Even back in the early '90s, when she was just a curly-haired Long Island girl in cut-offs and a hoodie, Mariah Carey was that lass, destined for a luxe life of Louis Vuitton luggage and Louboutin heels. That larger-than-life voice soared out of our Walkman (remember the big bulky ones?) like a supernatural force, and nearly two decades, five Grammys, 11 studio albums, and 18 #1 singles later, that diva's still rocking iPods and MTV.
Even Elvis Presley bites the dust beside this glamorous goddess as she surpassed him for selling the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard chart with her first single "Touch My Body" from her latest album E=MC2. "I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," Carey told The Associated Press from London. "That's a completely different era and time. I'm just feeling really happy and grateful."
If you're still pondering over why she chose to title her new album E=MC2, Mariah spelled it out for us, quite literally. "This album E=MC2 is kind of like The Emancipation of Mimi part two. Basically that's like the title. Emancipation equals Mariah Carey to the second power, if you will."
The high-pitched angelic voice that we hear booming through our speakers is not just left to a matter of chance. Carey has gone to great lengths to ensure that all we hear are her flawless vocals. "Literally, I'll have 20 humidifiers around the bed. Basically, it's like sleeping in a steam room. The bed is all terry-cloth, the ceiling is pitched so the water can't fall on my head, and it drips down to my side, and the TV is behind glass", revealed Carey in an interview with V Magazine.
She's the voice, the body, and an unrivalled musical legend. Yet she still manages to steal the spotlight (while skilfully avoiding scandal), and work the treadmill in spike heels. It is time for us, the humble commoners, to bow down to her vocal prowess and embrace her latest album E=MC2 for all the goodness and sexiness that it offers.
"This is me, 100 percent of me," Mariah says of the album in an interview with MTV.com. "It's so much about fun and freedom."
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