Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter and record producer famous of her incredible vocals, her melodic ballads and her stunning Mariah Carey music videos. Born in New York City on March 27 1970 she signed her first recording contract with Sony Music in 1990 and released her debut single “Visions Of Love” soon afterwards. The star would see her first five singles top the Billboard singles charts and through her hugely successful singles and album sales a genuine R&B superstar was born. Check out the stunning Mariah Carey music video for her classic single “I Still Believe” below. This stunning Mariah Carey music video was directed by Brett Ratner and it shows Mariah Carey visiting Edwards Air Force Base in California to entertain the troops. This gorgeous song was taken from her eighth studio album "#1's" which was released in 1998 and reached number three on the Billboard singles chart in 1998. Mariah Carey released herself titled debut album “Mariah Carey” in 1990 and its first single “Visions Of Love” which Mariah co-wrote topped the Billboard charts in the US. The stunning Mariah Carey music video for this song was equally successful becoming a huge hit on MTV. More excellent Mariah Carey songs were released including the stunning ballad “Love Takes Time” which featured another amazing Mariah Carey music video helping Mariah Carey`s excellent debut album to sell over 15 million copies worldwide. The album “Mariah Carey” also won Mariah Carey three Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and for her debut single “Visions Of Love”. Check out the classic Mariah Carey music video for her smash hit single "Shake It Off". The video was directed by Jake Nava and features cameos from Chris Tucker and Jermaine Dupri. This song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top 100 and is taken from her The Emancipation of Mimi album which was released in 2005. Mariah`s second studio album “Emotions” was released in 1001 and its first single was the hugely infectious title track “Emotions” an upbeat dance song with another superb Mariah Carey music video which went straight to number one. The Album also spawned two more hit singles; the gorgeous Mariah Carey song “Make It Happen” and “Can`t Let Go” both top five hits. Mariah Carey`s next studio album “Music Box” was her most successful to date spawning massive hit singles for “Without You” and “Dream Lover” and “Hero”. Her next album was entitled “Day Dream” and it featured the massive Hip hop flavoured single “Fantasy” and a fantastic Mariah Carey video as well helping to make this excellent single a worldwide global smash. Check out the stunning Mariah Carey music video for her excellent single "Touch My Body" below. This gorgeous music video was directed by her long time video director Brett Ratner and showcased a more playful fun side of Mariah Carey who humorously flirts with the geek sent to fix her computer. This single topped the Billboard Top 100 charts giving her another number one single. Mariah Carey`s next studio album “Butterfly” was released in 1997 and spawned another number one single in the excellent “My All” which featured another stylish Mariah Carey Music video. More albums followed including “Emancipation Of Mimi” which was released in 2005 and marked a big comeback for Mariah Carey after some indifferent efforts music wise. It featured the hit singles “We Belong Together” and “Shake It Off” plus more slick Mariah Carey music videos. Soon afterwards Mariah Carey released her eleventh studio album “E=MC2” in 2008 and this excellent Mariah Carey album spawned the radio friendly hits “Touch My Body” and “Bye Bye” helping the album to sell 436,000 copies in its first week of release and debut at number one on the Billboard Album charts. Mariah Carey`s next album was entitled “Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel” released in 2009 which Spawned the hit top ten single “Obsessed” which featured another stunning Mariah Carey music video. Check out the gorgeous Mariah Carey music video for her 2002 hit "Through The Rain". The video for this beautiful ballad was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed on location in New York City and is from her 2002 album "Charmbracelet". The video also features a cameo from Jamie Lynn Sigler from the hit television show The Sopranos.
