Before she released her first album, everyone thought she was a hypocritical black person, pretending to be white (her skin color is white). But American music is greatly influenced by black music. Maria often says to herself, "My father is black, but my mother is white, so I may be brown."
When she was a teenager, Maria put a lot of energy into singing, which is why she was nicknamed "a mirage" in high school. She met some songwriters and looked for places to sing their songs. Immediately after graduating from high school, Mariah came to new york alone, waiting for the day when he could enter the recording studio. Maria worked as a singer, extra and waiter during this period. But most of them were fired, especially fish. Most old versions complain that the girl can do nothing but sing. Because she doesn't think singing is important, maybe she is right. At the same time, she met Ben Margulis. Together, they composed many early songs of Maria and toured around. Finally, Maria got an audition tape, but there was nowhere to send it.
One of Maria's friends is the drummer of singer Brenda K Starr. He told Maria that Brenda K. Starr lacked resonance. Therefore, Maria became a chorus singer and soon became good friends with Brenda K. Starr. Through Brenda, Maria achieved the first great success in her life.
Brenda trusted Maria very much and took her to a recording party. Maria brought her audition tape and tried to give it to Jerry Greenberg (producer of Columbia Records). At the end of the party, Tommy Motora, president of Columbia Records, took the audition tape and listened on his way home. He immediately decided to sign a contract with Maria. But when he drove back, Maria had already left. However, just a week later, they signed the contract. (Maria forgot to write her name on the tape) Soon, Maria began to record her first album. She was less than 19 years old that year. Although this is only the first album, Columbia Records invited Narada Michael Walden, a producer from Whitney Houston and George Michael, and Walter Afanasi also wrote a song for Maria (he is also making an album for Maria now). This album * * * produced four number one songs, far exceeding the company's forecast that at least one song should reach the second place. This is all because of Maria's romantic lyric tone.
The following year, Maria released her second album Emotion, and the single of the same name won her the number 1. Part of this album was produced by Walter Afanasev, and part of it was produced by Creville and Cole's team. Many singles have created a good dance effect. She also started her first tour. Maria's tour is different from most singers. Because of her singing career, she never left home for a long time. Therefore, her tour is always short, but because of her energy and excellent rehearsal, tickets are always sold out quickly.
Maria's most successful performance was not on the big stage, but a small concert with strong affinity-MTV unplugged concert, which gave Maria an excellent opportunity to translate songs in her own way. With the success of the concert, I will be there with its videos, albums and famous songs. This is the cover of Jackson 5, which sells well, and I will be Maria's sixth champion song there.
Maria's next big move is-she is married! With Tommy Motora, who discovered her, gave her the opportunity to record and express herself, and paid enough attention to her album, so that it received such a strong social effect. Their wedding was the most luxurious couple since Charles and Diana in England. They got married in a church in Manhattan in the presence of Bruce Springsteen, barbra streisand, Robert De Niro and other stars. Maria's first album after marriage also showed great differences from the original style. People can no longer hear that unpretentious voice, like a live version. With the joining of famous music producers such as Afanasieff, Babyface, Clivilles and Cole, Music Box has pushed Mariah to the second peak of his career, and this album has become the best-selling album of Mariah so far, with a sales volume of 25 million copies! But this album didn't please the critics, who preferred MTVunplugged and thought the music box lacked passion. But this has not affected the sales volume of the album and its image in the public at all. As a girl from Long Island, Maria was deeply influenced by the local culture. Her second single, Hero, actually influenced many people. A man once wrote to Maria that he had been thinking about suicide for the past ten years and was troubled by failure. But when he heard the hero! He finally realized that he was his hero! This is always special for some people.
/kloc-in October, 994, Mariah released her Christmas album Merry Christmas, most of which were old Christmas hymns, except for two new works, I miss you most at Christmas and I only want you at Christmas.
1995, Mariah released Daydream, which is a breakthrough in her albums over the years! The album contains many cooperative songs, not only writing songs, but also making songs. She collaborated with rapper O.D.B on Fantasy, which won the championship on Billboard for eight weeks in a row and sold more than double platinum. And after the fantasy won the championship for 8 weeks, One sweet day, who cooperated with BoyzIImen, won the championship immediately! And kept it for 16 weeks! Set a historical record for Billboard-a record that no one has broken so far! Sales also exceeded 2 million! And another platinum single, Forever My Baby, also reached the No.1 1 throne of Billboard in April 1996! By the way, Daydream was also 1 when it was on the list! This album is the most successful album after Music Box, with 24 million copies sold. But considering that the single is so popular, it is actually more successful than the music box. The album also won six Grammy nominations for Maria (although the Grammy judges finally let Maria go home empty-handed). This is a very special summer vacation for a group of children of new york Clean Air Foundation. Maria eats, lives, plays and plays with them. Their relationship began at 1994. That is, since Mariah became the spokesperson of this institution. Maria's contribution to this children's fund is not limited to her donation of $750,000. Since 1.877, this organization has helped 0/.60 million poor children in new york. The summer camp that Maria attended was named Maria Camp.
1997, Mariah and Tommy Mottola broke the news that they were going their separate ways. With the release of the first album "Butterfly" with a sales volume of 4 million after the breakup, Mariah's style has also become between hip-hop and R&; B. She changed the simple and friendly image of a little girl dancing in a shirt and showed her more mature and sexy side. "I think' butterfly' is a natural evolution for me," she said. Regarding her new image, Maria said, "What you saw before was not the real me. At that time, my style was completely deliberately carved. Now, no one can bind me anymore. I do what I like, sing my favorite songs, wear my favorite clothes, and be free and happy. Of course, there will always be people telling me what to do with my style. They said I looked too challenging and emotional. But I don't think so. Now I am a free and independent woman, and I just want to show it. " Two number one singles Honey and MyAll were born in the album Butterfly.
1998, Maria won the title of "Best-selling R&" at the World Music Awards Ceremony; Artist b award and lifetime achievement award of "the best-selling record artist in the world in the 1990s". In the same year, she released an anthology Unique (#1's), which included all her number one singles. The album also includes her and Whitney Houston's chorus song When You Believe, which won the Oscar for Best Original Song. 1999 Maria's acting career In Up a flight of stairs, she will appear on the screen for the first time. The comedy film "The Bachelor" tells the story of a bachelor starring Chris Donner who has to find a bride within 24 hours to get $654.38 billion. Ilana, played by Maria, is an opera queen. She dated a bachelor and may marry him. "At first, it was just a vase role, but later my role became worse," Maria said. "I had to die in the play. This movie is really funny. " The film will be released in June 1999 1 1. Maria's acting plans also include Everything that Shines and Double O Soul.
On September 30th, 1999, the first single "Heartbreaker" released separately from Mariah's new album topped the Billboard pop singles list. This is also her first 14 number one single. Only the Beatles (20) and Elvis Presley (17) can match this impressive achievement. Her new album Rainbow was released in most countries around the world at the end of June 1999.
Mariah Carey's acting career is a series of successful albums. Her first five singles all topped the charts. She holds the record of the longest-time champion single in the history of modern bulletin boards. She was the only singer who had a number one single every year in the 1990s. She stayed on the charts longer than the four major bands. As soon as she hit the charts, she won more songs than any other singer. Also, in the 1990s, she had more gold records (15) and platinum records (8) than anyone else, and the number of platinum records was the highest among all female artists in history. This is Maria!