This girl had a secret crush on me , when hearing I was dead she was destroyed . When I Came back to life or something she confessed her love . <| sep |> Ozzyman needs to do a commentary for this . <| sep |> Please add me TBPVQE 0 D , Giantmac . ACTIVE PLAYER <| sep |> Mariah Carey artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2529 cab 488 dd 72742 fba 0 e 71 f 776534 d 408 . png Mariah Carey born March 27 , 1970 in Huntington , New York , United States is an singer , songwriter , producer , actress , writer , director , model and philanthropic US . Carey came to prominence following the release of their eponymous debut album in June 1990 , which was certified multiplatinum and yielded four singles that led the US table Billboard Hot 100 . Under the guidance of the then executive director of Columbia Records and later husband Tommy Mottola , she gained international success with their subsequent studio albums Emotions 1991 , Music Box 1993 and Merry Christmas 1994 This success has made it to be established as the artist of Columbia ' s biggest selling . His fifth studio album Daydream 1995 entered the history of music when their second single One Sweet Day , a duet with Boyz II Men group , remained for sixteen consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 , a nonrecord equaled or surpassed to this day . While recording the album , Carey began to deviate from its initial musical styles like R B and pop , starting his work with hip hop . This musical change became evident with the release of their subsequent design Butterfly 1997 , first album of the singer made after his split with Mottola . Carey left Columbia in 2000 and signed a fivealbum deal worth US $ 100 million with Virgin Records , a subsidiary of EMI Music . Before the release of the film Glitter 2001 , in which she played the protagonist Billie Frank , she suffered an emotional and physical collapse and was hospitalized due to severe exhaustion . With poor critical and commercial reception of the film and its homonymous soundtrack 2001 , Carey had his contract with Virgin possibly canceled and the record company paid him only US $ 49 million , the period began the decline of his popularity . The following year , she was hired by Island Records and its popularity has been taken up with the release of his tenth studio album , The Emancipation of Mimi 2005 . The second single from it , We Belong Together was the most famous song in the United States in the 2000 s , receiving the award for Song of the Decade by Billboard . In 2009 , she made another film role , participating in the film Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Carey was also awarded the prize for Breakthrough Performance Award in ceremonies Palm Springs International Film Festival , Black Reel Awards and NAACP Image Awards 2010 . Throughout his career , Carey sold over 200 million records worldwide , making it one of record sales record holders . In 1998 , she was honored as the artist with the most albums sold in the 1990 s in the United States during the World Music Awards . In 2000 , Carey was declared the female artist who sold more albums in America this millennium . According to the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA , she was positioned in third place among the female artists with bestselling in the United States with sales estimated at 64 million albums , behind only Barbra Streisand and Madonna . With the release of Touch My Body 2008 , Carey got his 18 th number one in the United States , surpassing the record previously held by Elvis Presley among solo artists with higher numbers one in the country . In 2012 , Carey was second in the list of the top 100 women in music , published by VH 1 . In addition to its commercial awards , Carey has earned 5 Grammy Awards , 20 World Music Awards , 23 American Music Awards and 32 Billboard Music Awards . Known as the wild supreme by Guinness World Records , she is also known for her vocal reaches five octaves , her style melisma and the recurrent use of the register whistle . Read more on Last . fm . Carey 2 , 235 , 314 listeners , 60 , 209 , 451 plays tags pop , rnb , female vocalists , soul , Mariah Carey Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .