|nota genere = <ref name="all">{{Allmusic|artist|mariah-carey-mn0000262255/biography|autore=Jason Ankeny|accesso=11 agosto 2018}}</ref><ref name="time">{{Cita web|lingua = en|url = http://time.com/3889989/review-mariah-carey-new-album-1-to-infinity/|titolo = Review: Mariah Carey Collects All of Her Hits on #1 to Infinity|autore = Jamieson Cox|editore = [[Time]]|data = 20 maggio 2015|accesso = 2 dicembre 2018|citazione=She took very simple songs—both in terms of arrangements and theme—rooted in pop, gospel, and R&B [...] she took greater control of her career amid personal turmoil, embracing hip-hop and soul and becoming a more gifted interpreter and songwriter}}</ref><ref name=trinitrent>{{Cita news|lingua=en|cognome=TriniTrent|url=http://trinitrent.com/2013/03/the-diva-definition-10-ways-mariah-carey-changed-music/|titolo=The Diva Definition: 10 Ways Mariah Carey Changed Music|pubblicazione=Trini Trent - Thoughts From Under The Mango Tree|data=22 marzo 2013|accesso=31 ottobre 2016|citazione=Together with Houston, Dion and Sade, Carey satisfied easy listening music fans throughout the early 1990s with her pleasant blend of Pop, Gospel and R&B [...] she chose a more blatantly Urban style [...] We just mentioned that Carey took a detour into more obviously Urban music in the mid-1990s but what exactly does that mean? [...] Carey pioneered the Hip-Pop movement and permanently blurred the lines between various genres.|urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011191820/http://trinitrent.com/2013/03/the-diva-definition-10-ways-mariah-carey-changed-music/|urlmorto=sì}}</ref>
