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About The Singer-Mariah Carey( 瑪麗亞凱莉)

Mariah Carey is a well-known American pop singer, who started her remarkable career in 1990. She had so far released ten studio albums and many hit singles, including 17 number one singles on the U.S. billboard chart, which is the most number one singles ever made by a female artist. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990's in the United States.

The song "Hero" is her eighth number one single, and was produced and written by her in 1993. This song had been on top ten of the U.S. billboard chart for fourteen weeks, and had been number one from December 19, 1993 to January 15, 1994.

Although she had been successful since the early 1990's, she is still in the game nowadays. Her latest album "The Emancipation of Mimi", which was released in 2005, had won her three Grammy Awards, including Best contemporary R&B album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song.

She had received Billboard's Artist of the Decade Award and the World Music Award for Best-Selling Female Artist of the Millennium. She had also beaten the Beatles by toping the chart for seventy-seven weeks. There is no doubt that she is one of the most successful artist and her voice had made some great influence in the history of music.

About The Song

When You Believe(電影「埃及王子」的主題曲)

-Duet with Whitney Houston(惠妮休斯頓)

"When You Believe" is a song originally composed by Stephen Schwartz, and later refurbished by writer-producer Babyface, as the theme to the film The Prince of Egypt (see The Prince of Egypt (OST)). It was the main theme of the film and was released as a single by American singers Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as the soundtrack's first single in 1998 (see 1998 in music); it was also the first single from Houston's album My Love Is Your Love and the second from Carey's compilation album #1's. It has also been comfirmed that "I Still Believe" will be the X Factor 2007 Official Single.

The protagonists of this ballad recall tough times that have them questioning their faith: they have prayed for many nights to God but those prayers seem to remain unanswered, and they wonder if they are wasting their time. Nevertheless, they realize that although times may be difficult, "there can be miracles when you believe" in God.

"When You Believe" won the 1999 Academy Award for "Best Original Song" and was nominated for a Golden Globes for "Best Original Song". It also received a Golden Satellite Award nomination for "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture". It was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals", losing to "I Still Have That Other Girl" by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. As Carey is part Latin, Houston and Carey were also nominated for "Outstanding Performance of a Song for a Feature Film" at the ALMA Awards.

The single's video was filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music^[1] and shows Houston and Carey in a dark studio accented by Egyptian settings, backdrops, and scenes inspired by The Prince of Egypt. The video ends as the room is illuminated, and the two singers are joined by a large choir. A few variations of the song exist, including an extended version with a longer intro and bridge which can be found on The Prince of Egypt soundtrack, a television track, and an instrumental version.

Genre: R&B/Pop

Lyrics

When You Believe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGRgm9ZHG3A)

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood

Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
To swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

They don't always happen when you ask
(Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears
(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight through the rain
Small but still, resilient voice
Says love is the relief
(Ohhh)

There can be miracles
(Miracles)
When you believe
(Lord, when you believe)
Though hope is frail
(Though hope is frail)
It's hard to kill
(Hard to kill, Ohhh)
Who know what miracles, you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will(somehow, somehow, somehow)
somehow you will
You will when you believe

You will when you
You will when you believe
Just believe...in your heart
Just believe
You will when you believeeeeeeeeeee