Hoton jama'a na Mariah Carey
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A duk lokacin da ta yi aiki, mawaƙan cAmurka Mariah Carey ta sami karbuwa a matsayin al'adu da jama'a. Halin jama'a ya sami sauye-sauye, daga baya ya sami labaran jarida.
Da farko ta fito a farkon uunshekarun 1990 tare da hoton da aka goge da kuma sarrafawa a ƙarƙashin tasirin mijinta na lokacin Tommy Mottola, Carey daga baya ta rungumi mutum mai 'yanci bayan rabuwa da kuma sakin Butterfly (1997). A cikin farkon shekarun 2000, hoton jama'a na Carey yya fuskanci binciken kafofin watsa labarai bayan da aka yada shi sosai a lokacin da Haske gabatar da fim dinta na 2001 Glitter . Ta dawo da kiɗa tare da The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). A cikin shekarun 2010, Carey ta fuskanci babban hankalin kafofin watsa labarai game da rayuwarta ta shahara kafin ta sake dawowa da karamin kiɗa tare da Caution (2018). Waƙarta ta kuma yi wahayi zuwa ga ƙalubalen ƙwayoyin cuta da yawa a kan TikTok.
A duk lokacin da ta yi aiki, Carey ta ci gaba da kasancewa da rungumar sa hannu, kuma an kuma diva ta alamar pop, alamar gay da alamar fashion. An yaba mata saboda ikonta na jefa inuwa kuma ta yada rikice-rikice tare da Eminem da Jennifer Lopez. An yaba mata da fara yanayin sanya jeans masu tasowa a farkon shekarun 2000 kuma tufafinta sun kasance batun sake dubawa da martani. Carey ta kuma ba da gudummawa sosai ga memes da yawa na kafofin sada zumunta, kasancewa (sau da yawa ba da gangan ba) mai farawa da kuma wahayi ga memes daban-daban ciki har da "Ban san ta ba" da kuma "labari mai laushi".
An kuma kira Carey "Sarauniyar Kirsimeti" saboda tasirin da ta yi a matsayin gunkin hutu da kuma shahararren kiɗan Kirsimeti, kuma tun daga lokacin ya zama daidai da Lokacin Kirsimeti. Waƙarta ta 1994 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" misali ne na Kirsimeti kuma ta lashe kyaututtuka da yawa, girmamawa. Tun daga shekara ta 2014, ta yi tafiya a kowane lokacin hutu, tana samun nasarori daban-daban a tsawon shekaru. Ta kuma dauki bakuncin shirye-shiryen Kirsimeti na musamman (tafiye-tafiye da fim). Kowace shekara tun daga 2019, Carey ta sanya bidiyo a kan kafofin sada zumunta a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba don yin kira a lokacin Kirsimeti, ta kirkiro sanannen kalmar Kirsimeti "Lokaci ne".