Comments on: Mariah Carey, Songwriter

By: nurul

nurul — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:57:50 +0000

Mariah cArey is the greatest singer-song writer ever.

By: Nathan Barmes

Nathan Barmes — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:45:16 +0000

Mariah Carey will be a great mom when she has a baby. I am not sure if she is already pregnant but I wish she is and that she will have a wonderful family life with Nick Cannon

By: Robert Mehrtens

Robert Mehrtens — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:54:23 +0000

Both Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon are my heroes. They are so amazing together. Sweet and lovely couple. Cheers!

By: Silva Dannhaus

Silva Dannhaus — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:15:35 +0000

Mariah Carey is really pretty, and down to earth. I have like 4 magazines about her and Nick.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:56:58 +0000

In her earlier albums, she’s listed as the sole lyricist to most of the songs, and a collaborator on the music. Even though Walter A. is obsolete in her later albums, the “sound” of the ballads are the same. Mariah doesn’t play the piano well, and she writes like most song writers – from listening to chords and singing a melody over it. If you look at the ballads that she writes, they are collaborated often with a pianist, who is then listed as a songwriter. Other times a song like “Heartbreaker” Mariah has “solely” written them, the only other writer’s listed are from a sample, proving that she writes and sings a melody over chords that she hears.

By: L'aurence

L'aurence — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:32:40 +0000

Mariah Carey is definitely a songwriter…When publishing companies determine what constitutes a song, the AND the melody are separate parts. So when she sings words that are in a particular melodic fashion…it’s a song. She then sings the arrangements to a pianist who will sometimes help her interpret. It is a shame that people dont recognize what a gifted talent she is.. lyrics

By: P J W

P J W — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:57:55 +0000

Further, yes, as another person commented, shes a lyricst, not a songwriter in a way… Many times, its listed that Walter A. co wrote with her when infact Mariah Carey often wrote the lyrics and Walter would write the music. This would be considered a collaboration as walter would suggest changing words to fit the music and visa versa..

By: P J W

P J W — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:55:41 +0000

Mariah Carey has written every song shes sung with the obvious exception of covers. There are many songs shes written on her own, however, she has quite often collaborated with others too.
it’s extremely extremely rare that an artist writes solely on their own.

Here are the technicalities –

– if a name is listed first, that person is the majority songwriter, legally. They have written most of the song. Names are listed in order of contribution. Therefore, if someone else has had an input into it (even just suggesting the writer switch X word for Y word), they must be written down as a songwriter.

– If an artist samples anything from a song, the original writers of the song theyre sampling (irrelevant of how many there are) must be listed. Mariah Carey has sampled tracks alot and therefore, youll often find perhaps 5 names listed in her later work. Really, theyve not contributed to the songwriting, but Mariah would have used a line from the song

(a good example is We Belong Together – mariah using Bobby Womacks “if you think you’re lonely now” will mean she must list all the writers of both We Belong Together and If You Think Youre Lonely Now)

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:18:22 +0000

Hi! I think as a songwriter Mariah Carey is really more of a lyricist than anything else. If you listen to her songs, especially post-Tony Mottola, the lyrics are really far too personal to have been written by someone else. Maybe that’s why she’s known more as a singer/diva than a songwriter and why her writing credits are always limited to collaborations – because she needs help in adding melody to her music.

By: Glen Lipka

Glen Lipka — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:39:50 +0000

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. – Roald Dahl