Top Ten Songs by Mariah Carey

Before Beyonce, Christina Aguilera or Alicia Keys, there was the soulful Mariah Carey. Selling well over 210 million albums worldwide, she is the leading top female recording artist of all time. After a brief hiatus from singing in order to relax and regroup, in 2005, Mariah Carey made the greatest comeback in music history with her latest release, The Emancipation of Mimi. This multi-platinum selling album granted her with three Grammys to include in the two she had previously won in 1991.

As a fan of Mariah Carey myself, it was pretty difficult to choose just ten songs that I liked because there are so many to choose from. I’ll jump right in with number ten.

10. Dreamlover (1993)- One of her many songs that she shows how high she can sing. Although all of her songs are timeless, one could easily tell when this song was recorded just by watching the video. Her video consisted of bare-chested men busting every popular dance move during that time.

9. All I Want For Christmas (1994)- A great fun song for the holidays. Since the release of this song, I would play it just as much as the Temptations’ rendition of Silent Night.

8. Endless Love (1994)- On the same level of greatness as the original sung by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, Mariah and the late great Luther Vandross had listeners wiping away tears as if hearing the song for the first time.

7. Hero (1993)- Such an inspirational song. With lyrics such as, “cast your fears aside” and “look inside yourself and be strong,” it sends the message that by believing in yourself, you can make things happen.

6. We Belong Together (2005)- This song seemed to be in rotation about seven hundred times a day on every radio station and proved to the non-believers that Mariah Carey was not a hit maker of the past but one with staying power.