Mariah Carey - The Queen Of R&b

By Author: Mr James Griffith
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Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter and record producer famous of her incredible vocals, her smash hit R&B songs and her multi octave vocal range. She was the first artist to have her first five songs top the Billboard charts. An incredible achievement. Mariah Careys songs and Mariah Carey music videos have also been hugely successful on MTV making her one of the biggest video artists of the decade. And through her hit singles and Mariah`s incredible record sales she is genuinely considered to be a global urban music icon.
Her first album entitled Mariah Carey was released in 1990 and its first single Visions Of Love which Mariah co-wrote topped the Billboard charts in the US. Mariah Careys music video for this song was equally successful being play listed on MTV constantly. More great songs including her classic slow jam Love Takes Time followed with another great Mariah Carey music video and a star was born. The album Mariah Carey was hugely successful and also won Mariah Carey three Grammys for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and for her debut single Visions Of Love.
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... second album released in 1991 was entitled Emotions and its first single the title track a gorgeous dance track with another superb Mariah Carey music video went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Album also spawned two more hit singles Make It Happen and Can`t Let Go both top five hits. Mariahs next 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 flavored single Fantasy and a fantastic Mariah Carey music video as well helping to make it a global smash.
Her next album Butterly released in 1997 spawned another number one single in 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 stylish Mariah Carey music videos. Soon afterwards her album E=MC2 was released and spawned the radio friendly hits Touch My Body and Bye Bye. Her next album was entitled Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel released in 2009 which Spawned the hit top ten single Obsessed.
The growth in music video websites over the last few years has been phenomenal. There is now and incredible array of websites to choose from. From Hip hop to R&B to Dancehall there is a huge variety of choice. One such website is Urban-Nation.com. It offers the very latest Rap & Hip hop music videos, R&B music videos plus profiles, chat rooms, music artists, Hip hop music news, R&B music news and some of the coolest members anywhere! Urban-Nation.com also has an incredible new section where you can view exciting new music profiles and music videos for the biggest names in Hip hop and R&B music where you can read all about Lil Wayne, Drake, Eminem, Usher, Mariah Carey, Akon, Omarion, Beyonce, The Game, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Cassie, Ne-Yo, Timbaland, Chipmunk, Kano etc.
About the Author :

James Griffith is a freelance writer from London specialising in writing Hip hop and R&B music articles. Over the years he has developed an extensive knowledge of urban music and urban music artists and is considered one of the leading authorities on this subject. With a passion for Hip hop and R&B music since childhood, James Griffith brings great knowledge and a great understanding of this exciting music genre and his articles are both informative and entertaining too