Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.
She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
dropped her catchy holiday anthem about two months early on Sept. 23.The sassy jam is part of a larger holiday album — “When Christmas Comes Around” — that Clarkson will drop Oct.
15. The release will feature original and iconic holiday songs, including covers of Mariah Carey’s ubiquitous “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and Eartha Kitt’s sexy “Santa Baby.”“My purpose for choosing this lyric for being the title of this project was to bring forth a sense of reality to the fact that we are probably all in very different places emotionally ‘when Christmas comes around,’ ” the “American Idol” icon said in a statement.
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