2008 Woodie Awards
Mariah Carey solves the equation
New album, E=MC2, tops charts, breaks records
Kristina Dolan
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: A & E
Mariah Carey has proven that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Even with a few setbacks, she is one of the most successful female recording artists in music history.
Her mother Patricia discovered Mariah's talent in 1972 while rehearsing at home for her New York City Opera debut.
"From the time Mariah was a tiny girl, she sang on true pitch; she was able to hear sound and duplicate it exactly," says Patricia Carey according to Entertainment Weekly. "I missed my cue, but Mariah didn't. She sang it, in Italian, at exactly the right point. She wasn't even 3 years old then."
Carey made her recording debut in 1990, at the age of 20, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mattola. Her voice had a spectacular range spanning five octaves.
Her occupations include singer, songwriter, record producer and actress while her music is considered to be Pop and R&B.
In April 2008, the single "Touch My Body" became her 18th No. 1 single, pushing her ahead of Elvis Presley's 17 No.1 singles. Her new album, E=MC2, hit stores on Tuesday.
"I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," said Carey, about the milestone in an interview with JET magazine.
With another record-setting 286,000 downloads in its debut week on Billboard's digital songs chart, "Touch My Body" is the first single off of Carey's new album.
"Touch My Body" soared to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, making her second only to the Beatles for the most No. 1 hits ever on the chart.
"I expect Mariah's record to be one of the biggest records of the year," predicts Billboard's senior analyst Geoff Mayfield on billboard.com. She is the first recording artist to have her first five singles and albums top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
It was not always positive for Carey who suffered a very public, physical and emotional breakdown in 2001.
According to Mariah Carey's Web site, "Working twenty-one hour days to make her albums top the charts finally caught up to her."
Her mother Patricia discovered Mariah's talent in 1972 while rehearsing at home for her New York City Opera debut.
"From the time Mariah was a tiny girl, she sang on true pitch; she was able to hear sound and duplicate it exactly," says Patricia Carey according to Entertainment Weekly. "I missed my cue, but Mariah didn't. She sang it, in Italian, at exactly the right point. She wasn't even 3 years old then."
Carey made her recording debut in 1990, at the age of 20, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mattola. Her voice had a spectacular range spanning five octaves.
Her occupations include singer, songwriter, record producer and actress while her music is considered to be Pop and R&B.
In April 2008, the single "Touch My Body" became her 18th No. 1 single, pushing her ahead of Elvis Presley's 17 No.1 singles. Her new album, E=MC2, hit stores on Tuesday.
"I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," said Carey, about the milestone in an interview with JET magazine.
With another record-setting 286,000 downloads in its debut week on Billboard's digital songs chart, "Touch My Body" is the first single off of Carey's new album.
"Touch My Body" soared to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, making her second only to the Beatles for the most No. 1 hits ever on the chart.
"I expect Mariah's record to be one of the biggest records of the year," predicts Billboard's senior analyst Geoff Mayfield on billboard.com. She is the first recording artist to have her first five singles and albums top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
It was not always positive for Carey who suffered a very public, physical and emotional breakdown in 2001.
According to Mariah Carey's Web site, "Working twenty-one hour days to make her albums top the charts finally caught up to her."
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Jim
posted 4/17/08 @ 11:11 PM EST
I think Mariah deserves alot of credit. She is one heck of a singer and a pretty good writer. However, a side note to her breaking records. Mariah is right, she is no elvis and especially Beatles or an entertainer with the impact of a lennon/mccartney. (Continued…)
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