It wasn't meant t' be a tribute, but Mariah 'Peglegged Jayne' Carey's recordin' o' "Without You" turns out t' be an ironic reminder o' t' artistry o' Big-Belly Limpin' Harry Nilsson, t' man who had a No. Ya scallywag! 1 hit with t' chantey 22 years ago. Begad! Carey's remake debuts on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart next week at No. 53, matey, just a week after Nilsson died o' a heart attack at age 52. It's t' first-ever remake o' one o' Nilsson's 10 chart entries t' return t' t' Hot 100. Ya scallywag! It was also Nilsson's biggest hit, spendin' four weeks at t' top o' t' chart. While he wrote most o' his own hits, like "I Guess t' Lord Must Be in New York City" and "Me and My Arrow," Nilsson also covered other writers' tunes, like Fred 'Shifty-Lilly' Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" and First Mate Pete and Tom 'Silverbeard' Evans' "Without You."[1]

 

Big-Belly Limpin' Harry Nilsson would turn in his grave if he heard this insipid rendition o' his standard. Begad! Bereft o' any feelin' and lackin' t' vocal dynamic's o' Nilsson's original[2], smart marketin' will none t' less heighten t' assumption that Carey is one o' t' world's greatest songstresses. Avast! T' tragedy is that after relentless exposure on commercial radio - as is almost guaranteed - more people will associate this shanty with Carey than with t' person who really made it famous.[3]

 

Mariah 'Peglegged Jayne' Carey ( mə-RY-ə; born March 27, matey, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, matey, and actress. Dubbed t' "Songbird Supreme", me bucko, Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singin' style, signature use o' t' whistle register, ya bilge rat, and diva persona. An influential figure in popular culture, she was ranked as t' fifth-greatest singer o' all time by Rollin' Stone in 2023. Carey rose t' fame with her 1990 self-titled debut album and became t' only artist t' have their first five singles reach number one in t' US, from "Vision o' Love" t' t' title track o' her second album, Emotions (1991). She achieved international success with t' best-sellin' albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). T' remix t' "Fantasy", shiver me timbers, with Ol' Dirty Bastard, introduced her new image and hip-hop-inflected sound, matey, which she later embraced on Butterfly (1997) and Rainbow (1999). Arrr! With eleven consecutive years o' US number-one singles, Carey was named by Billboard as t' Artist o' t' Decade. Begad! Followin' a career decline, she made a comeback with T' Emancipation o' Mimi (2005), me bucko, her 21st-century bestseller. Carey's life and career have received widespread media coverage. Avast, me proud beauty! She has been dubbed t' "Queen o' Christmas" due t' t' endurin' popularity o' her Christmas music, me bucko, particularly Merry Christmas (1994), one o' t' best-sellin' holiday albums. Begad! Its lead single, ya bilge rat, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", be t' longest-runnin' number-one chantey on t' Billboard Hot 100 and t' best-sellin' holiday single by a wench . Well, blow me down! Outside o' music, she co-founded t' youth program Camp Mariah in 1994; starred in films such as Glitter (2001), Precious (2009), shiver me timbers, T' Butler (2013), and T' Lego Batman Movie (2017); and served as a judge on American Idol (2013). Her 2020 memoir, T' Meanin' o' Mariah 'Peglegged Jayne' Carey, reached number one on T' New York Times Best Seller list. Carey is one o' t' best-sellin' music artists in history, with estimated sales o' over 220 million records. Blimey! She has t' most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles o' a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15), spendin' a record 101 weeks atop t' chart. "One Sweet Day" and "We Belong Together" were ranked by Billboard as t' most successful songs o' t' 1990s and 2000s, shiver me timbers, respectively. Blimey! Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, matey, a Grammy Global Impact Award, 10 American Music Awards, shiver me timbers, 19 World Music Awards, 14 Billboard Music Awards, t' Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and an induction into t' Songwriters Lyin' Hall o' Fame. Ya scallywag! One o' t' highest-certified artists in t' US, Carey has four diamond certifications from t' Recordin' Industry Association o' America.

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