@nytimes: Mariah Carey has more No. 1 hits than any other American artist, and that’s not just because of her voice. Having written or co-written nearly all of her No. 1 singles, she talks about the childhood poetry and heartfelt studio moments that led to her becoming a seasoned songwriter and cultural force. @mariahcarey is one of The New York Times Magazine's 30 greatest living American songwriters. Interview by Danyel Smith. Video by @joshuacharow #nyt30greatest #AmericanSongwriters #MariahCarey

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bezito
Bezito :
how her PR team never pushed this narrative is truly astonishing, now Taylor is heralded as this genius singer songwriter when the best is actually Mariah
2026-04-29 15:08:45
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randomcrap1999999
SC2025 :
I don’t care if she’s a diva. She has earned the right !
2026-04-29 01:37:04
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A.J :
A legend
2026-06-14 04:59:54
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goodfellowglenn
goodfellowglenn :
She’s 57 now. Her first album dropped when she was 20!
2026-04-28 20:47:41
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karlaliveshere
karlaliveshere :
This woman expanded my vocabulary as a child
2026-04-28 23:03:43
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houseofmisandry
houseofmisandry :
Mariah Carey is everything yall think Taylor Swift is.
2026-04-30 00:50:32
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stee__b
Steve A :
If ANYONE deserves to be “arrogant” about her songwriting it’s Mariah The LEGEND Carey. 19 #1s 18 of which she wrote!
2026-04-29 03:02:24
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priscillaizzz
Priscilla🧚‍♀️ :
Incessantly, emblazoned, unyielding, guise, nonchalant - my vocabulary at 10 years old when the Butterfly album came out
2026-04-29 17:00:51
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pine4pplepizza
pine4pplepizza :
Not only is her pen amazing, her vocabulary is amazing! I learned a lot of words listening to Mariah as a kid
2026-04-28 21:09:53
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staceyrennee
Staceyrenee :
We don’t appreciate living legends enough
2026-04-29 02:02:52
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tasejaycobs
Tasé Jaycobs :
We are so lucky to be living in-the same timeline as the one and only Mariah
2026-04-28 20:29:31
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user47383736361
user47383736361 :
“Them chickens is ash and I’m lotion” is one of the best lines in pop music. What I love about Mariah is that she can do funny/witty with the same ease that she can do introspection
2026-04-28 23:38:56
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kelkeljay
Kelkel33 :
She wrote Breakdown and honestly, what a way to sing about unrequited love. Like, don’t ever disrespect Mariah’s pen game.
2026-04-29 01:15:48
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shadow_weaver1980
🌟Shadow_Weaver🌟 :
U know, ppl really misunderstand her. She wants credit, not praise. That's all she's ever wanted but she's been torn apart her whole career and I hate it. Mariah is amazing, always was and still is today.
2026-04-28 22:46:12
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shola.bella :
definitely drunkenly yelled “mariah carey is a goddamn national treasure” to my brother in law one thanksgiving
2026-04-29 00:01:33
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noesa1cedo
noe :
GOAT VOCALIST.
2026-04-29 02:43:02
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numinor1082
numinor :
She a musical genius! Period, she is one of the greats!
2026-04-29 05:22:26
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bee_em23
Emmm🌷 :
She’s so talented, my mom was always a huge fan and I grew up listening to her music playing in our house daily
2026-05-23 06:13:41
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obsessedbybeauty_
obsessedbybeauty_ :
She has a phenomenal pen!
2026-05-20 22:24:19
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seoulnseattle
💍 Mrs. Park 💍 :
Mariah you ARE a good song writer. Had us in the 90s singing SAT vocabulary words like “nonchalant” “enraptured” “emblazoned” “Fervid” “ominously”…c‘mon, now!
2026-04-29 00:57:03
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rbvhannah
rbvhannah :
“You a mom and pop, I’m a corporation” YEAH GIRL
2026-04-29 03:13:09
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misstrita
Katrita :
The thesaurus part doesn’t surprise me because Ms. Carey is always going to give us a vocabulary word. One of my favorite things about her.
2026-04-29 02:25:44
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juesoon
JSue :
acquiescent, ambivalent, despondency, destitute, disenchanted, emblazoned, distraught, incessantly, dissipate, enraptured, omnipresent, trepidation, intrinsic, unvarnished, rigmarole, euphoric, elusive, nonchalant.
2026-04-29 08:18:36
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lashesnlattes
Shay Mac :
She’s exactly who she thinks she is
2026-05-07 23:48:42
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a1luvs87
AerialNichelle :
I learned the words “relinquish” and “obsessively” from Mariah Carey lol
2026-04-29 01:33:28
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