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The Live Debut – 1990
''The Rarities'' is the seventh compilation album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on October 2, 2020, by Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings. The album coincided with Carey's 2020 memoir ''The Meaning of Mariah Carey'', which discussed various songs on the albums, their meanings and stories. The album was released as a part of "#MC30", a promotional marking campaign which marked the 30th anniversary of Carey's Mariah Carey (album), self-titled debut album. Supported by the singles "Save the Day (Mariah Carey song), Save the Day", "Out Here on My Own" and "Here We Go Around Again", the first of two discs on the album featured a mix of b-sides and previously unreleased material from Mariah Carey singles discography, Carey's discography. The second disc included audio from her live performance at the Tokyo Dome on March 7, 1996, during her Daydream World Tour. A Blu-ray disc featuring enhanced video footage from the concert was released exclusively in Japan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey ( ; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Songbird Supreme" by ''Guinness World Records'', Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, signature use of the whistle register, and diva persona. An Cultural impact of Mariah Carey, influential figure in music, she was ranked as the fifth-Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, greatest singer of all time by ''Rolling Stone'' in 2023. Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her Mariah Carey (album), eponymous debut album and became the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions (Mariah Carey song), Emotions". She achieved international success with the List of best-selling albums, best-selling albums ''Music Box (Mariah Carey album), Music Box'' (1993) and ''Daydream (Mariah Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Seal
Manuel Lonnie Seal, Jr. (born September 26, 1960) is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, vocal coach, and arranger. He has been credited, often in tandem with Jermaine Dupri, on releases by Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Usher, TLC, Aretha Franklin, Xscape, Cherish, Tyrese, Alicia Keys, Gerald Levert, Marc Dorsey and Destiny's Child, among others. Seal has won a Grammy Award from 13 nominations. Early life He was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, to parents Manuel and Betty Seal. Manuel also has two younger sisters. The family moved to Freeport, Illinois when Manuel was three. Both of his parents had musical backgrounds and they got him into piano lessons at the age of 5. His father was in a band, sang and played multiple instruments and his mother sang in the church choir. They lived in the projects and when Manuel was 10, his father left the family, moving back to Chicago. His mother was a school teacher and worked hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video ( HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name refers to the blue laser used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs, resulting in an increased capacity. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional (or "pre-BDXL") Blu-ray discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50GB) being the industry standard for feature-length video discs. Triple-layer discs (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daydream World Tour
The Daydream World Tour was the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey in support of her fifth studio album ''Daydream'' (1995). The tour lasted seven shows, starting on 7 March 1996, in Tokyo (Japan) and ending on 23 June 1996, in London (England). Background and development The Daydream World Tour was Carey's second tour (after the U.S. Music Box Tour in 1993), and her first tour to have dates out of the United States. The tour was held in honor of the success of her new album at the time, ''Daydream''; the album had spawned three of Carey's nineteen number-one singles ("Fantasy", " One Sweet Day", and " Always Be My Baby"), became her second album to be certified Diamond in the U.S., selling 10 million copies there and is one of her most critically acclaimed albums. It was also held to promote the album across Europe and Asia. Stage The stage set for the tour was perhaps the largest Carey has performed on. It contained three sections: center s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariah Carey Singles Discography
American singer Mariah Carey has released 88 official singles, 22 promotional singles, and has made 30 guest appearances. Her self-titled debut album in 1990 yielded four number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the first being " Vision of Love", a song credited with revolutionizing the usage of distinguished vocal stylings, predominantly the practice of melisma, and effectively influencing virtually every female R&B performer since the 1990s. Subsequent singles "Emotions" (1991) and Carey's cover of the Jackson 5 track " I'll Be There" (1992) continued the singer's streak of US number-one singles, with the latter becoming her fourth chart-topper in Canada and first in the Netherlands. With the release of Carey's third studio album, ''Music Box'' (1993), the singer's international popularity surged upon release of "Hero" and the album's third single, her cover of Harry Nilsson's " Without You", which became the singer's first number-one single in several countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariah Carey (album)
''Mariah Carey'' is the debut studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released on June 12, 1990, by Columbia Records. Its music incorporates a range of contemporary genres with a mix of slow ballads and up-tempo tracks. Originally, Carey wrote four songs with Ben Margulies, which solely constituted her demo tape. After Carey was signed to Columbia, all four songs, after being altered and partially re-recorded, made the final cut for the album. Aside from Margulies, Carey worked with a range of professional writers and producers, all of whom were hired by Columbia CEO, Tommy Mottola. ''Mariah Carey'' featured production and writing from Rhett Lawrence, Ric Wake and Narada Michael Walden, all of whom were top record producers at the time. Together with Carey, they conceived the album and reconstructed her original demo tape. ''Mariah Carey'' generally received positive reviews, with critics praising Carey's vocal performance and technique, but were ambivalent towards the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meaning Of Mariah Carey
''The Meaning of Mariah Carey'' is a memoir by Mariah Carey, released on September 29, 2020. It was written with Michaela Angela Davis, and was published by Andy Cohen Books, an imprint of Henry Holt, as well as in an audiobook format read by Carey herself on Audible. The book navigates the complex racial, social, cultural and familial tensions associated with Carey's upbringing as a biracial woman in Long Island, New York. This is framed alongside first-hand descriptions of the singer's personal and professional triumphs and struggles, and is interspersed with fragments of Carey's songwriting output. The memoir was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, becoming a number-one ''New York Times'' Best Seller after its first week of release. To promote the memoir, Carey made a series of public appearances on a range of talk shows, including an interview with Oprah Winfrey on '' The Oprah Conversation''. Background Mariah Carey had considered writing a memoir since 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoir
A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobiography since the late 20th century, the genre is differentiated in form, presenting a narrowed focus, usually a particular time phase in someone's life or career. A biography or autobiography tells the story "of a life", while a memoir often tells the story of a particular career, event, or time, such as touchstone moments and turning points in the author's life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a memoirist or a memorialist. Early memoirs Memoirs have been written since the ancient times, as shown by Julius Caesar's '' Commentarii de Bello Gallico'', also known as ''Commentaries on the Gallic Wars''. In the work, Caesar describes the battles that took place during the nine years that he spent fighting local armies in the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here We Go Around Again
"Here We Go Around Again" (listed as "Here We Go Round Again" on Carey's demo tape) is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released in Japan on December 11, 2020, as the third single from her eighth compilation album, '' The Rarities'' (2020) by Columbia and Legacy Records as a cassette single with " Loverboy (Firecracker – Original Version)". The song was written and produced by Carey and Ben Margulies. According to Carey, the song was the first track on her demo tape. Background and release "Here We Go Around Again" was recorded by Dana Jon Chappelle and mixed by Brian Garten. According to the album's liner notes, Carey " adalways liked it and did want it to be included on my first album. I don't remember why it wasn't, except we felt that we never quite captured the magic of that first demo. This recording is as close as we got." In an interview with Fred Bronson, Margulies revealed that their first collaboration, “Here We Go Around Again,” was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Save The Day (Mariah Carey Song)
"Save the Day" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on August 21, 2020 as the lead single from her eighth compilation album, '' The Rarities'' (2020) by Columbia and Legacy Records. The music was composed by Carey, and the lyrics and melody were written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, James "Big Jim" Wright, Charles Fox, and Norman Gimbel. Carey and Dupri produced it. The song samples vocals from American singer and rapper Lauryn Hill on the song " Killing Me Softly" (1996) by the Fugees, therefore Hill is credited as a featured artist. In 2020, ''The Guardian'' ranked the song as the 30th greatest Mariah Carey single, and ''Billboard'' ranked it as the 60th greatest song of her career, that same year. Background Carey and longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri began working on the song in February 2011. Originally, the idea was to reunite a variety of musicians to conceive the song as a charity single. The inspiration for the song comes fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
''Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special'' is a Christmas special starring Mariah Carey that premiered on December 4, 2020, on Apple TV+. It was directed by Hamish Hamilton and Roman Coppola and executive-produced by Hamilton, Coppola, Carey, Ian Stewart, Raj Kapoor and Ashley Edens. The special centers around a holiday crisis in which the North Pole has to call Santa Claus's friend, Mariah Carey, to help. The special features guest stars including Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Snoop Dogg. A soundtrack was released exclusively on Apple Music the day of the premiere and was released on other platforms a week later. The special received positive reviews with comparisons made to Christmas TV specials from the 20th century. In 2021, the special was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup. Plot Santa Claus tasks Billy (Billy Eichner), his trusted elf-secretary, to raise everyone's spirits and make Christmas merry again. He calls Santa's frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
