Mariah Carey

About Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey emerged fully formed on her 1990 debut, becoming the first artist to send her first five singles to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning with 'Vision of Love'. Her early 1990s albums 'Emotions' (1991), 'Music Box' (1993), and 'Daydream' (1995) established her as a commercial force, with 'Music Box' becoming one of the decade's best-sellers. By mid-decade she was already experimenting: the 'Fantasy' remix featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard signaled a shift toward hip-hop production that would define 'Butterfly' (1997) and 'Rainbow' (1999). Her nineteen number-one singles on the Hot 100 remain unmatched by any solo artist.

After commercial momentum slowed in the early 2000s, 'The Emancipation of Mimi' (2005) restored her to the mainstream with a back-to-basics approach. Her 1994 album 'Merry Christmas' introduced 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', now a streaming and sales behemoth that resurfaces annually as one of the year's most commercially successful recordings. Beyond music, she's appeared in films, judged 'American Idol', and released the bestselling memoir 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey' in 2020.

The Groove Hunter tracks 17 editions of Carey's vinyl catalog, including The Emancipation of Mimi [2 LP], Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel [Baby Pink 2 LP] [Amazon Exclusive], Butterfly, Merry Christmas II You [15th Anniversary Starlight Clear Vinyl LP] [Amazon Exclusive], Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse [Translucent Clear 2 LP] [Amazon Exclusive], MERRY CHRISTMAS, Mariah Carey, and Daydream.