# The best Mariah Carey songs

From Vision of Love to We Belong Together: Mariah Carey's greatest songs, as ranked by Billboard, critics and fans.

- 160 votes · 15 items
- Apr 9, 2022 · encore_salty
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## Top 15

1. **Always Be My Baby** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — 1996. Number one on Billboard's ranking of her songs.
2. **Dreamlover** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — 1993. Light, summery pop.
3. **We Belong Together** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — 2005. The most successful song of the 2000s for Billboard.
4. **Fantasy** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — 1995. With a Tom Tom Club sample.
5. **Honey** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1997. Her hip-hop turn.
6. **Without You** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1994. Her Badfinger cover.
7. **All I Want for Christmas Is You** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — 1994. The Christmas song that returns every December.
8. **Hero** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 1993. A ballad of self-belief.
9. **Vision of Love** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 1990. Her debut; first in fan votes.
10. **Emotions** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 1991. The whistle register at its peak.
11. **My All** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — 1997. A Latin-tinged ballad.
12. **Shake It Off** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — 2005. Another hit from The Emancipation of Mimi.
13. **One Sweet Day** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1995. With Boyz II Men; sixteen weeks at number one.
14. **Heartbreaker** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1999. With Jay-Z.
15. **Touch My Body** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 2008. Her 18th number one.

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