I’ll never understand how this was her first song to miss the billboard top 10. Should have been number 1.. it’s one off her best songs in my opinion..
"All hail and bow to Mariah Carey, The Queen of Divas, Protector of the vocal skills from the realm, Archiduchess of Vocal range/registers, Empress of agility, The unmatched, The Mellisma mother, The Goddess of Songwriting and producing, The one often imitated, but never duplicated, The embodiment of pure success",. My simpleton ears are not worthy of your talent but a simple sung phrase will be enough to heal me for all eternity.
I LOVE your Mariah reactions!! Soo genuine and takes me back❤ Could you please do the C&C ten min remix to this song?? It’s absolutely mind blowing and some of the best vocals she’s ever recorded!
A very friendly reaction 🤗! Yes, she took it to chuuuuurch ⛪! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Mariah Carey before: Dreamlover, I'll Be There- MTV Unplugged, Vision Of Love, One Sweet Day, Vision Of Love- Live (1991 Grammy's), Vision Of Love- Live (Apollo), I Don't Wanna Cry, I Don't Wanna Cry- Live, My All, Oh Santa, We Belong Together / Fly Like A Bird- Live, I Wanna Know What Love Is, Fantasy (Remix), Hero- Live, Love Takes Time, Emotions- Live, It's Over- Live, Honey (Remix), Breakdown, Endless Love, Heartbreaker (Remix), Heartbreaker (Remix)- Live, All I Want For Christmas Is You, It's Like That- Live, Always Be My Baby (Remix), We Belong Together, Make It Happen, When You Believe and Loverboy (Rap Version). Anytime You Need A Friend was released as the fifth single from Mariah Carey's 1993 album: Music Box. It was written and produced by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. The song reached #1 on the Dance Club chart, #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #4 on the Cash Box 100, #12 on the Hot 100 and #22 on the R&B chart. The music video was directed by Danielle Federici and was filmed in New York City. The music video also introduces a new look for the singer, who ditches her signature curls for a sleek, straightened hairstyle. The song was remixed by David Cole and Robert Clivillés of C+C Music Factory. The remix music video was later included on the 1995 home video release: "Fantasy: Mariah Carey At Madison Square Garden". Mariah Carey recalled in her 2020 memoir: The Meaning Of Mariah Carey, that the song: "Anytime You Need A Friend", was borne out of the desperation she felt during her relationship with Tommy Mattola, which ended in divorce in 1997. "Among all of my songs that one was especially significant, because I was desperately alone, removed from friends and full of fear", she said. "My belief in God kept me alive - I wrote that song thinking about what I thought God would say to us in times of fear". Even though it sounds like a huge choir is backing Mariah Carey, most of the supporting vocals were sung by Gospel singers Kelly Price, Shanrae Price and Melonie Daniels. Said Mariah Carey: "It was a great experience to work with them and to do these Gospel arrangements. because they're really from the church and they're really really authentic". Mariah Carey's impressive vocal range is on display in the tune, from hitting her higher than high whistle register to dipping into her lower register, which she hadn't accessed as much on her earlier songs. "It's not that I'm experimenting with lower notes. I actually think my natural voice is low. My speaking voice is low, you know what I mean? And I'm really comfortable singing in my lower register", she told US Magazine in 1993. "I sing from the heart. Whatever the music makes me feel at the time, I go into the studio to sing a song, that's what it's going to do. Some people like it, some people don't. But it's just a part of my voice and that's it". Mariah Carey performed the song: "Anytime You Need A Friend", live on several televised talk and award shows around the world, including: The Late Show With David Letterman, Top Of The Pops and German entertainment show Wetten Dass..?. Additionally, the song served as a closing number on Mariah Carey's Music Box and Daydream World Tours. Legacy🛡: The song was ranked number forty-seven on the 1994 Year-End Billboard Charts, giving Mariah Carey three singles in the top half of the chart. On the Year-End Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks the song finished at number 21 and at number 39 on the Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles Year-End Chart. USA Today music critic John T. Jones called it "inspirational", while "Anytime You Need A Friend" won a BMI Pop Award and an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the Songwriter Award in 1995. In 2003, The Daily Record named it (the remix) one of the "World's Greatest First Dance Songs". Mariah Carey Info 📰: Mariah Carey was born on on March 27, 1969 in Huntington, New York. She is a singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, improvisation skills, her signature use of the whistle register, and songwriting. She is famous for the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly the 1994 song "All I Want For Christmas Is You", and she has been dubbed as the "Queen of Christmas". She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide. Mariah Carey has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Billie Holiday, Minnie Riperton, Sarah Vaughan as well as R&B and soul musicians including Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Also, she names Whitney Houston and Celine Dion as big influences on her singing. Her music contains strong influences of gospel music, and she credits the Clark Sisters, Shirley Caesar and Edwin Hawkins as the most influential in her early years. During her years in elementary school, she excelled in the arts, such as music and literature. She began writing poetry and lyrics while attending Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, where she graduated in 1987. Mariah Carey began vocal training under the tutelage of her mother. Though she was a classically trained opera singer, Patricia Carey never pressured her daughter to pursue a career in classical opera. Mariah Carey recalled that she had "never been a pushy mom. She never said, 'Give it more of an operatic feel.' I respect opera like crazy, but it didn't influence me." In high school, Mariah Carey was often absent because of her work as a demo singer. This led to her classmates giving her the nickname Mirage. Working in the Long Island music scene gave her opportunities to work with musicians such as Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies, with whom she co-wrote material for her demo tape. After moving to New York City, she worked part-time jobs to pay the rent and completed 500 hours of beauty school. she moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with four female students as roommates. She landed a gig singing backup for freestyle singer Brenda K Starr. In December 1988, Carey accompanied Brenda K Starr to a music executive's party, where she handed her demo tape to the head of Columbia Records, Tommy Mottola. Tommy Mottola signed Mariah Carey to Columbia Records and enlisted producers Ric Wake, Narada Michael Walden and Rhett Lawrence for her first album. On June 5, 1990, Carey made her first public appearance at the 1990 NBA Finals, singing "America The Beautiful". The highlight was the piercing whistle note toward the song's conclusion, sparking CBS Sports anchor Pat O'Brien to declare, "The palace now has a queen." Mariah Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola in 1990, and the two married in 1993. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby" and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly (1997). She left Columbia Records in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records. Following Mariah Carey's highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown and the failure of the film Glitter (2001) and its soundtrack, Virgin bought out her contract and she signed with Island Records the following year. After a comparatively unsuccessful period, Carey returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005), which became the best-selling album in the US and the world's second best-selling album of 2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). Billboard named it the "song of the decade" and is the fifteenth most popular song of all time. Mariah Carey won the Breakthrough Actress Performance award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the 2009 film: Precious. Her subsequent ventures included being an American Idol judge, starring in the docu-series Mariah's World, appearing in the films The Butler (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), performing at two Las Vegas concert residencies and publishing her memoir: The Meaning Of Mariah Carey in 2020. Mariah Carey still performs her music live on stage in 2023. ***CONTINUE BELOW***
Mariah Carey Honors & Awards 🏅: Throughout her career, Mariah Carey has earned numerous awards and honors. She has won five Grammy Awards, nineteen World Music Awards, ten American Music Awards, and fifteen Billboard Music Awards. She is also an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress and the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame. As of March 2022, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lists Carey as the best-selling female albums artist, with shipments of 72 million units in the US. The singer has amassed two diamond certified albums, Music Box and Daydream. Music Box has sold 23 million copies worldwide as of 2002 and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time. In August 2015, Mariah Carey was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1999, Mariah Carey was presented with a Congressional Award for contributing "to expanding opportunities for all Americans through their own personal contributions, and setting exceptional examples for young people through their own successes in life. In 2008, she was named one of Time's annual 100 most influential people in the world. In 2019, she was honored by Variety's Power of Women for her work with The Fresh Air Fund's Camp Mariah. On November 19, 2010, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey at number four on their "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years" chart. In 2012, Carey was ranked second on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music". Billboard magazine ranked her at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making Mariah Carey the second most successful female artist in the history of the chart. The same publication ranked Mariah Carey at number four on their "Top 125 Artists of All Time" chart making her the top female act. Mariah Carey was ranked as the second greatest woman in music by VH1 in 2012 and the fifth greatest singer by Rolling Stone in 2023. Billboard named her the top-charting female solo artist, based on both album and song chart success. Mariah Carey holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15), spending a record 91 weeks atop the chart. Mariah Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the United States and 10th overall, with 74 million certified album units. Among her many accolades are 5 Grammy Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards and 12 Guinness World Records. Mariah Carey Tours 🏟: Music Box Tour (1993) Daydream World Tour (1996) Butterfly World Tour (1998) Rainbow World Tour (2000) Charmbracelet World Tour (2003-2004) The Adventures Of Mimi (2006) Angels Advocate Tour (2009-2010) Australian Tour 2013 (2013) The Elusive Chanteuse Show (2014) The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour (2016) All The Hits Tour w/ Lionel Richie (2017) Mariah Carey: Live in Concert (2018) Caution World Tour (2019) Merry Christmas To All! Tour (2022) Mariah Carey Residencies 🏠: Live At The Pearl (2009) All I Want For Christmas Is You: A Night Of Joy And Festivity (2014-2019) #1 To Infinity (2015-2017) The Butterfly Returns (2018-2020) Mariah Carey Filmography 🎬: The Bachelor (1999) Glitter (2001) WiseGirls (2002) Death Of A Dynasty (2003) State Property 2 (2005) Tennessee (2008) You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) Precious (2009) The Butler (2013) A Christmas Melody (2015) Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) The Keys Of Christmas (2016) The Lego Batman Movie (2017) Girls Trip (2017) The Star (2017) All I Want For Christmas Is You (2017) Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020) Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues (2021) Mariah Carey Albums 📀: Mariah Carey (1990) Emotions (1991) Music Box (1993) Merry Christmas (1994) Daydream (1995) Butterfly (1997) Rainbow (1999) Glitter (2001) Charmbracelet (2002) The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005) E=MC² (2008) Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009) Merry Christmas II You (2010) Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014) Caution (2018) Some more good Mariah Carey songs 🎶: It's Like That, Fantasy, Heartbreaker, Vision Of Love, I Know What You Want, Can't Let Go, Without You, I Still Believe, Thank God I Found You, The Roof (Back In Time), How Much, Always Be My Baby, Reflections (Care Enough), Underneath The Stars, Forever, Butterfly, Whenever You Call, Honey, Bliss, Close My Eyes, Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme), Open Arms, Vanishing, Prisoner, There's Got To Be A Way, So Blessed, The Wind, And You Don't Remember, If It's Over, There Goes My Heart, Shake It Off, Fly Like A Bird, Don't Play That Song, Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), I Want To Know What Love Is, There's Got To Be A Way, Alone In Love, You Need Me, Sent From Up Above, Prisoner, Your Girl, Vanishing, All In Your Mind, You're So Cold, Hopelessly Devoted To You The Wind, Got A Thing 4 You, To The Floor, #Beautiful, And You Don't Remember, Till The End Of Time, So Blessed, To Be Around You, Secret Love, Thirsty, I Wish You Knew, How Much, Petals, Did I Do That?, Joyride, Yours, The One, Crybaby, After Tonight, X Girlfriend, Irresistible (West Side Connection), Sprung, If We, 4real4real, I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time, Lead The Way, Didn't Mean to Turn You On, All My Life, Bye Bye, Last Kiss, You're Mine (Eternal), Never Too Far, O.O.C., I Wish You Well, Twister, Love Story, Heat, Make It Look Good, Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue), Christmas Time Is In The Air Again, Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica), Migrate, Angels Cry, Bringin' On The Heartbreak, I Stay In Love, Ribbon, Miss You, Subtle Invitation, The Art Of Letting Go, My Saving Grace, When Christmas Comes, Lullaby, Camouflage, Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now), One And Only, So Lonely (One And Only Part II), Circles, Lullaby Of Birdland, One More Try, Faded, Cry., The Impossible, You Don't Know What To Do, All I Want For Christmas Is You, Open Arms, Inseparable, One Child, My All, Boy (I Need You), Through The Rain, I'm That Chick, Don't Forget About Us, It's A Wrap, Mine Again, Sunflowers For Alfred Roy, Stay Long Love You, Everything Fades Away, One Night, Cruise Control, Supernatural, Caution, Makin' It Last All Night (What It Do), For The Record, Do You Think Of Me, Get Your Number, Standing O, Portrait, 8th Grade, Slipping Away, Meteorite, Can You Hear Me, The Distance, Giving Me Life, Stay The Night, H.A.T.E.U., Thanx 4 Nuthin', GTFO, Here We Go Around Again, With You, Obsessed, Money ($ * / ...), Candy Bling, Up Out Of My Face, Oh Santa!, Runway, One Mo' Gen, More Than Just Friends, Dedicated, Out Here On My Own, Mesmerized, Save The Day, Close My Eyes, I Pray, Cool On You and Music Box. Fun Fact 🕵🏼♀: When Mariah Carey first met her to be boyfriend Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees shortstop told her the song: Anytime You Need A Friend, was his favorite song and he listened to it before every game.
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Joe Public- Live And Learn, Father MC ft Mary J Blige- I'll Do 4 U (littlegee44 YT channel) or Shiro ft MC Lyte- I Like (toninho marcal YT channel).
One of Mariah's best songs. The lyrics are so meaningful and I love how she goes full gospel.
I’ll never understand how this was her first song to miss the billboard top 10. Should have been number 1.. it’s one off her best songs in my opinion..
The vocal, the instrument, the lyric are beautiful meaningful.
This is one of my favorite songs by Mariah💜💜💜
This song has a lot of really good live performances, and has several remixes (including the almost 11 minute C&C Club Version which is 🔥)
"All hail and bow to Mariah Carey, The Queen of Divas, Protector of the vocal skills from the realm, Archiduchess of Vocal range/registers, Empress of agility, The unmatched, The Mellisma mother, The Goddess of Songwriting and producing, The one often imitated, but never duplicated, The embodiment of pure success",. My simpleton ears are not worthy of your talent but a simple sung phrase will be enough to heal me for all eternity.
One of my favorite Mariah Carey songs and videos...🎵🎵🎵
I LOVE your Mariah reactions!! Soo genuine and takes me back❤
Could you please do the C&C ten min remix to this song?? It’s absolutely mind blowing and some of the best vocals she’s ever recorded!
A+ Mariah
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Love this song! If you change a few words, it could definitely be a gospel song. Mariah hit it out of the park with this one.
loved it. your reaction is amazing.
This song literally saved my life ......
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A very friendly reaction 🤗! Yes, she took it to chuuuuurch ⛪! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Mariah Carey before: Dreamlover, I'll Be There- MTV Unplugged, Vision Of Love, One Sweet Day, Vision Of Love- Live (1991 Grammy's), Vision Of Love- Live (Apollo), I Don't Wanna Cry, I Don't Wanna Cry- Live, My All, Oh Santa, We Belong Together / Fly Like A Bird- Live, I Wanna Know What Love Is, Fantasy (Remix), Hero- Live, Love Takes Time, Emotions- Live, It's Over- Live, Honey (Remix), Breakdown, Endless Love, Heartbreaker (Remix), Heartbreaker (Remix)- Live, All I Want For Christmas Is You, It's Like That- Live, Always Be My Baby (Remix), We Belong Together, Make It Happen, When You Believe and Loverboy (Rap Version).
Anytime You Need A Friend was released as the fifth single from Mariah Carey's 1993 album: Music Box. It was written and produced by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. The song reached #1 on the Dance Club chart, #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #4 on the Cash Box 100, #12 on the Hot 100 and #22 on the R&B chart. The music video was directed by Danielle Federici and was filmed in New York City. The music video also introduces a new look for the singer, who ditches her signature curls for a sleek, straightened hairstyle. The song was remixed by David Cole and Robert Clivillés of C+C Music Factory. The remix music video was later included on the 1995 home video release: "Fantasy: Mariah Carey At Madison Square Garden".
Mariah Carey recalled in her 2020 memoir: The Meaning Of Mariah Carey, that the song: "Anytime You Need A Friend", was borne out of the desperation she felt during her relationship with Tommy Mattola, which ended in divorce in 1997. "Among all of my songs that one was especially significant, because I was desperately alone, removed from friends and full of fear", she said. "My belief in God kept me alive - I wrote that song thinking about what I thought God would say to us in times of fear".
Even though it sounds like a huge choir is backing Mariah Carey, most of the supporting vocals were sung by Gospel singers Kelly Price, Shanrae Price and Melonie Daniels. Said Mariah Carey: "It was a great experience to work with them and to do these Gospel arrangements. because they're really from the church and they're really really authentic".
Mariah Carey's impressive vocal range is on display in the tune, from hitting her higher than high whistle register to dipping into her lower register, which she hadn't accessed as much on her earlier songs. "It's not that I'm experimenting with lower notes. I actually think my natural voice is low. My speaking voice is low, you know what I mean? And I'm really comfortable singing in my lower register", she told US Magazine in 1993. "I sing from the heart. Whatever the music makes me feel at the time, I go into the studio to sing a song, that's what it's going to do. Some people like it, some people don't. But it's just a part of my voice and that's it".
Mariah Carey performed the song: "Anytime You Need A Friend", live on several televised talk and award shows around the world, including: The Late Show With David Letterman, Top Of The Pops and German entertainment show Wetten Dass..?. Additionally, the song served as a closing number on Mariah Carey's Music Box and Daydream World Tours.
Legacy🛡:
The song was ranked number forty-seven on the 1994 Year-End Billboard Charts, giving Mariah Carey three singles in the top half of the chart. On the Year-End Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks the song finished at number 21 and at number 39 on the Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles Year-End Chart.
USA Today music critic John T. Jones called it "inspirational", while "Anytime You Need A Friend" won a BMI Pop Award and an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the Songwriter Award in 1995.
In 2003, The Daily Record named it (the remix) one of the "World's Greatest First Dance Songs".
Mariah Carey Info 📰:
Mariah Carey was born on on March 27, 1969 in Huntington, New York. She is a singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, improvisation skills, her signature use of the whistle register, and songwriting. She is famous for the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly the 1994 song "All I Want For Christmas Is You", and she has been dubbed as the "Queen of Christmas". She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide.
Mariah Carey has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Billie Holiday, Minnie Riperton, Sarah Vaughan as well as R&B and soul musicians including Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Also, she names Whitney Houston and Celine Dion as big influences on her singing. Her music contains strong influences of gospel music, and she credits the Clark Sisters, Shirley Caesar and Edwin Hawkins as the most influential in her early years.
During her years in elementary school, she excelled in the arts, such as music and literature. She began writing poetry and lyrics while attending Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, where she graduated in 1987. Mariah Carey began vocal training under the tutelage of her mother. Though she was a classically trained opera singer, Patricia Carey never pressured her daughter to pursue a career in classical opera. Mariah Carey recalled that she had "never been a pushy mom. She never said, 'Give it more of an operatic feel.' I respect opera like crazy, but it didn't influence me."
In high school, Mariah Carey was often absent because of her work as a demo singer. This led to her classmates giving her the nickname Mirage. Working in the Long Island music scene gave her opportunities to work with musicians such as Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies, with whom she co-wrote material for her demo tape. After moving to New York City, she worked part-time jobs to pay the rent and completed 500 hours of beauty school. she moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with four female students as roommates. She landed a gig singing backup for freestyle singer Brenda K Starr.
In December 1988, Carey accompanied Brenda K Starr to a music executive's party, where she handed her demo tape to the head of Columbia Records, Tommy Mottola. Tommy Mottola signed Mariah Carey to Columbia Records and enlisted producers Ric Wake, Narada Michael Walden and Rhett Lawrence for her first album. On June 5, 1990, Carey made her first public appearance at the 1990 NBA Finals, singing "America The Beautiful". The highlight was the piercing whistle note toward the song's conclusion, sparking CBS Sports anchor Pat O'Brien to declare, "The palace now has a queen."
Mariah Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola in 1990, and the two married in 1993. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby" and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly (1997). She left Columbia Records in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records.
Following Mariah Carey's highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown and the failure of the film Glitter (2001) and its soundtrack, Virgin bought out her contract and she signed with Island Records the following year. After a comparatively unsuccessful period, Carey returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005), which became the best-selling album in the US and the world's second best-selling album of 2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). Billboard named it the "song of the decade" and is the fifteenth most popular song of all time.
Mariah Carey won the Breakthrough Actress Performance award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the 2009 film: Precious. Her subsequent ventures included being an American Idol judge, starring in the docu-series Mariah's World, appearing in the films The Butler (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), performing at two Las Vegas concert residencies and publishing her memoir: The Meaning Of Mariah Carey in 2020.
Mariah Carey still performs her music live on stage in 2023.
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Mariah Carey Honors & Awards 🏅:
Throughout her career, Mariah Carey has earned numerous awards and honors. She has won five Grammy Awards, nineteen World Music Awards, ten American Music Awards, and fifteen Billboard Music Awards. She is also an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress and the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame. As of March 2022, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lists Carey as the best-selling female albums artist, with shipments of 72 million units in the US. The singer has amassed two diamond certified albums, Music Box and Daydream. Music Box has sold 23 million copies worldwide as of 2002 and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time. In August 2015, Mariah Carey was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1999, Mariah Carey was presented with a Congressional Award for contributing "to expanding opportunities for all Americans through their own personal contributions, and setting exceptional examples for young people through their own successes in life. In 2008, she was named one of Time's annual 100 most influential people in the world. In 2019, she was honored by Variety's Power of Women for her work with The Fresh Air Fund's Camp Mariah.
On November 19, 2010, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey at number four on their "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years" chart. In 2012, Carey was ranked second on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music". Billboard magazine ranked her at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making Mariah Carey the second most successful female artist in the history of the chart. The same publication ranked Mariah Carey at number four on their "Top 125 Artists of All Time" chart making her the top female act.
Mariah Carey was ranked as the second greatest woman in music by VH1 in 2012 and the fifth greatest singer by Rolling Stone in 2023. Billboard named her the top-charting female solo artist, based on both album and song chart success. Mariah Carey holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15), spending a record 91 weeks atop the chart. Mariah Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the United States and 10th overall, with 74 million certified album units. Among her many accolades are 5 Grammy Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards and 12 Guinness World Records.
Mariah Carey Tours 🏟:
Music Box Tour (1993)
Daydream World Tour (1996)
Butterfly World Tour (1998)
Rainbow World Tour (2000)
Charmbracelet World Tour (2003-2004)
The Adventures Of Mimi (2006)
Angels Advocate Tour (2009-2010)
Australian Tour 2013 (2013)
The Elusive Chanteuse Show (2014)
The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour (2016)
All The Hits Tour w/ Lionel Richie (2017)
Mariah Carey: Live in Concert (2018)
Caution World Tour (2019)
Merry Christmas To All! Tour (2022)
Mariah Carey Residencies 🏠:
Live At The Pearl (2009)
All I Want For Christmas Is You: A Night Of Joy And Festivity (2014-2019)
#1 To Infinity (2015-2017)
The Butterfly Returns (2018-2020)
Mariah Carey Filmography 🎬:
The Bachelor (1999)
Glitter (2001)
WiseGirls (2002)
Death Of A Dynasty (2003)
State Property 2 (2005)
Tennessee (2008)
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)
Precious (2009)
The Butler (2013)
A Christmas Melody (2015)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
The Keys Of Christmas (2016)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Girls Trip (2017)
The Star (2017)
All I Want For Christmas Is You (2017)
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)
Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues (2021)
Mariah Carey Albums 📀:
Mariah Carey (1990)
Emotions (1991)
Music Box (1993)
Merry Christmas (1994)
Daydream (1995)
Butterfly (1997)
Rainbow (1999)
Glitter (2001)
Charmbracelet (2002)
The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005)
E=MC² (2008)
Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009)
Merry Christmas II You (2010)
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014)
Caution (2018)
Some more good Mariah Carey songs 🎶: It's Like That, Fantasy, Heartbreaker, Vision Of Love, I Know What You Want, Can't Let Go, Without You, I Still Believe, Thank God I Found You, The Roof (Back In Time), How Much, Always Be My Baby, Reflections (Care Enough), Underneath The Stars, Forever, Butterfly, Whenever You Call, Honey, Bliss, Close My Eyes, Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme), Open Arms, Vanishing, Prisoner, There's Got To Be A Way, So Blessed, The Wind, And You Don't Remember, If It's Over, There Goes My Heart, Shake It Off, Fly Like A Bird, Don't Play That Song, Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), I Want To Know What Love Is, There's Got To Be A Way, Alone In Love, You Need Me, Sent From Up Above, Prisoner, Your Girl, Vanishing, All In Your Mind, You're So Cold, Hopelessly Devoted To You The Wind, Got A Thing 4 You, To The Floor, #Beautiful, And You Don't Remember, Till The End Of Time, So Blessed, To Be Around You, Secret Love, Thirsty, I Wish You Knew, How Much, Petals, Did I Do That?, Joyride, Yours, The One, Crybaby, After Tonight, X Girlfriend, Irresistible (West Side Connection), Sprung, If We, 4real4real, I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time, Lead The Way, Didn't Mean to Turn You On, All My Life, Bye Bye, Last Kiss, You're Mine (Eternal), Never Too Far, O.O.C., I Wish You Well, Twister, Love Story, Heat, Make It Look Good, Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue), Christmas Time Is In The Air Again, Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica), Migrate, Angels Cry, Bringin' On The Heartbreak, I Stay In Love, Ribbon, Miss You, Subtle Invitation, The Art Of Letting Go, My Saving Grace, When Christmas Comes, Lullaby, Camouflage, Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now), One And Only, So Lonely (One And Only Part II), Circles, Lullaby Of Birdland, One More Try, Faded, Cry., The Impossible, You Don't Know What To Do, All I Want For Christmas Is You, Open Arms, Inseparable, One Child, My All, Boy (I Need You), Through The Rain, I'm That Chick, Don't Forget About Us, It's A Wrap, Mine Again, Sunflowers For Alfred Roy, Stay Long Love You, Everything Fades Away, One Night, Cruise Control, Supernatural, Caution, Makin' It Last All Night (What It Do), For The Record, Do You Think Of Me, Get Your Number, Standing O, Portrait, 8th Grade, Slipping Away, Meteorite, Can You Hear Me, The Distance, Giving Me Life, Stay The Night, H.A.T.E.U., Thanx 4 Nuthin', GTFO, Here We Go Around Again, With You, Obsessed, Money ($ * / ...), Candy Bling, Up Out Of My Face, Oh Santa!, Runway, One Mo' Gen, More Than Just Friends, Dedicated, Out Here On My Own, Mesmerized, Save The Day, Close My Eyes, I Pray, Cool On You and Music Box.
Fun Fact 🕵🏼♀: When Mariah Carey first met her to be boyfriend Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees shortstop told her the song: Anytime You Need A Friend, was his favorite song and he listened to it before every game.
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Joe Public- Live And Learn, Father MC ft Mary J Blige- I'll Do 4 U (littlegee44 YT channel) or Shiro ft MC Lyte- I Like (toninho marcal YT channel).