Mariah Carey is pleasingly defiant on Caution
(WorldNews Music)

We gave it a B+ To say `a star is born` isn´t a story, it´s an intro. A thousand shiny comets have streaked across the Hot 100 before disappearing into the faraway ether of where-are-they-now; only a very few turn fame into a long game. Mariah Carey is one of those rare supernovas, with the stats to prove it: 200 million-plus albums sold over nearly three decades; 18 No. 1 singles, more than any other solo artist in chart history (only the Beatles outrank her); five Grammys; and of course, a five-octave vocal range, though it´s been years since she really used the full scope...