Mariah Carey (born March 27; 1970) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer; songwriter; record producer; and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola; and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993; a series of hit records established her position as Columbias highest-selling act. According to Billboard magazine; she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States.Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. She has had the most number-one singles for a solo artist in the United States (eighteen; second artist overall behind The Beatles); where; according to the Recording Industry Association of America. "When You Believe" is an Academy Award-winning song composed by Stephen Schwartz for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. A pop version of "When You Believe" was produced as a single with additional music by writer-producer Babyface for the film's soundtrack album. It was the main theme of the.