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Do not fill this in! === Voice and timbre === Carey possesses a five-octave [[vocal range]].<ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8F8CB38C60AA77&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Who Can Carey a Tune?|last=Zwecker|first=Bill|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=January 22, 2002|access-date=June 16, 2011|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224043110/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8F8CB38C60AA77&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="KKHEv"/><ref name="E12Ji"/> Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' due to her ability to sing in the [[whistle register]],<ref name="James"/> she was ranked as the greatest singer of the past twenty years in a 2003 [[MTV2]] online poll.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mariah Carey Hits a Really High Note on MTV2 List|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|work=[[USA Today]]|page=1E|date=March 14, 2003|id={{ProQuest|408944042}}}}</ref> Carey said of the result, "What it really means is voice of the MTV generation. Of course, it's an enormous compliment, but I don't feel that way about myself."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/31/1048962696862.html|title=Princess Positive is Taking Care of Inner Mariah|last=Oleman|first=Sarah|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=April 1, 2003|accessdate=August 10, 2011|archive-date=August 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816082050/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/31/1048962696862.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named her the fifth-greatest singer of all time and the "architect of modern pop".<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/|access-date=January 2, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=January 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101151200/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding her [[voice type|type of voice]], several critics have described her as a [[coloratura soprano#Lyric coloratura soprano|lyric coloratura soprano]] or just a soprano.<ref name="Ym1CZ"/><ref name="books.google.ca">{{Cite book|title=Rock-N-Roll Gold Rush|last=Dean|first=Maury|year=2003|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=978-0-87586-207-1|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJS4EArRBwoC&q=whitney+houston&pg=PA87|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=March 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309191259/https://books.google.com/books?id=lJS4EArRBwoC&q=whitney+houston&pg=PA87|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jon Pareles]] of ''The New York Times'' described Carey's lower register as a "rich, husky alto" that extends to "dog-whistle high notes."<ref name="nytreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/13/arts/review-pop-venturing-outside-the-studio-mariah-carey-proves-her-mettle.html|title=Review/Pop; Venturing Outside the Studio, Mariah Carey Proves Her Mettle|last=Pareles|first=Jon|work=The New York Times|date=December 13, 1993|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828121401/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/13/arts/review-pop-venturing-outside-the-studio-mariah-carey-proves-her-mettle.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Carey herself describes her voice as that of an alto singer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/05/mariah-carey-theyre-calling-me-a-diva-i-think-im-going-to-cry |title=Mariah Carey: 'They're calling me a diva? I think I'm going to cry!' |newspaper=The Guardian |last=Freeman |first=Hadley |date=October 5, 2020 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=December 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225114109/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/05/mariah-carey-theyre-calling-me-a-diva-i-think-im-going-to-cry |url-status=live }}</ref> Sasha Frere-Jones of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' adds her [[timbre]] on "[[Vision of Love]]" possesses various colors, stating, "Carey's sound changes with nearly every line, mutating from a steely tone to a vibrating growl and then to a humid, breathy coo."<ref name="newyorker"/> In an analysis of Carey's voice for [[Classic FM (UK)|ClassicFM]], singer [[Catherine Bott]] claims that Carey's [[chest voice]] could go up "higher in [[pitch (music)|pitch]] than any classical singer that [Botts had] ever met."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/music-theory/mariah-carey-singing-voice/ |title=A technical analysis of Mariah Carey's voice in 'Without You' |website=ClassicFM |last=Roberts |first=Maddy Shaw |date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224011301/https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/music-theory/mariah-carey-singing-voice/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her sense of pitch is admired and Jon Pareles adds "she can linger over sensual turns, growl with playful confidence, syncopate like a [[scat singing|scat singer]]... with startlingly exact pitch."<ref name="nytreview"/> Carey claims that she has had [[Vocal cord nodule|nodules]] on her vocal cords since childhood, due to which she can sing in a higher register than others. However, tiredness and sleep deprivation can affect her vocals due to the nodules, and Carey explained that she went through a lot of practice as a child to maintain a balance during singing.<ref name="vinsky"/><ref name="3fqV5"/> Carey is noted for her vocal improvisation skills.<ref>{{harvnb|Soto-Morettini|2014|p=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/vocal-improvisation-techniques-famous-pop-rb-singers/|title=Vocal Improvisation Techniques of Famous Pop and R&B Singers|last=Goodman|first=Gabrielle|date=August 25, 2022|publisher=[[Berklee College of Music]]|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428045056/https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/vocal-improvisation-techniques-famous-pop-rb-singers/|url-status=live}}</ref> Carey stated in a 2021 interview with the ''[[Daily Express]]'' that with her voice, it's all about "timing, vocal rest and sleep".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1415805/mariah-carey-voice-nodules-nodes-interview-pandemic-albums-records-sold-grammys|title=Mariah Carey on voice condition which provides her unique five-octave vocal range|access-date=March 29, 2021|newspaper=Daily Express|date=March 28, 2021|archive-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329031320/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1415805/mariah-carey-voice-nodules-nodes-interview-pandemic-albums-records-sold-grammys|url-status=live}}</ref> Towards the late 1990s, Carey began incorporating [[Breathy voice|breathy vocals]] into her material.<ref name="charm">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2535321.stm|title=Carey Charm Offensive|last=Levell|first=Tim|agency=BBC News|date=December 2, 2002|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=August 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802122234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2535321.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Tim Levell from BBC News described her vocals as "sultry close-to-the-mic breathiness,"<ref name="charm"/> while ''USA Today''{{'}}s Elysa Gardner wrote "it's impossible to deny the impact her vocal style, a florid blend of breathy riffing and resonant belting, has had on today's young pop and R&B stars."<ref name="gold">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2002-12-02-charmbracelet_x.htm|title=Carey Sounds Like 'Gold' on 'Charmbracelet'|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 22, 2002|access-date=August 3, 2011|archive-date=May 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527100229/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2002-12-02-charmbracelet_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview, Ron Givens of ''Entertainment Weekly'' described it this way, "first, a rippling, soulful ooh comes rolling effortlessly from her throat: alto. Then, after a quick breath, she goes for the stratosphere, with a sound that nearly changes the barometric pressure in the room. In one brief swoop, she seems to squeal and roar at the same time."<ref name="siSJg"/> Winston Cook-Wilson wrote that "In her vocal prime, she was able to access upper-echelon dog-whistle notes even her forebear [[Minnie Riperton]] couldn't muster."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/11/mariah-careys-caution-is-the-sound-of-a-legend-with-nothing-to-prove/|title=Mariah Carey's 'Caution' Proves There's Still No One Quite Like Her|access-date=April 19, 2023|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518042416/https://www.spin.com/2018/11/mariah-careys-caution-is-the-sound-of-a-legend-with-nothing-to-prove/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her phrasing in the whistle register can be heard in the 1999 ''Rainbow'' track "Bliss" and the singer was praised for her perfect pitch and clear enunciation.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.theroot.com/18-mariah-carey-songs-you-ve-probably-never-heard-1790859289|title=18 Mariah Carey Songs You've Probably Never Heard|access-date=April 19, 2023|magazine=The Root|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419175029/https://www.theroot.com/18-mariah-carey-songs-you-ve-probably-never-heard-1790859289|url-status=live}}</ref> Alex Macpherson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted that Carey's voice on ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'' is "an instrument of texture rather than volume, with pillows of lavishly layered vocals and nuanced phrasing magnifying the emotional intensity of the songs."<ref name="auto"/> [[Randy Jackson]] said that "It's in the tone, that buttery tone that she has with her voice that is unbelievably amazing and unbelievably identifiable."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/pitn/date/2005-04-30/segment/01|title=Profiles of Mariah Carey and Usher|access-date=April 19, 2023|agency=CNN|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419175030/https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/pitn/date/2005-04-30/segment/01|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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