![]() However, following her highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the critical and commercial failure of her film Glitter (2001) and its accompanying soundtrack, her contract was bought out for $28 million by Virgin and she signed with Island Records the following year. number-one single, Carey parted ways with Columbia in 2001 and signed a $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records in April of that year. Billboard named her the Artist of the Decade (1990s), while the World Music Awards honored her as the Best Selling Female Pop Artist of the Millennium.Īfter eleven consecutive years charting a U.S. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with the release of Butterfly (1997). These albums spawned some of her most successful singles, including " Hero", " Without You", " All I Want for Christmas Is You", " Fantasy", " Always Be My Baby", as well as " One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s). Carey achieved worldwide success with follow-up albums Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995). Her debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, who married her three years later. ![]() She was the first artist to have her first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from " Vision of Love" to " Emotions". Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her eponymous debut album. Known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the " Songbird Supreme" and the "Queen of Christmas". We can be our own hero and inspire others with our determination to do what’s right.Mariah Carey ( / m ə ˈ r aɪ ə/ born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. We don’t need to be Harriet Tubman or Susan B. When we lose hope that a woman will ever be given the honor to be placed on a dollar bill or elected for president we will speak up until we’ve done all we can to make it happen. We will not wait for the day all women are paid equally, we will fight hard and strive to make it happen. So when we “feel like hope is gone” and that we will never be seen as equals to men we shall refer to this song and find the strength deep within us to take a stand. It tells us to pick ourselves up and fill our hearts with hope that we can achieve anything we want to. We need to be our own heroes and stand up for what we believe is right.Īnd the following song, sung by yet another inspirational woman, Mariah Carey from my point of view has everything to do with being your own hero and finding strength in yourself. We will in our lifetime probably always be thought upon as a minority. They are still, in a sense, discriminated against.Īnd there will more than likely be no one to save us when we are faced with such discrimination. ![]() Anthony was a women’s right activist and anti-slavery petitioner who in 1872, was arrested for voting, a right only men had at the time.Īnd despite their hard work and efforts, women are still taken advantage of today. She went silent for 5 years straight because of these inexcusable acts. Instead, 7th President Andrew Jackson, a slave owner and practically the complete opposite of Harriet was given the space he was in my opinion, undoubtedly unworthy of.Īnd another wonderful woman, Maya Angelou, a civil rights activist, poet, and singer was taken advantage of, many times by her boyfriend by being sexually abused. However, she wasn’t permitted a spot on the 20 dollar bill arguably due to both her gender and race. ![]() Her heart was in the right place but still, she was attacked both verbally and physically.Īnd Harriet Tubman saved hundreds of people from slavery in the south by traveling back and fourth 100 miles 13 times and helped construct the underground railroad. She was a highly intelligent young lady in Pakistan who was unable to go to school in response to her gender and thus spent much of her life fighting for those rights. And because of these problems, our society has failed to accept many wonderful people for these meaningless reasons. but the discrimination based on race, religion, and beliefs have been major problems as well. Not only has sexism been prevalent in the U.S. was formed in 1776 to the year women were able to vote in 1920. In the U.S., it took us a disgraceful 144 years from the year the U.S. But the fact of the matter is, those events weren’t that long ago. At least, that’s what many people believe. ![]() In early society, women were simply pushed aside and not given the opportunity to go to school or even vote. ![]()
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