Do you like Mariah Carey scream?

[Miggs]

she has an extraordinary voice Very cute when she was younger too, i don't think she's put out that many great songs though for her level of talent.

Uh, she has the second most #1 singles all-time of any artist, any genre. Behind The Beatles.

 

[franklin]

Almost made it one minute into Vision of love. Ugh

Always be My Baby, okay I recognize this song, now I know who sings it. It's pretty garbage.

Okay, I started out kind of indifferent. Now I know that I really can't stand Mariah Carey. Hate that style of music. Her songs are all about love and relationships, blech. No real substance. I imagine 13 year old girls listening to that crap, not grown ups.

I like Mariah's voice, I don't care much for her music. I do, however, currently have her version of O Holy Night on my playlist (yah a weird choice I know) and listen to Heartbreaker every once in a while.

 

[franklin]

She does write her own songs.
And she has like a million #1 hits (that means allot of people like the song) so it shouldn't surprise you that some people on a message board like her.

I would be surprised if she wrote much of her own stuff. Like almost every pop artist, she purchases many of her tracks and has producers. Jermaine Dupri has a whole lot to do with her commercial success.

Just a while back she bought a track to modify that was almost exactly the same as another artist who also purchased the same track. I can't remember if it was Iggy or Perry or who, but it is well known that both of them purchased the same track and created their own unique single from it. The other artist had a top billboard hit with it while Mariah's flopped.

I'm sure Carey is involved a ton in the production process. I imagine it would be pretty damn hard for anyone without her voice to design her singing. I'm sure she writes a lot of the lyrics as well. What I doubt is that she creates the music and many of the hooks.