Birthday girl Mariah Carey
Born on March 27, 1970, Mariah Carey turns 42 this year. The singer-writer and actress is one of the best known voices across the globe. From "Butterfly" to "MiMi" - Carey has come a long way. Mariah Carey possesses a "5-octave vocal range" and has the ability to reach notes beyond the 7th octave. She was ranked first in a 2003 MTV and Blender magazine countdown of the 22 Greatest Voices in Music.
Her first album was "Mariah Carey" that released in 1990. Following came hit albums like "Emotion", "Music Box", "Butterfly", "Glitter", "The Emancipation of Mimi" and the latest "Merry Christmas II You" that was released in 2010. Mariah's first role model was her mother who was an opera singer. Though Carey says - that she respects opera immensely but that is not her style.
Throughout Carey's career, she has collected many honors and awards, including the World Music Awards' Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium, the Grammy's Best New Artist in 1991, Billboard's Special Achievement Award for the Artist of the Decade during the 1990s.
In a career spanning over 20 years, Carey has sold over 200 million albums, singles, and videos worldwide, making her one of the biggest-selling artists in music history. Carey is ranked as the best-selling female artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, with over 52 million copies sold.
We wish Mariah Carey a great birthday! (IBNLive)
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