Mariah Carey Reclaims Her Legacy
Since July, Mariah Carey has released over 200 obscure tracks from her ’90s heyday, a collection of notable unreleased songs that had been speculated about for decades, and a critically adored, best selling memoir that tells her life story while digging deep into complex issues of racism, sexism, and poverty. It has been a profoundly successful bid to cement her legacy and reclaim her narrative.
2020 has been a dumpster fire for virtually everyone.
But not for Mariah Carey.
She started off 2020 remarkably strong, entering the fourth decade of her career with the #1 song in America. Her perennial Christmas classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time 25 years after its release in December 2019 and stayed there for three weeks. It broke dozens of records, including slowest ascent to #1 for any song in history and Mariah becoming the first artist in history to score a #1 song on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart in four separate decades.
Click here to read about the historic rise of “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
A few weeks later, Mariah was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an honor she particularly cherished. With her earth-shattering voice, sexy image, and early marriage to a powerful record executive, many have long…
