The
singles discography of American recording artist
Mariah Carey consists of sixty-one official
singles, six
promotional singles and eight
other appearances. In 1990, Carey released her
self-titled debut album, under
Columbia Records. The album yielded four number-one singles on the
Billboard Hot 100, the first being the "
Vision of Love". The song was called "one of the most stunning debut releases ever by a pop recording artist," and is credited with inspiring the use of
melisma throughout the 1990s. The song also became Carey's first number one single in Canada and New Zealand.
Mariah Carey yielded three succeeding US number one singles; "
Love Takes Time", "
Someday" and "
I Don't Wanna Cry". "
Emotions", the debut single from
the album of the same name, was released in 1991, and became Carey's fifth chart topper in the US, as well as her third number one single in Canada. In 1992, she released an
EP titled
MTV Unplugged. The album's lead single was a cover of the
Jackson 5 classic, "
I'll Be There", which topped the charts in the US, Canada, and the Netherlands and became her second chart topper in New Zealand. Carey's cover of
Harry Nielsen's "
Without You", from her 1993
Music Box album, became her highest charting single throughout Europe, topping the charts in The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and earned Carey her...
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