Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States.[5]
Following her separation from Mottola in 1997, Carey introduced elements of hip hop into her album work, to much initial success, but her popularity was in decline when she left Columbia in 2001, and she was dropped by Virgin Records the following year after a highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the poor reception given to Glitter, her film and soundtrack project. In 2002, Carey signed with Island Records, and after a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the forefront of pop music in 2005.[6][7]
Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards.[8] She has recorded the most number-one singles for a solo artist in the United States (eighteen),[9] where, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is the third best-selling female recording artist.[10] In addition to her commercial accomplishments, Carey has earned five Grammy Awards, and is well-known for her vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register. Carey was recently featured during the seventh season of American Idol.
玛丽亚·凯莉（英文：Mariah Carey，1970年3月27日－）是美国相当著名的流行音乐歌手，她因为自己辉煌的音乐史记录而常常被称为乐坛天后。截至目前为止共有79周在告示牌流行榜（Billboard Hot 100）上排行第一。玛丽亚·凯里是音乐史上拥有最多告示牌单曲冠军的女歌手（18首），并拥有在这流行榜上连续停留榜首最久的单曲—One Sweet Day（16周）。玛丽亚·凯里出生于纽约州苏福克郡亨廷顿镇。其母亲拥有爱尔兰血统并曾为歌剧女歌手，而曾任航空工程师的父亲则拥有委内瑞拉血统，因此玛丽亚·凯里偶尔也被美国媒体归类为黑人歌手。
玛丽亚·凯里是众所皆知的最高音歌手，在一次演唱美国国歌时，唱出了G7＃。另有记录她在一场颁奖晚会上手打拍子唱出了六个八度的音阶，是一位擅用海豚音的歌手。