Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 or 1969) is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut, in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Mariah is most successful Mariah Carey songs include Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Someday, I Don’t Wanna Cry, Emotions and Make It Happen.
She has the most number one Mariah Carey hit songs in United States history, with 18 number one Mariah Carey singles across all formats of the Billboard Mariah Carey song charts – 12 Mariah Carey number one songs from the 1990s, three Mariah Carey number ones from the 2000s and two Mariah Carey number ones released in 2010.
She is ranked as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, with estimated Mariah Carey song sales of 132 million copies worldwide. Mariah Carey is the best-selling female artist in Mariah Carey songs history and Mariah Carey album history Mariah Carey has sold more MariahCarey singles than any other solo artist in Mariah Carey songs chart history.