I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere.

Although now anyone is free to use this idea the success of "The Emancipation of Mimi" suggests that it still belongs to Carey. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart making it only the second Christmas album to top that chart.

In 1998 Mariah Carey was honored as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards. Aside from her commercial accomplishments Carey has won five Grammy Awards 17 World Music Awards 11 American Music Awards and 31 Billboard Music Awards. During the recording of the album Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings and slowly traversed into hip hop.