Mariah Carey 
The best album credited to Mariah Carey is Butterfly which is ranked number 2,675 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 591.
Mariah Carey is ranked number 708 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,493.
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| ! | 09/01/2025 12:14 | platus | 2,163 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2025 18:06 |  paladisiac | 1,041 | 67/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2024 12:13 | LT228 | 11 | 95/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 64.0/100, a mean average of 62.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 24.8.
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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2012 22:56 | #36089
She's clearly talented and if you're into this sort of music noone can seriously think the lesser of you for liking this gal. Personally I find it pretty boring for the most part.
I know someone like her is fashionable to bash because of her big voice and diva reputation, but she has given us some excellent songs over the year and is one of the only "pop divas" to give us some solid ALBUMS over the years (Butterfly, Emancipation Of Mimi, her debut, etc...). Not a fave and IMO not worthy of challenging the Beatles' #1 record, but in a sea of mediocre female pop stars, she's one of the very few I admit to owning music of and enjoying.
zags7000 08/16/2015 08:09 | #147758
No denying Carey's talent and has had some great great songs. However, like most pop albums, none of her's really come together for something great. Her 90's material though is far better than anything she's done recently.
Insanely, criminally underrated artist. I won't mention anything about her singing because there's no debate here, but Mariah is incredibly underappreciated when it comes to her overall artistry, comprising her songwriting, producing, background vocals, remixes, samples, collaborating, diversity, etc. She always gets assimilated to the likes of Whitney Houston and Céline Dion, when in fact, outside the big-voiced singing/diva persona, she has nothing to do with them. I know it sounds uncharacteristic, but she truly always was a singer-songwriter before she was a bombastic diva. Her background/personal life story and career journey is so interesting and different than what you'd expect. Dig deeper and you'll be surprised. She deserves the kind of credibility that female R&B pioneers such as Mary J. Blige, TLC and Lauryn Hill possess, but she doesn't get it because of her showy, outsized diva persona and huge pop hits. Sometimes I wish she wasn't so much into the bling and dazzle, but then it's also what makes her so paradoxical and complex. She's also a very eloquent and quick-witted person, funny and intelligent. I highly recommend her song 'The Roof', a deep album cut that fully showcases her songwriting prowess, vocal harmonies, as well as her signature blend of "female" R&B and Hip-Hop. She can create the most moody, atmospheric songs. No one talks about the fact that she started out being seemingly just another adult contemporary female balladeer to gradually turning into a full-blown, legit R&B/Hip-Hop star. She earned her legitimacy in both soul/gospel-tinged R&B/pop and Hip-Hop. She's all the rappers' favorite little sister. Other highlights include 'Breakdown', 'Fantasy', 'Always Be My Baby', 'Heartbreaker', 'Slipping Away', 'Honey', 'Long Ago', and 'Dreamlover'. Also, 'My All' is considered by many her greatest achievement.
Mariah Carey is the greatest singer/songwriter/producer/music pioneer of our generation. Mariah Carey is legit a legend of music. 18 #1’s and counting!
