Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, who married her three years later. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly (1997). She left Columbia in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of U.S. number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records.
Following Carey's highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown and the failure of the film Glitter (2001) and its soundtrack, Virgin bought out her contract and she signed with Island Records the following year. After a comparatively unsuccessful period, Carey returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), which became the best-selling album in the US and the world's second best-selling album of 2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). She won the Breakthrough Actress Performance award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the 2009 film Precious. Carey's subsequent ventures included being an American Idol judge, starring in the docu-series Mariah's World, appearing in the films The Butler (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), performing at two Las Vegas concert residencies, and publishing her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey in 2020.
Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 220 million records sold worldwide. She holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15). Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the United States and 10th overall, with 72 million certified album units. In 2008, she was named one of Time's annual 100 most influential artists and entertainers in the world. Billboard named her the "top-charting female solo artist", based on both album and song chart success in 2019. Carey has won 5 Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards and eight Guinness World Records. An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring multiple generations of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey
Studio albums
Mariah Carey (1990)
Emotions (1991)
Music Box (1993)
Merry Christmas (1994)
Daydream (1995)
Butterfly (1997)
Rainbow (1999)
Glitter (2001)
Charmbracelet (2002)
The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
E=MCยฒ (2008)
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)
Merry Christmas II You (2010)
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014)
Caution (2018)
We Belong Together Live
Mariah Carey Lyrics
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I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you, so
I should have held on tight
I never shoulda let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I could not fathom that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
'Cause I didn't know you
'Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, cause baby
(We belong together)
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together
I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Saying to me
"If you think you're lonely now"
Wait a minute
This is too deep (too deep)
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial
Trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
I'm feeling all out of my element
I'm throwing things, crying
Trying to figure out
Where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
It ain't even half of what
I'm feeling inside
I need you
Need you back in my life, baby
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together, baby
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Who am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
In Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," the singer admits to having been foolish by letting her lover go. She acknowledges that she was lying to herself and didn't know what she had until he was gone. The song describes her longing for her lost partner and how she is lost and incomplete without him. She sings with deep regret and desperation, showing how much she needs the love and support of her significant other. The chorus proclaims that she and her lover belong together, which is a sign of their strong bond that she wishes to keep alive.
The lyrics convey the honesty and vulnerability that Mariah Carey brings to her music. The song's theme of heartbreak and regret is something many people can relate to, and this song hit the top of the charts when it was released in 2005. This is one of her most popular songs, and her vocal range is impressive throughout the track, showcasing Carey's unbelievable talent as a singer-songwriter.
Line by Line Meaning
I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you, so
I said something I didn't truly mean, I actually love you
I should have held on tight
I never shoulda let you go
I regret not holding onto you tightly and letting you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I was lying to myself
I could not fathom that I would ever
Be without your love
I didn't understand how much I need your love until now, I was foolish and didn't realize the depth of my feelings
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
'Cause I didn't know you
'Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
I never thought I'd be alone like this, I didn't know myself or you as well as I thought
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
I miss you so much, it hurts to not be able to hear your voice and feel your touch, but I have no choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, cause baby
(We belong together)
I wish you were still here with me, because we belong together
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
I feel incomplete without you, I can't believe you're gone, please come back because we belong together
Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together
I don't have anyone else to turn to when things are tough, no one is better than you, we belong together
I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Saying to me
"If you think you're lonely now"
Wait a minute
This is too deep (too deep)
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial
Trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
I can't sleep because I think about you all the time, even the songs on the radio remind me of you and the pain is too much to bear
I'm feeling all out of my element
I'm throwing things, crying
Trying to figure out
Where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
It ain't even half of what
I'm feeling inside
I need you
Need you back in my life, baby
I'm completely lost without you, I'm so overwhelmed with emotions that I'm throwing things and crying. I don't even know where I went wrong, and this song doesn't even capture the depth of my feelings. I need you back in my life, baby.
Who am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
I don't have anyone else to turn to when things are tough, no one is better than you, we belong together
Lyrics ยฉ Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Abkco Music, Inc.
Written by: KENNETH EDMONDS, JERMAINE DUPRI, SIDNEY JOHNSON, DARNELL BRISTOL, MARIAH CAREY, MANUEL SEAL, JOHNTA AUSTIN, PATRICK MOTEN, BOBBY WOMACK, SANDRA SULLY
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Jennifer Macias
For the ppl critiquing her vocalsโฆ she has explained that she has nodules on her vocal cords. It happens when you overuse your voice for a long period of time. This beautiful, phenomenal woman has been giving us classic HITS & amazing performances for 30+ years!! Not many people have the abilities she has vocally but everyone is a critic. People gotta stop being so harsh & quick to judge. To be quite honest, she STILL sounds AMAZING.
Nancy Calheta
๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏJennifer Macias!
Kaleila Scott
At her age she killed them vocals looks and lyrics we love a good Mariah jam
Joseph Clifton-LeBlanc
She already sounds the tiniest bit better from 2021 Late Night Mimiโs version at her house
Messedup Guy
@SHAX Nope. Vocal nodules are there alright but age DEFINITELY affects the voice of any singer. Being the dexterity of the cords themselves not as dynamic as it used to be. That's a simple fact in itself but hard to accept when you're dealing with a gigantic ego..
SHAX
@Messedup Guy In case you did overread that comment about her vocal nodules I remind you its not her Age that affected her voice she is only 52 its the Nodules on her vocal chords she has those problems since over 20 years so dont be so ignorant and blame it on the age....Patti and Aretha were pass 70s and their voices were still great.
doankimtuan anh
You just can't hope her voice sounds like her prime 20s,30s. She's freaking 52 and been in this industry for nearly 32 years. But she's still freaking legend.
DUy Dinh
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Guntur Adi Putra
@Dave Hoycyk Corneau agree
Dave Hoycyk Corneau
@NOYB52 euhm I am from Quรฉbec and Celine is actually worrying all of Us.. She is dying and her vocals are pre recorded as well