Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970)[3] is an American singer-

songwriter, record producer, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

She was signed to Columbia Records in 1988 and rose to fame after
releasing her eponymous debut album two years later. Carey is the first
artist in history to have their first five singles become consecutive number
one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 (from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions").
Renowned for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and
signature use of the whistle register, Carey is referred to as the "Songbird
Supreme" by Guinness World Records.
In 1993, Carey married Sony Music head Tommy Mottola. She achieved
worldwide success with follow-up albums Music Box (1993), Merry
Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995). 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 for 16 weeks
and became Billboard's Song of the Decade (1990s Decade). 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) and Rainbow (1999). 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.