans from the low-note of C to the high-note of G, while the song's chorus follows a chord progression of G–G–G/F–Em–G/D–C–G/B–Am.
Make It Happen (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
It also became Carey's 16th top ten album in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it only the second Christmas album to top this chart. Following the birth of her children, Carey began work on her fourteenth studio album.
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | Background
It was meant to be a continuation, or a second part of her tenth studio album, "The Emancipation of Mimi" (2005). Although it shared similar vocal production as well as an inclination to her signature pop and R&B ballads, the album also encompassed a variety of dance-oriented and uptempo styles. Carey collaborated with a number of artists on the album, including T-Pain, Damian Marley and Young Jeezy. Though considered by critics very similar to the formula its predecessor had been built on, "E=MC²" included other genres she had never explored, such as reggae, and her continued recording of gospel-influenced hymns.
E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) | Introduction
Morffitt claims the song personally helped him get through difficult moments when "the answers seemed so far away". Following her taped performance of "One Sweet Day" at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California during The Adventures of Mimi Tour, Carey described the song's importance to her and her fans:
Hero (Mariah Carey song) | Composition and lyrical content
"Hero" is a mid-tempo ballad. It was written and produced by Carey and Afanasieff, and was released as the second single from her third studio album, "Music Box". It incorporates music from several musical instruments, including the piano, guitar and organ. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music Publishing, the song is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 62 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of E major with Carey's vocal range spanning from the low-note of G to the high-note of E. The song's chorus has a basic chord progression of G–G–G/F–Em–G/D–C-G/B–Am.
Hero (Mariah Carey song) | Composition and lyrical content
And on December 21, 2019, a full quarter-century after its original release, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topped the Hot 100 for the first time. In 1995, the singer released her fifth studio effort, "Daydream". Its singles "Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men) became Carey's ninth and tenth US number one singles, with the latter spending a record sixteen weeks atop the "Billboard" Hot 100. In following years, she released "Butterfly"s (1997) "Honey" – which became Carey's third single to debut atop the US chart, a record she still maintains with Drake – and "When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston).
Mariah Carey singles discography | Introduction
These albums spawned some of Carey's most successful singles, including "Hero", "Without You", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", as well as "One Sweet Day", which topped the US "Billboard" Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s). After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with the release of "Butterfly" (1997). "Billboard" named her the country's most successful artist of the 1990s, while the World Music Awards honored her as the world's best-selling music artist of the 1990s, and the best-selling female artist of the millennium.
Mariah Carey | Introduction
Music critics compared "E=MC²" heavily to Carey's previous album, "The Emancipation of Mimi", and felt it followed the same formula of ballads and dance-able tracks. Freedom De Luc of "The Washington Post" felt that after experiencing strong success for the first time in the 2000s with "Mimi", Carey tried to create "E=MC²" with the same formula, although possibly a little improved: "Having found that winning formula of coquettish club bangers, emotional ballads and frisky, mid-tempo coos, the diva with the golden tone has eschewed radical experimentalism here for stasis. 'E=MC²' is mostly more of the same, then, with the '2' representing something sequential rather than exponential.
E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) | Style and structure
Interestingly, her vocal approach here is almost emo, as she hits her rock-solid middle register and refuses to be held captive by the demons of her past." MTV News writer Jennifer Vineyard described the song in detail:
E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) | Songs and lyrics
With the exception "Hero" and "Dreamlover", the other songs lacked her usual "personality and intensity", according to Wynn. "Q" was more impressed by the record, writing that "this 1993 celebration of the all-conquering power of love was her defining moment".
Music Box (Mariah Carey album) | Critical reception
We would write the nucleus of the song, the melody primary music, and then some of the words were there as we finished writing it. I started playing some rock 'n' roll piano and started boogie woogie-ing my left hand, and that inspired Mariah to come up with the melodic [Sings.] 'I don't want a lot for Christmas.' And then we started singing and playing around with this rock 'n' roll boogie song, which immediately came out to be the nucleus of what would end up being 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' That one went very quickly: It was an easier song to write than some of the other ones.
All I Want for Christmas Is You | Background and writing
"Fantasy" is an up-tempo song with modern R&B and dance-pop genres within its composition, which blends elements of funk music, hip hop, and bubblegum pop. "Fantasy" moves at a tempo of 102 beats per minute. The remix, which features rap verses from O.D.B, also incorporates hip-hop into the bridge. The song uses heavy bass and percussion, as well as a sample from "Genius of Love". The song is set in the signature common time, and is written in the key of G major. It features a basic chord progression of A-F-. Carey's vocal range in the song spans from the note of D to the high note of F; the piano and guitar pieces range from D to E as well.
Fantasy (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
"Breakdown" is a slow and sultry song which blends R&B and hip hop genres. It incorporates drum notes, including heavy beats and grooves. The song features rap verses by Krayzie and Wish Bone. As part of "layering the song," background vocals are featured throughout the chorus and sections of the bridge. It is set in the signature common time and is written in the key of E major. It features a basic chord progression of A-F-. Carey's vocal range in the song spans from the note of B to the high note of F; the piano and guitar pieces range from F to G as well.
Breakdown (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
I can sing a Patsy Cline tune, a James Taylor tune, or a Led Zeppelin tune, but I do it with my own flair."
Jenna Mammina | Musical style
She possesses a three-octave mezzo-soprano vocal range. Her vocal range is (from A to F♯). Jones has cited as her biggest musical influences some artists include Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Celine Dion, Etta James, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, CeCe Winans, and Mary J. Blige.
Coco Jones | Artistry
In a retrospective review, Barry Schwartz of "Stylus Magazine" believed "Merry Christmas" may have been "the definitive Mariah Carey album", finding the singer at "her absolute creative and commercial peak, her voice still a marvel, her songs and performances still undeniably brilliant". AllMusic editor Roch Parisien deemed "All I Want for Christmas Is You" the record's highlight while lamenting Carey's "high opera" pretensions on "O Holy Night" and her dance/club rendition of "Joy to the World".
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) | Critical reception
"Can't Let Go" is written in the key of F major (with minor interminglings), ascending up to F major (with similar qualities) to close the song out — a common pop tonal effect. Mariah's vocals range from the low note of F to the high note of B, at a moderately slow tempo of 81 beats per minute, according to Musicnotes.com.
Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey song) | Music and lyrics
Rachel B cited as inspiration Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Minnie Riperton, as well as contemporaries like Robyn, Mark Ronson and Corinne Bailey Rae. Her own style has been described as pop, jazz, and soul combined, while herself called it "soulful empowerment pop", derived from her set of classic influences. She has earned praise for the sassy, imaginative and energetic character of her songs and compared favorably to Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse.
Rachel Borovik | Musical style
"Honey" is an up-tempo song, that blends hip hop and R&B genres. The song is set in the signature common time, and is written in the key of E major. It features a basic chord progression of A-F-1. Carey's vocal range in the song spans from the note of C to the high note of B; with the piano and guitar pieces ranging from G to G. The song's remix featured rap leads from The Lox and Mase, with some vocals rapped by Combs himself. The track was very different from anything Carey had ever recorded, and was described as "street Hip-Hop music, with a booming bass." The song's melody was driven by Q-Tip's drum programming and Stevie J's keyboard notes.
Honey (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
for her songwriting, Carey declared "Close My Eyes" as one of her favorite and most revealing songs that she has written. She stated that it is not always her number one or signature songs which are her favorite, rather, they are "lesser-known cuts from more obscure records." When asked about how she felt about some of her number-one singles, including "Hero" ("Music Box", 1993), "We Belong Together" ("The Emancipation of Mimi", 2005) and "Touch My Body" ("E=MC²", 2008), the singer revealed "I still love those songs, [but] I love the obscure songs because they're very close to my heart. Especially a song called 'Close My Eyes,' that's like my life story." In addition to "Close My Eyes," Carey cited "Looking In," "I Am Free," and "Underneath the Stars" ("Daydream", 1995) as some of her favorites.
Close My Eyes (Mariah Carey song) | Composition and lyrical interpretation
Arzutra Garielle's greatest musical influences have been Lata Mangeshkar and Shreya Ghoshal from the East. This is evident in her musical works where she has attempted to adopt the Bollywood style in her own music. Her main western influence is Mariah Carey. She has managed to garner a classy melodic pop sound. Her music is Bollywood-inspired. Her debut album "Woh Pal" has various genres: dance, acoustic, ambient lounge & romantic.
Arzutra Garielle | Musical style
The song was recorded in a church, with many live back-up singers and children playing tambourines and other melodious instruments. The goal was to produce a "real church flavored song", in which Loris Holland played the keyboards and allowed Carey's voice to "cut loose". According to Chris Nickson, Carey's love of gospel music came through on the track, writing, "[she] led the band without pushing herself forward, letting the song develop and work out, trading lines with the chorus until, after the crescendo, the musicians moved into a fast double time to the end." "All I Want for Christmas Is You", the album's lead single, was described as an "up-tempo love song, one that could have easily been written for Tommy Mottola".
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) | Conception and composition
"Never Forget You" is a slow song, further connecting it to the song's message of "lamenting the loss of love, in a very tender way." The song contains keyboard notes that hover over the verses and allow Carey to indulge in her backing vocals. It was described by Nickson as a "stand out track," one that could have easily become a hit single, "with an appeal that would have easily transcended generational barriers."
Music Box (Mariah Carey album) | Songs
Ann Powers, also in the "Times", wrote of Hersh's musical style: "Her plastic, sometimes obsessively circular song structures emphasize staggered rhythms and extreme dynamic shifts, and her voice, a carnal cry that pushes through her body gathering up air, lends her often oblique lyrics an oracular veneer."
Kristin Hersh | Themes and style
In an interview with "Newsweek", Carey described how she felt regarding the song: "You're right. It is a totally different approach for me musically. When I heard it at first I thought it was a cool and interesting track, but I didn't know if it was very me." Additionally, Carey outed the lines "Something like volcanic / You and me seems organic / Just like stars and planets" as "nonsense", but claimed she "loved it".
Say Somethin' (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
Together with Afanasieff, they toned down the song's arrangement, making it a bit glossy, especially in comparison to the "raw and powerful 'One Sweet Day.'" Additionally, with the help of her background singers, Carey added a touch of gospel to the song. One of the more gospel-influenced songs on the album was "I Am Free". The song was created by Carey, Afanasieff and Loris Holland, with whom she had worked previously on "Merry Christmas". Carey began humming the melody with the lyrics she had already written, while Holland played the organ and Afanasieff worked on the song's programming., giving the song a genuine and unforced gospel feel.
Daydream (Mariah Carey album) | Conception and composition
Instead, he wrote in "Entertainment Weekly", she "drips over them like syrup instead of overpowering them; she lets the melodies speak for themselves." Dennis Hunt was particularly critical in the "Los Angeles Times", writing that Carey's pop-soul songs still lacked emotion even though she had "toned down her vocal showboating". He accused "Music Box" of being geared toward an adult contemporary audience that "likes its soul whitewashed and in small doses". "Village Voice" critic Robert Christgau labeled it a "dud", indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought". In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn deemed "Music Box" "partly successful" and believed it was smart of Carey to explore her vocal approach differently, but she ended up sounding "detached on several selections".
Music Box (Mariah Carey album) | Critical reception
Carey won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and also received the award for Best New Artist. In "The Rolling Stone Album Guide" (2004), Arion Berger later wrote that "Carey debuted with an album of uplifting dance pop and R&B ballads, each song's composition co-credited to Carey and each providing an opportunity to unleash her wide vocal range." Ashley S. Battel from AllMusic found the record "extremely impressive" and described the songs as "smooth-sounding ballads and uplifting dance/R&B cuts" on an album that served "as a springboard for future successes". "Carey establishes a strong standard of comparison for other breakthrough artists of this genre", Battel concluded.
Mariah Carey (album) | Critical reception
Nickson commented that before, Carey was seen as a pop singer with R&B tendencies, but "Honey" changed that idea, giving the singer "hip-hop credibility", and forced naysayers to "take another look." Rich Juzwiak from "Slant" complimented the song, calling it "awakening, both sensually and musically." Juzwiak concluded the review writing "Honey exemplifies the abrupt gear shifting that appreciating Mariah the artist requires. Its new pop brilliance doesn't always come easy, where detecting it depends on the audience's newfound ability to apply Carey's pop life to her pop music." "Honey" was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 1998 ceremony, for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.
Honey (Mariah Carey song) | Critical reception
Credits adapted from AllMusic. Musicians Technical
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) | Personnel
I think that having the success with the last record allowed me to have more freedom...and just make records that I like. It's kind of a really fun record".
E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) | Background and recording
Hall described his experience with writing the song with Carey: [It] was a fun song to do. Mariah brought me 'Genius of Love' and I laid some strings on it and put it into a groove I felt really fit and highlighted her voice. And that song didn't take us but a minute to do, because she really busted that out within two days. We did a rough copy and let Tommy Mottola hear it and he loved it, so all we had to do was bring it back in and mix it.
Fantasy (Mariah Carey song) | Background
The album consists of a 15-track collection of unreleased songs, b-sides, demos and live performances. The album also features Carey's Daydream World Tour concert at the Tokyo Dome, recorded in March 1996, which includes live renditions from her hits, including "Emotions," "Fantasy," "One Sweet Day," "Vision of Love," "Hero", "All I Want For Christmas Is You", among others. The album begins with "Here We Go Around Again" in which Idolator writer Mike Wass stated was "hard to understand how something this effortlessly charming and catchy didn’t make the tracklist of Mariah’s debut album." Carey channeled The Jackson 5 on this "buoyant bop from 1990, sounding so innocent that she can barely contain the sheer joy of relishing in her own melismatic powers." "Can You Hear Me" was described as "a stunning ballad penned for "Emotions"." The previously released b-side songs include "Do You Think of Me" which was featured on the B-side of Carey's "Dreamlover", "Slipping Away" on the B-side of "Always Be My Baby" and "Everything Fades Away" on the B-side of "Hero" and also included as a bonus track on international editions of Carey's third studio album, "Music Box".
The Rarities (Mariah Carey album) | Composition
"It's Like That" is a R&B song with hip hop instrumentation that features ad-libs by Fatman Scoop and the song's producer Jermaine Dupri, while its lyrics (and Carey's vocals) discuss celebration and freedom, with Carey's alter-ego "Mimi" being emancipated. The song received generally favorable reviews from music critics, most of whom noted its catchiness and carefree message. It was also nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Commercially, the song charted well worldwide, becoming a top twenty hit in several countries, including the United States, while peaking inside the top-ten in over five other countries.
It's Like That (Mariah Carey song) | Introduction
The song's tune was described as "solemn and hymn-like, but the arrangement, oddly, made it less religious and rather more glitzy, behind the lyrics that overtly praised Jesus."
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) | Conception and composition
Disc jockey David Morales has collaborated with Carey on several occasions, starting with "Dreamlover" (1993), which popularized the tradition of remixing R&B songs into house records, and which "Slant" magazine named one of the greatest dance songs of all time. From "Fantasy" (1995) onward, Carey enlisted both hip-hop and house producers to re-structure her album compositions. "Entertainment Weekly" included two remixes of "Fantasy" on a list of Carey's greatest recordings compiled in 2005: a National Dance Music Award-winning remix produced by Morales, and a Sean Combs production featuring rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard. The latter has been credited with popularizing the R&B/hip-hop collaboration trend that has continued into the 2000s, through artists such as Ashanti and Beyoncé.
Mariah Carey | Musical style
Hugh McIntyre from Fuse felt that the record "was made for a 90's Disney animated film", mentioning that "Carey doesn't push herself on the ballad, keeping things simple and sweet instead". Mikey Fresh from Vibe writes that Mariah "uses her signature vocals to capture the X-mas spirit on the animated movie's title track." Reviewing the song, Lucas Villa from AXS states that "Piano and twinkling production back Mariah recounting the magical night Jesus was born." Victoria Messina from PopSugar wrote that "this brand-new jam just might give 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' a run for its money."
The Star (Mariah Carey song) | Critical reception
Grinels' music is characterized by acoustic guitar and powerful vocals. Her vocal delivery has elements of folk, pop rock, jazz, and blues.
Jenn Grinels | Musical style
And it gave me a new perspective on this song, which is one of the first songs I recorded for [The Emancipation of Mimi]. It's got a hot vibe to it, when you're driving around in the car on a normal, rainy day in Paris, driving around in circles in a Maserati — who doesn't do that every day?
Say Somethin' (Mariah Carey song) | Background
He further wrote that when he put his headphones into his computer, he was worried that Carey would sing the word "hashtag" in the lyrics, but after listening to the song in its entirety, he proclaimed it as a "perfect pop song". He was complimentary of the songs instrumental and production, and described it as "seductive". Roberts also wrote that although Carey does not enter the song until a third of the way through, she matches Miguel's "glorious tone with the confidence of someone who knows she can lift her verse to equal whatever comes her way" with a "glorious tone".
Beautiful (Mariah Carey song) | Critical reception
Kenneth Partridge of "Billboard" rated the album a 77 out of 100, writing how Mariah has found her musical niche that her fans have come to expect that is a "mix of pop-classicist balladry and hip-hop-tinged summer jamming". At "Entertainment Weekly", Melissa Maerz graded the album a B, saying how the release proves that her voice has been put through its paces, which she writes when Mariah is "trying to power through a note where it sounds like digital technology might be holding her up by the straps of that crocheted swimsuit." According to Gardner however, Mariah's vocal is "relaxed and confident".
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | Critical reception
Carey began writing poetry and lyrics while attending Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, where she graduated in 1987. Carey began vocal training under the tutelage of her mother. Though a classically trained opera singer, Patricia never pressured her daughter to pursue a career in classical opera. Carey recalled that she had "never been a pushy mom. She never said, 'Give it more of an operatic feel.' I respect opera like crazy, but it didn't influence me." In high-school, she was frequently absent because of her work as a demo singer; her classmates consequently gave her the nickname Mirage.
Mariah Carey | Early life
In the April 2012 issue of "Shape" magazine, Carey stated: "I've started writing songs for a new album, which I hope will come out in 2012. Getting back in the studio and making music again-which I truly love doing-is the best way to end this crazy year". In August 2012, Carey's then-manager Randy Jackson told "Billboard" that the album was set for release in March 2013. Carey told Ryan Seacrest in September 2012: "I want[ed] [it] to [be released] sooner, but I guess it wouldn't be ready until around January 2013, somewhere around there. I wanted to put another single out, a ballad.
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | Release
Chisholm's music is generally pop and rock. She also released an album of show tunes. Her vocal range is identified as mezzo-soprano.
Melanie C | Musical style
In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly", Carey openly spoke of her issues with Columbia: "Everybody was like 'What, are you crazy?' They're nervous about breaking the formula. It works to have me sing a ballad on stage in a long dress with my hair up." While Carey's new musical direction caused tension between her and Columbia, it began to severely strain her relationship with her husband at the time, Tommy Mottola. Mottola had always been involved in Carey's career, because he was the head of Sony Music, the parent company of her label. Since the time of Carey's debut, Mottola had controlled nearly every aspect of her career, keeping her sound carefully regulated and insisting that she continue recording middle-of-the-road pop music, despite her interest in hip hop.
Daydream (Mariah Carey album) | Background
"Bye Bye" is a slow-tempo "inspirational power ballad", which is influenced by R&B and pop music genres. The song is built on an understated and simple piano-driven melody, that is decorated with a soft bass-line. Written by Carey, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Johntá Austin, and produced by the former three, the song drew comparisons to several of Carey's previous musical arrangements featured in both "We Belong Together" and "Don't Forget About Us". According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "Bye Bye" is set in common time with a tempo of 68 beats per minute.
Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song) | Composition
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It's Like That (Mariah Carey song) | Formats and track listings
I had to make my exit and say 'Mariah, you need to redefine yourself, that's fine. I'm here doing what I do and if and when you want to come back and do it again, I'm here. "My All" was written in Carey's home-studio in upstate New York, and was recorded in Afanasieff's recording studio in San Francisco. After she presented him with the melody she had developed in Puerto Rico, he began playing chords on the piano, while Carey sang the tune and directed him. After they produced the chorus, Carey wrote the lyrics, while he added a drum groove to the basic melody.
My All | Recording
It is performed in the key of A major with a tempo of 74 beats per minute in common time. "With You" follows a chord progression of A – C/G – Fm – Em – D – E, and Carey's vocals span from E to E.
With You (Mariah Carey song) | Background and composition
"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" is a slow tempo song that blends pop and R&B beats. Additionally, it incorporates its sound from several instruments including the violin, piano and organ. The ballad is set in the signature of common time, with a slowly tempo of 52 beats per minute. It is written in the key of A major, with Carey's vocals spanning almost three octaves, from the low note of A to the high note of F#. The song was written by Carey and Diane Warren. Although there were no conflicts during the recording process, the pair had minor disagreements during the songwriting stages: Carey said that Warren liked to repeat lyrical phrases often.
Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) | Composition and lyrical content
The three b-sides were described as "legendary within The Lambily for good reason." "All I Live For", a "Music Box" reject was described as "90s R&B-lite." Carey's work on "One Night" was also an "urban groove that probably scared the execs at Columbia at the time" and was "one of Mariah’s first collaborations with Jermaine Dupri, a creative relationship that would bear a lot of fruit in coming years." Carey's cover of Irene Cara’s "Out Here on My Own" was described as being "heaven-sent and, thematically, it makes complete sense for [Carey]." It was described as a piano ballad. "Loverboy" was previously released on Carey's "Glitter" soundtrack in 2001 and "The Rarities" features an original mix of the song which samples the 1978 Yellow Magic Orchestra song "Firecracker" which is said to have sparked the feud between Carey and Jennifer Lopez.
The Rarities (Mariah Carey album) | Composition
The album's title track, "Music Box", is another ballad Carey wrote with Afanasieff. The song is described as one of Carey's more difficult compositions, due to its "softness". The song requires a great deal of legato to keep "the tune's softness and sweetness, without resorting to volume." Carey's vocals on the track are defined as "soft and controlled," managing to maintain the delicate balance in a manner that seems effortless, floating easily over the keyboard and the shimmer of the guitar. Lyrically, due to the song's message of "commitment and promise," and the "tinkling music-box line played on the synthesizer," the track gives the sensation of a wedding vow recital.
Music Box (Mariah Carey album) | Songs
Mauboy grew up listening to country singers Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Slim Dusty; she credits country music as her first love of music, saying the genre "is who I really, really am deeply." Mauboy also grew up listening to hip-hop rappers Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Mauboy cites Mariah Carey as her main influence and inspiration, stating that she has "drawn a lot of inspiration from watching and listening to her live performances". She grew up listening to many of Carey's songs and was inspired by her vocal style and songwriting, "I loved 'Dreamlover' and 'Fantasy' – and picked up loads of tips from her style of singing.
Jessica Mauboy | Influences
"I Pray" was described by "The New York Post" writer Chuck Arnold, as "one of the most straight-up spiritual things Carey has ever done, with a choir helping her to take it all the way to church." "Cool On You" continues the R&B sound and "stems from "E=MC²" era and finds [Carey] in full club mode [...] It’s light and feathery fun that gets stuck in your head after the very first listen." "Mesmerized" is a "curiously sedate mid-tempo that was supposed to appear in "The Paperboy"."
The Rarities (Mariah Carey album) | Composition
After "Emotions" failed to achieve the commercial heights of her debut album, Carey's subsequent release was to be marketed as adult contemporary and pop-friendly. "Music Box" was produced by Carey and Afanasieff, and began a songwriting partnership that would extend until 1997's "Butterfly". The album was released on August 31, 1993 to mixed reviews from music critics. Carey's songwriting was derided as clichéd and her vocal performances were described as less emotive and lazier in their delivery. In his review of the album, AllMusic's Ron Wynn concluded: "sometimes excessive spirit is preferable to an absence of passion." In promotion of the album, Carey embarked on her debut tour, a six date concert series, the Music Box Tour.
Mariah Carey | 1993–1996: "Music Box", "Merry Christmas", and "Daydream"
Its is about self-confidence, don't be afraid to dream." After the last girl reads her message, Carey is shown lying on pillows on the floor of her sparse living room, watching television. As she tearfully sings, she watches as different empowering messages and events are shown on the screen. Towards the end of the musical bridge, Carey stands up from the floor and exits onto a large balcony overlooking the city. Rain begins to fall as Carey waves her arms and cries out singing the song's climax. Her depression is resolved when the rain stops and a rainbow forms, prompting her to smile.
Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) | Music videos and remixes
Credits adapted from "Music Box" album liner notes. Musicians Production
Music Box (Mariah Carey album) | Personnel
Her musical style is a mix of pop rock, power pop and pop punk with Christian based lyrics. Her musical influences include Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Stacie Orrico, Evanescence and Kelly Clarkson.
Jessie Daniels | Musical style and influences
As with 'The Roof', Carey lunges toward musical maturity by embracing, not shunning hip-hop. This is the height of her elegance and maybe hip-hop-soul's, too."
Breakdown (Mariah Carey song) | Critical reception
McEntire's music has been described to not only be built upon traditional country music, but also expand into the genres of country pop, mainstream pop, soul, and R&B. At times, her music has been criticized for moving away from traditional country music. Many music critics have called her music to be "melodramatic", "formulaic", and "bombastic", particularly after her 1988 album "Reba." Studio releases such as "Sweet Sixteen", "Rumor Has It", "It's Your Call", and "Starting Over" have been described by these terms. McEntire possesses a contralto vocal range and performs "vocal gymnastics" with her voice, a musical technique in which a singer twirls a note around, using their vibrato.
Reba McEntire | Musical styles and legacy
Carey's fan site MariahDaily posted a message on their website asking people within the Los Angeles area to appear for a casting call for a chance to be featured in the video. The video draws influence from 1950s and 1960s variety shows, and features Carey wearing a short, red "sexy Santa" ensemble, whilst on stage with a band, which featured gospel back-in singers as well as a group of dancers, consisting of cheerleaders. The plotline is centered on Carey hosting a "Mariah Carey Christmas" television show. The announcer introduces Carey saying "here she is, the greatest singer of all time, Ms.
Oh Santa! | Music video
While not one of Carey's best-known hits, "Breakdown" remains one of her most praised songs, receiving acclaim for assisting Carey's transition into the R&B market. In his review for the album, Rich Juzwiak from "Slant" magazine wrote the following: The song of Carey's career, where the lyrical strokes are as broad and obvious as they are naked. Mariah the chanter flawlessly adapts to their singsong style, largely boxing her multi-octave range into a sly, hypnotic melody so that when she really wails at the end, you really feel it. Carey lunges toward musical maturity by embracing, not shunning hip-hop. This is the height of her elegance and maybe hip-hop-soul's, too.
Butterfly (Mariah Carey album) | Singles
Its seven dates spanned three in Japan and four throughout Europe. Carey set records when all 150,000 tickets for her three shows at Japan's largest stadium, Tokyo Dome, sold out in under three hours, breaking the previous record held by The Rolling Stones.
Mariah Carey | 1993–1996: "Music Box", "Merry Christmas", and "Daydream"
She wants to do something that's so over the top and use her talents and the voice she has. But she also knows she has to restrain herself and do what the music really calls for.
Hero (Mariah Carey song) | Writing and recording
Since her debut in 1990, Carey's career was heavily calculated and controlled by her husband and head of her label Sony Music Entertainment, Tommy Mottola. For years, Carey's albums had consisted of slow and meaningful ballads, devoid of any guest appearances or hip hop-influenced melodies. In January 1995, as she recorded "Daydream", Carey began taking more control over her musical style and genre influences. She enlisted the production skills and rap styles of Ol' Dirty Bastard, who was featured on the remix of her song "Fantasy." While Mottola was hesitant at first, Carey's persistence paid off when the song became an international chart topper, with critics calling the collaboration one of the pioneering songs of pop and R&B musical collaborations.
Rainbow (Mariah Carey album) | Background
"Time"s Dan Macsai called it the "greatest, most over-the-top album title of all time." On the standard edition cover, Carey poses with her arms behind her head, while wearing a nude-colored crocheted swimsuit. The deluxe edition features a close-up of Carey's face, on the same sun-kissed background. Jeremy Blacklow from Yahoo! Music commented that some fans felt that the album covers "look retouched to the extreme".
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | Title and artwork
During the album's production, Carey endured many creative differences with her label and then-husband Tommy Mottola. On "Daydream", Carey collaborated with Jermaine Dupri for the first time, and co-wrote and produced a song with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, with whom she had collaborated on "Music Box". It was also the first time she had worked with Boyz II Men, an R&B group consisting of four male vocalists. Together, they wrote the concept and lyrics for "One Sweet Day", a song that Carey co-produced with Afanasieff. With his assistance and the addition of a few contemporary producers, she was able to make a subtle transition into the R&B market.
Daydream (Mariah Carey album) | Introduction
Carey performed the song live during her 1998 Butterfly World Tour. Throughout the performances, Carey wore a short beige outfit and long semi-teased up hair, accompanied by male and female dancers. During the song's act, Carey would slowly sway hand-in-hand with other male dancers, giving the illusion of sultry compassion. Carey performed the song acapella in Chicago during her 2000 Rainbow World Tour. During her Adventures of Mimi Tour in 2006, Carey performed the song during select dates on the tour. The performance included many exotic female dancers, performing seductive pole dances and other similar routines. Carey, while singing, danced light routines on a chair, while wearing a red one piece suit.
Breakdown (Mariah Carey song) | Live performances
Marika Papagika distinguished herself from most of her contemporaries by virtue of her sweet soprano voice with its relatively high tessitura, her vocal timbre, somewhat reminiscent of Western classical singers, and her diction. The style and sound of her recordings is further distinguished by the particular accompaniment which graced most of them, namely the unusual combination of cymbalom and violoncello, plus a violin or a clarinet, and, very occasionally, a xylophone. Her occasional forays into more purely Western songs also set her apart from her female contemporaries on both sides of the Atlantic. It is perhaps reasonable to understand the performance styles of Mr.
Marika Papagika | Musical style
The album opens with "Cry", a gospel song built over a piano, "simmering vocals and full-bodied runs" containing "swirling organs and scaling ad-lib." Described by "Billboard" magazine as being one of the album's most "heaviest moments," lyrically the song discusses Carey's desire to hold a lover until they both start "bawling." "Faded" is a "luscious" R&B song produced by Mike Will Made It, the song and Carey's vocals feature "climaxes" with the song taking influence from R&B hip-hop and pop genres. "Dedicated" features American rapper Nas, the song contains a sample from "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" as performed by Wu-Tang Clan and lyrically discusses nostalgia, with Mariah and Nas looking back at their past relationships and how they have shaped their lives.
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | Composition
Additionally, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was called "one of the essential musical hallmarks of the holiday season", and is the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-platinum status in the US. Occupying three of the thirteen number ones on the album were the singles from Carey's 1995 release, "Daydream". The album's lead single "Fantasy", was featured on "#1's". However, it was the song's official remix, which featured rap verses from Ol' Dirty Bastard, which made the album cut. This was a personal decision made by Carey, as it was of her preference. The second song from "Daydream" to be featured on the album was "One Sweet Day", Carey's duet with Boyz II Men.
Number 1's (Mariah Carey album) | Writing and composition
Carey has also had three songs debut atop the Hot 100 chart. In 1994, Carey released her holiday album "Merry Christmas" has sold over 15 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. It also produced the successful single "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which became the only holiday song and ringtone to reach multi-platinum status in the US. In Japan, "#1's" has sold over 3,250,000 copies and is the best-selling album of all time in Japan by a non-Asian artist. Her hit single "One Sweet Day", which featured Boyz II Men, spent sixteen consecutive weeks at the top of "Billboard"s Hot 100 chart in 1996, setting the record for the most weeks atop the Hot 100 chart in history.
Mariah Carey | Awards and achievements
"Butterfly" is a personal ballad, which blends pop, R&B, gospel and soul genres. It incorporates piano and drum notes, including heavy beats and grooves. As part of "layering the song," background vocals are featured throughout the chorus and sections of the bridge. It is set in the signature common time, and is written in the key of A major. It features a basic chord progression of A-F-. Carey's vocal range in the song spans from the note of G to the high note of A; the piano and guitar pieces range from A to A. The song contains choral lyrics written by Carey, who produced the song's melody and chorus as well.
Butterfly (Mariah Carey song) | Composition