Mariah is not only a songwriter, she is the most successful songwriter of the last 2 decades, including 17 of her 18 #1´s in the US. This was confirmed by Billboard, and this was including every songwriter who writes songs for many different people (which means having more possibilities to feature on a #1 song) So well deserving I have to say I think this time they are preparing Mariah´s next album campaign better, like they did with The Emancipation of Mimi, cos the last two were too rushed (they released singles without having the album finished, etc) After losing Whitney I´ll stand by Mariah even more now. There are very very few true greats still working on albums. In fact Mariah is the youngest of the true greats. Sorry for everybody who came after