Celebs praising The Queen
RIHANNA - "I remember looking up to people like Mariah Carey, I identified with her in so many ways. She was bi-racial, she was also young and I remember just hearing her story and really being connected to it."
JAMIE THEAKSON- "Mariah Carey is the perfect modern celebrity - larger than life, glamorous and totally over the top."
DIANE WARREN- She works really hard. No matter what she's done, there's a hunger there. She doesn't have to prove herself, but she feels like she does.
MARY J. BLIGE- "Mariah I love you, and I'm so happy for you. (Talking about Mariah's success with "The Emancipation of Mimi")
MARY J. BLIGE- I love Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey's music saved little ghetto children's lives. Songs like "Vision of Love" gave us hope an we would sing those songs and try to hit every note like Mariah -- which we can't. I don't think she knows what a big part she plays in Mary J. Blige's life.
ARETHA FRANKLIN- "Mariah Carey has done some things I like. Her vocals and production have a very tight quality."
DAVID FOSTER- "Working with Mariah was an extraordinary opportunity for me. It goes without saying that she's one of the world's greatest singers, but it was her musicianship that stunned me. She thinks like a record producer & lays her vocals down like a virtouso guitarist. Singer, Songwriter, Producer Mariah is a triple threat.
PATTI LABELLE: "Mariah has an amazing gift from God that has no color, no boundaries and no limitations. You hear the passion and honesty within her music."
PATTI LABELLE: "She has a great voice. I don't know, I love her talent!"
JESSICA SIMPSON: "Oh, my Gosh! Can you imagine they're comparing me to her...I mean she's the biggest selling artist of the decade...
I'm a huge fan of Mariah Carey. I admired her music for so long. It's hard to follow on her footstep. She's so successful. Mariah's Mariah. To be compared to her is a huge compliment."
NELLY- Mariah Carey, she's possibly the best singer I've heard. You watch someone such as Mariah, who went from the highest of the high to the lowest of the low, and come back like she never missed a beat. and stand up and smack everybody in the face like "I'm still here; matter of fact I'm better” that gives you inspiration. That keeps me going."
P!nk: "I love her style, I love especially her covers and samples. I think 'Glitter' is great. It's a shame that the press never understood how honest this movie is."
TONI BRAXTON- "I like the things that Irv Gotti is doing with hip-hop tracks and R&B with Ashanti. To be honest, Mariah Carey really pioneered that. All people wanted to talk about was her shorty-short shorts but forget the chances she took."Mariah with ODB...what was she thinking?" When I heard it, I said, "I get it, Mariah. Hands up, girl!"
TONI BRAXTON- Mariah's 'One Sweet Day' - the one she did with Boyz II Men. Oh my God, that really helped me through a rough time."
TONI BRAXTON- I really admire Mariah Carey. I think she's a underrated, because she's a great producer, a wonderful writer and no one gives her props for that.
DEF LEPPARD- One of the most influential singers of the last decade. Someone like Christina Aguilera is trying to imitate what Mariah did.
JOHN MAYER- "There's something about Mariah Carey. She's super hot and people don't realize how much influence she's had."
MISSY ELLIOTT- "Mariah, she listens to RAP. She's just straight up cool."
MISSY ELLIOTT- "I remember, when my manager asked me to work with Mariah. I thought I would faint immediately. I mean, the legendary Mariah Carey wanted me to rap on her CD? I was shocked, excited, honored and happy."
CHRISTINA AGUILERA- "I'm presenting actually, right after she performs. So we were getting, we just did the rehearsal for itshe just walked by me. I'm like OMG! it's her! I don't think I get starstruck with anyone the way I do with Mariah. I'm still waiting to meet her. I hope...When you interview her, tell her Christina Aguilera thinks she's amazing.
CELINE DION- "If Mariah was to ask me to duet with her, I will travel immediately 20000 km in order to sing with her for sure!"
MYA- "Wow! That rings a bell - 'Mya & Mariah', she's one of my influences as well. She has a beautiful voice."
BRITNEY SPEARS: "Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston were my biggest influences. Madonna and Janet were too. I love their style (Mariah & Whitney) and the way their voices electrify you. When I was little Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and I love listening to Michael Jackson...I've always loved Mariah Carey. I guess because she writes her music, most of her music, and because she comes up with the BEST melodies. Her range is just from here to there, and she's probably my role model."
MELODY THORTON (Pussycat Dolls): "My first album was Mariah Carey's "MTV Unplugged" and I still listen to it on a regular, to this day. Some girls say, 'It's my dream to be in a pop group,' I'm like, 'OK, because I want to be Mariah Carey"
KELLY ROWLAND- "Mariah Carey is another hero of mine. I recently saw her, and she was telling me about stole and how she loved the video. I literally, my mouth was open! I'm 22 years old I mean at some point you just can't help but get a little star struck I remember listening to "Dreamlover" when it first came out, and me trying to cut my shorts like hers. And oh my gosh, I love her! Love her!! She is a very incredible human being!! Listening to her voice just made me want to try even more with my vocals cos she can do anything with her voice. Her voice is just like the ultimate instrument! She can hit high notes and her bottom voice is just so big and it's beautiful. There's no singer on this earth that can do what Mariah does!!!"
BEYONCE- "'Vision of Love,' when I first heard that song, I knew it, my mind was made up - I had to be a singer."
NELLY FURTADO- "I used to write R&B songs in my bedroom that sounded like Mariah Carey songs. "The first singer I really got into was Mariah Carey when I was 12. She kind of taught me how to sing."