List of songs recorded by Mariah Carey
American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey has recorded songs for fifteen studio albums, including a soundtrack and two Christmas albums, as well as two compilations, a greatest hits, a remix album and an extended play (EP). She has occasionally appeared as a featured artist on songs by other performers and she has also contributed vocals to multiple charitable releases. After working as a backing vocalist for the American singer Brenda K. Starr, Carey signed with Columbia Records (a record label owned by Sony Music) in 1988 with the help of Starr and released her  eponymous debut album in 1990. She co-wrote all of the ten songs, seven of which were with her writing partner Ben Margulies. "Mariah Carey" was followed by "Emotions" (1991) and "MTV Unplugged" (1992). From then on she released a series of critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums in nearly every year of the remaining decade, including "Music Box" (1993) and "Daydream" (1995), both of which are certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). After a relatively unsuccessful period with "Glitter" (2001) and "Charmbracelet" (2002), whereby Carey suffered a physical and mental breakdown in between the releases , she returned to prominence with the multi-platinum, number-one albums "The Emancipation of Mimi" (2005) and "E=MC²" (2008) and the critically acclaimed "Caution" (2018). Carey has been noted for co-writing and producing all of her original material. Of her nineteen "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one singles in the United States – the most among soloists – she has written eighteen of them. For her sophomore release "Emotions", Carey wrote all of the lyrics herself and co-composed the music with other collaborators, and is similarly credited for doing the same for the majority of the songs on "Music  Box", "Daydream" and "Butterfly" (1997). The singer has collaborated with a number of songwriters throughout her career, with many of the songs reaching number-one on the music charts around the world, including "Hero", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", "Heartbreaker", "We Belong Together" and "Touch My Body". In 2017, "Billboard" listed "It's a Wrap", "Lead the Way", "There for Me", "The Roof (Back in Time)" and "Thank God I Found You" (Make It Last Remix) as Carey's top five most underappreciated songs. Aside from writing and recording her own material, Carey  has also recorded cover versions of other artist's songs at various points throughout her career. Her sixth number-one single, and her only one not to be self-penned, was a cover of the Jackson 5 song "I'll Be There", which features her background vocalist Trey Lorenz. Other covers include "Open Arms" by Journey, "Without You" by Badfinger, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins, "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" by Def Leppard, "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner, and "One More Try" by George Michael. In 1998, she recorded a  cover of "I Still Believe" by Starr as a thank you for helping her get into the industry. Carey has released two Christmas albums, "Merry Christmas" (1994) and its sequel "Merry Christmas II You" (2010), including the covers "Silent Night" and "O Holy Night" on the former and "The First Noel" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" on the latter. Songs. !| Song ! class="unsortable"| Lyric writer(s) ! class="unsortable"| Music writer(s) ! | Album ! | Length ! | Year ! class="unsortable"| !|"100%" !|"4real4real" !|"8th Grade" !|"A No No" !|"A No No" (Remix) !|"After Tonight" !|"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" !|"All I Live  For" !|"" !|"" !|"" !|"" (So So Def Remix) !|"All I've Ever Wanted" !|"All in Your Mind" !|"" !|"Almost Home" !|"Alone in Love" !|"Always Be My Baby" !|"Always Be My Baby" (Morales Always Club Mix) !|"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri Mix) !|"America the Beautiful" !|"And You Don't Remember" !|"" !|"" !|"Anytime You Need a Friend" !|"Anytime You Need a Friend" (C+C Club Version) !|"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" !|"Babydoll" !|"" !|"" (Remix) !|"" !|"Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue)" !|"Bliss" !|"Boy (I Need You)" !|"Breakdown" !|"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" !|"Butterfly" !|"Bye Bye" !|"Bye Bye" (So  So Def Remix) !|"Camouflage" !|"Can You Hear Me" !|"Candy Bling" !|"Can't Let Go" !|"Can't Say No" ! |"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" ! |"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" (Morales Revival Triumphant Mix) !|"Caution" ! |"Charlie Brown Christmas" ! |"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" !|"Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" ! |"Circles" ! |"Close My Eyes" !|"Clown" !|"Cool on You" !|"Cruise Control" !|"" !|"Crybaby" !|" !|"Dedicated" !|"Did I Do That?" !|"Didn't Mean to Turn You On" !|"" !|"Do You Think of Me" !|"Don't Forget About Us" ! |"Don't Forget About Us Part 2" (Desert Storm Remix) !|"Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" !|"" !|  (Morales Def Club Mix) !|"" !|"Emotions" !|"Emotions" (12" Club Mix) !|"Endless Love" !|"Every Time I Close My Eyes" !|"Everybody Hurts" !|"Everything Fades Away" !|"Faded" !|"Fall in Love at Christmas"