Mariah Carey.. The Undeniable Legend
Contributed Anonymously:
I’ve been reading a lot of the posts on this site and I’m really surprised at some of the extremely ignorant comments that have been made regarding Mariah, such as: “Mariah can’t sing” “Mariah is over” “Mariah sucks”. I would just like to ask what the HELL are yall thinking? Mariah Carey is incredible. She is an amazing songwriter and performer, and she’s one of the most phenomenal singers in music history. Read on for a simple list of her achievements.
Soul Train Award R&B Urban Contemporary New Artist
Soul Train Award R&B Urban Contemporary Single, Female for “Vision Of Love”
Soul Train Award R&B Urban Contemporary Album, Female for “Mariah Carey”
1991
Grammy Award Best Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award Best New Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Adult Contemporary Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Pop Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Album Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Pop Album Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Single Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Female Single Artist
American Music Award Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
New York City Music Award Best Female Pop Vocalist
BMI Pop Award for “Love Take Times” (Song Of The Year)
BMI Pop Award for “Vision Of Love”
BMI Pop Award for “Someday”
BMI Pop Award for “Don’t Wanna Cry”
Rolling Stone Award Best New Female Singer
1992
American Music Award Favorite Soul / R&B Female Artist
Billboard Music Award Top Female Album Artist for “Emotions”
Billboard Music Award Top Female Single Artist
BMI Pop Award Songwriter of the Year
1993
American Music Award Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist
American Music Award Top Contemporary Album for “Unplugged”
BMI Pop Award for “Emotions”
BMI Pop Award for “Can’t Let Go”
BMI Pop Award for “Make It Happen”
1994
Billboard Music Award Female Artist Of The Year
Rockefeller Center Award for over 20 million sales “Music Box”
Rockefeller Center Award for sales of 55 million records worldwide since 1990
MTV European Music Award Favorite Female Artist
Goldener Otto Award Bravo Magazine Best Female Artist
Smash Hits Award Best Female Solo Singer
Australian Record Industry Association Award Most Popular Album “Music Box”
Australian Record Industry Association Award Australia Best Chart Album Performance “Music Box”
Australian Record Industry Association Award Most Popular International Solo Singer
BMI Pop Award for “Dreamlover”
1995
World Music Award Best Selling Pop Artist
World Music Award Best Selling American Recording Artist
World Music Award World’s Overall Best Performing Artist
American Music Award Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist
Blockbuster Award Top Pop Female
Silberner Otto Award for Second Best Female Artist
Smash Hits Award Best Female Solo Singer
BMI Pop Award for “Anytime You Need A Friend”
BMI Pop Award for “Hero”
BMI Pop Award for “Dreamlover” (Second Award)
Echo-Preis “Beste Internationale Künstlerin”
1996
World Music Award World’s Best Selling R&B Female Artist Of The Year
World Music Award Best Selling Overall Recording Female Artist
World Music Award Best Selling Pop Artist Of The Year
World Music Award Best Selling American Female Artist Of The Year
American Music Award Favorite Rock / Pop Female Artist
American Music Award Favorite Soul / R&B Female Artist
Billboard Music Award Hot 100 Single Artist Of The Year
Billboard Music Special Award for the record with “One Sweet Day”
Billboard Music Award Hot 100 Airplay for “Always Be My Baby”
Billboard Music Award Hot Adult Contemporary Artist Of The Year
Blockbuster Award Favorite Single for “Fantasy”
Blockbuster Award Favorite Adult Contemporary Single Female for “One Sweet Day”
National Dance Music Award Dance Artist Of The Year
National Dance Music Award for “Fantasy”, Dance Record Of The Year
Bronzener Otto Award for Third Best Female Artist
BMI Pop Award for “Anytime You Need A Friend” (Second Award)
1997
Blockbuster Award Top Female Artist for “Butterfly”
Silver Otto Award for Second Best Female Artist
BMI Pop Award for “Always Be My Baby”
BMI Pop Award for “Fantasy”
BMI Pop Award for “One Sweet Day”
BMI Pop Award for “Forever”
VH-1 Award Artist Of The Year
ASCAP Pop Award for “One Sweet day”
1998
Legend World Music Award
World Music Award
American Music Award
Aretha Franklin Award
International Achievement In Arts Award
BMI Pop Award for “Always Be My Baby” (Second Award)
Long Island Music Award Best Female Singer
1999
BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION, best Film song (When You Believe)
NAACP Image Award
Howard Humanitarian Award of Congressional Award Foundation, for humanitarian activities
BMI Pop Award for Pop Songwriter Of The Year
BMI Pop Award for “Butterfly”
BMI Pop Award for “My All”
BMI Pop Award for “Honey”
Blockbuster Award for Favorite Pop Female for “#1’s”
Billboard Award for Artist Of The Decade
2000
Special American Music Award in recognition of her extraordinary rare and distinguished achievements
NRJ Radio Award for Favorite Female Artist
Special Millennium World Music Award for Best Female Pop-Artist of Millennium
World Music Award for Best Female R&B Artist
Blockbuster Award for Favorite Female R&B Artist
DMX Music Award for Ultimative Diva
2001
Make-A-Wish Foundation’s 2000 Chris Grecius Award for Celebrity Wish Granter of the Year
BMI Urban Songwriter Award for “Thank God I Found You”
Radio Music Award for “Most Requested Artist”
2002
Billboard Award “Top R&B/hip-hop single - sales” for “Loverboy”
World Music Diamond Award for sales of OVER 100 million
You may not like her style but you’ll NEVER succeed at bringing her talent and success down. It’s a battle that can not be won.
HELL YEAH!!!! That’s all I have to say! You haters may say what you please, but the list don’t lie!!!!! Mariah is a superstar, Mariah is a diva, Mariah is a LEGEND!!! Keep hating haters, because the awards just keep coming!
RIGHT ON! MARIAH IS THE BEST AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST, NO ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE CAN COMPETE WITH THIS GIRL, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS IS THE ERA OF J.HO AND BEYONCE, SCREW ALL THAT, NO ONE GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THEM, THOSE GIRLS CAN’T DO NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO MARIAH, THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SHOWING STAYING POWER IS CHRISTINA, BUT THAT’S JUST IN MY OPINION BUT SHE TOO IS STILL WAY BEHIND MARIAH. MARIAH IS NOT EVEN IN HER LATE 30’S AND SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN WHAT MADONNA AND WHITNEY HAS EVER HAD IN THERE 20 YEARS OF BEING IN THE BUSINESS. MARIAH KICKS ASS.
People are dumb, and they unfairly attack Mariah. I love her voice and her music, and she is definitely a music icon. But don’t worry about what people on these boards say. Most of them are very immature and think that liking a specific artist means you can’t like anyone else. That or they are bitter that Mariah is more talented than the person they like.
THANK YOU for posting this! These accomplishments are amazing. Its just easy for people to forget about all of these things because Mariah is still after all this time, in the high category of today’s pop stars. Whereas other artists that came out in 1990 are long gone. MARIAH RULES!
I THINK SHE WAS WONDERFUL THEN…BUT SINGERS HAVE SURPASSED HER SO MUCH. I LIKED BOTH HER AND WHITNEY…WHITNEY HAD THE POWERFUL VOICE THAT MARIAH COULDN’T TOUCH AND MARIAH HAD THE HIGH VOICE WHITNEY COULDN’T TOUCH. THAT’S WHY I THINK CHRISTINA IS IN THE MIX OF THE TWO. SHE CAN OFFER BOTH. BUT MARIAH HAS GONE DOWN THE DRAIN. I MEAN WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO HER. SHE WASN’T OVERWORKED ON PURPOSE, BECAUSE IF SHE FELT HOW SHE’S TELLING THE WORLD, THEN SHE WOULD HAVE HIRED A NEW MANAGEMENT LIKE CHRISTINA DID. IT WAS REALLY UP TO HER. BUT SHE TOOK THE SHOTS AND LOST A LOT OF HER TALENT. BUT SHE IS STILL A GOOD VOICE…BUT NOT THE BEST NOW. HOPEFULLY SHE CAN HAVE AN AWESOME COMEBACK. BECAUSE HER HITS AREN’T THE BEST NOW. AND WHATS WITH THE COLLABORATIONS?
Her little awards and large quantities of record sales don’t give me anymore respect for her. Mariah is mentally a wreck, She has no backbone and she can’t even manage her own career. She came to Tommy Mottola and panted and whimpered like a dog begging and pleading for a record deal. Then from that moment on she was a tool, She was told when and where to sing. She penned a few crappy pop songs that the label snatched from here, tweaked them and made pop songs that appealed to the general audience back then. When was Mariah’s last #1 top 40 hit? “Glitter” and “Charmbracelet” have the combined sales of 2 Million, That’s absolutely pathetic…And who do her fans blame for her recent failures, Everyone else. Ashanti, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera…Basically everyone who’s been more successful then her. Mariah HAD her day, People are no longer being persuaded into buying her music because their told she’s the second coming of Jesus Christ. Lambs are protected by Amendment to the right to worship whoever they choose to, On the same note I chose to worship the lord not an aging diva…Thank You
not to mention, 18 number 1 singles more than any other solo artist, 200 million record sales, 11 platinum albums 1 diamond album. one of the greatest vocalist of our time. broken every record for a female artist. ‘we belong together’ is the biggest selling song of the decade
okay so her latest album did not do that well (it did ok) but 1 bad album shouldn’t overshadow her legendary achievements. and with her Christmas album I am sure she will write and record another iconic Christmas song like ‘all I want for Christmas’
the people who hate on her will be eating there words, people said she was over after ‘glitter’ then she came back bigger and better than before.
Mariah Care is Music Leading Lady, so get use to it!
Mariah is a legend alive and a vocal icon.She achieve so much in a few time ,and is the most talented female artist on earth.Mariah is the female artist of all times,the best female singer of all times,the queen of R&B,the queen of music.
Here’s one more proof of that: tributespaid.com/people/mariah-carey
Mariah Carey,this is also ;
-The first Official Best Selling Female Artist Of all Times
-The Top Female Songwriter
-The Top Female producer
-The Largest Vocal Range of musical industry
-The second Best selling Female artist in USA ( over 68 million albums sold there,35 million singles sold there )
-The most influential Female Artist of the last 20 years
-The most successful Western Artist in Asian continent
-The best selling artist in Japan
-The best selling Female artist of the last Millennium
-The Female artist having the greatest impact and contribution in Music ( R&B revolution,Remixes tradition,High singing style,etc…)
-Best selling Christmas album Of all Times
-Best selling Christmas single
-Best selling Adult Contemporary album
-The most # 1 hits at Billboard ( 18 )
-The most certified Platinum singles in USA ( 15 )
-The most albums certified 3 X Platinum or better in USA for Female artists
-The most weeks spend at #1 in US Chart ( 79 )
-second female artist with the most certified singles in USA ( 25 )
-The longest running airplay at Billboard ( One Sweet Day )
-The longest running airplay at Brazilian Chart ( I Want to Know What love Is )
-The most popular song of the 2000 decade ( We Belong Together )
And lots more records and achievements
No doubt,Mariah Carey is an undeniable legend .