Mariah Carey vs. Madonna
versus
wed 4/30/2008
| name | Mariah Angela Carey. | Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Ritchie. |
| hometown | Long Island, New York. | Bay City, Michigan. |
| birthdate | March 27, 1970. | August 16, 1958. |
| style | R&B and pop. | Pop and dance. |
| nickname | Mimi. | The Material Girl. |
| started as | A backup singer for Brenda K. Starr. | A dancer for disco legend Patrick Hernández. |
| discovered by | Future ex-husband Tommy Mottola, who signed her to Columbia records. | DJ Mark Kamins, who gave her demo to Sire Records executive Seymour Stein. |
| ethnicity | Father is Afro-Venezuelan and mother is Irish-American. | Father is Italian-American and mother is French-Canadian. |
| breakthrough single | Vision of Love. | Like A Virgin. |
| platinum debut | Mariah Carey. | Madonna. | latino fling/s | Luis Miguel. | Producer "Jellybean" Benitez and baby daddy Carlos Leon. | status | Dating actor and rapper Nick Cannon. | Married to movie director Guy Ritchie. | endorses | Democrat Barack Obama. | Democrat Hillary Clinton. | box office bombs | Glitter. | The Next Best Thing, Swept Away. | made headlines by | Suffering an "emotional and physical breakdown" after Glitter bombed and being dropped by her record label. | Releasing sexually suggestive music videos and a raunchy picture book titled "Sex." |
| collaborations | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Damian Marley, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Nelly, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Twista, Young Jeezy. | Babyface, Björk, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Prince, Timbaland. | studio albums to date | 11. | 11. |
| most recent release | E=MC². | Hard Candy. |
| dethroning the king | Surpassed Elvis to become the solo artist with the most number one singles. | Surpassed Elvis to become the artist with the most top 10 hits. |
| the critics | Rolling Stone: "Mariah's big voice may be her greatest source of pride – it is, in her words, her 'instrument' – but she is equally keen to be known as one of the few pop stars who has had a hand in the writing and/or production of nearly every song she's ever recorded." | Rolling Stone: "One can't help but wonder sometimes how this boy-crazy outcast from Michigan ended up selling some 250 million records worldwide. But watch her closely for a while, and that answer will come in a Madonna moment, when, despite the ego-shedding lessons of Kabbalah, her competitive nature emerges." |
| webprops | 440,556 friends on official MySpace. | 384,235 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Fighting her alter ego in Heartbreaker. | Paying homage to Marilyn Monroe in Material Girl. |
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mariah carey cuz i love her songs and my fav. is bye bye
chula
(liberal, ks)
5/30/2008
Wow..both are doing there thing as older women, and people should stop hating on them cuz at there age shoot..i'd know i would want to look that good.=]
vDizzle
(Far..Far..Away)
5/1/2008
wow this is a tough one! lol i choose.............. Madonna i grew up w/ my tia's blasting her music all the time!
tr3sDosUno
(Wichita, KS)
5/1/2008
I think that Mariah Carey is betta than Madonna. I luv Mariah Carey's song Touch My Body. Its so cool u should all pick Mariah Carey cuz she's way betta than Madonna.
MARIAH CAREY ROCKS!!!=)
Pooh Bear
(Watsonville,Ca)
5/3/2008
I THINK THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS VS. WITH THESE TWO SINGERS, THEY SING DIFFERENT GENRES AND THEY BOTH ROCK, SO I THINK IT IS AN EVEN SCORE!!! THEY BOTH WIN!! I LOVE YOU MARIAH AND MADONNA...
Unforgettable
4/30/2008
i think madonna is sooo much better and right now mariah sucks i really dont like her right now cuz she is too old for her image
ashley
(houston)
4/30/2008
i think theres no VS between these to cuz they both totally different
gu3rita.
(Michoacan/PlAyA lARGA)
5/2/2008
welll to tell the truth... ummm i dont like neither of them..haha!! i mean i like madonnas songs but i dont like her... and mariah umm well i dont like her songs ... maybe 3 or 2 but im not a big fan of her...soo yh... thats my opinion byez!!!
+*+ Gz BaBe!! +*+
(bayamon)
5/3/2008
of course madonna wins...when u look @ every corner nobody can beat esp mariah she's nothing to madonna i'm just telling the truth but i i like them both...mariah has great voice compare to madz but that was not the issue...madonna is a real entertainer...
gary v_madz
(manila)
5/12/2008
if u listen to madonna's music it has a true meaning related to our life ... when u listen to mariah's music sounds like a bird... icannot see the meaning on it...
gary v_madz
(manila)
5/12/2008
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