This week's Leading Woman is said to be the best-selling female artist of all time, but she's not stopping there. 本週的《女性當家》主角據稱是有史以來最暢銷的女藝人，但是她並未就此打住。
Mariah Carey is getting ready to release yet another album later this month. 瑪麗亞．凱莉已經準備好要在本月底再度推出一張專輯。
Our Nischelle Turner sat down with the Grammy award-winning pop star to find out how she's managed to stay on top for nearly three decades. 本台記者妮雪兒．透納與這位得過葛萊美獎的流行之星坐下來聊聊，看看她如何成功讓自己保持在顛峰將近三十年。
The life, the career, the voice of Mariah Carey. 瑪麗亞．凱莉的人生、職業生涯和歌聲。
Since her career started in the late 1980s, she sold more than 200 million albums, singles and videos worldwide, 自從她在一九八○年代末期展開她的歌唱生涯以來，已經在全球賣出超過兩億張專輯、單曲以及音樂錄影帶，
making Carey the best-selling female artist of all time, according to Billboard. 使她成為告示牌史上最暢銷的女藝人。
The thing is, it's not just singing; I'm writing; I'm producing; I'm putting these songs together. 重點是，我不只有唱歌而已，我還寫歌，當製作人，我把這些歌曲結合在一起。
Her extraordinary five-octave vocal range and the ability to write hit after hit has solidified Carey as a musical force for nearly 25 years. 她擁有非比尋常、跨五個八度的音域，以及寫出一首又一首暢銷歌曲的能力，奠定她成為一股音樂勢力將近二十五年。
And with a new album underway, she has no plans to stop. 在籌備新專輯的此刻，她並不打算停下腳步。
I think during the process of making this album, I remember you saying that you refused to jump on the bandwagon. 我想，在製作這張專輯的過程中，我記得你說過你不願意追隨潮流。
Yeah. 對。
You see music trending toward maybe more electronic dance, things like that. 你知道現在的音樂或許比較偏向電子舞曲這一類的樂風。
So why is it so important for you to stay true to yourself? 那麼，為什麼忠於自我對你很重要呢？
If I'm not staying true to myself, why am I doing... like what am I doing and why? The answer is because I love making music. 如果我不忠於自我，我何必做……那我在做什麼，而且為何要做呢？答案就是因為我愛做音樂。
But Carey knows it takes more than a love for music to establish a successful career; it also takes business savvy. 但是凱莉知道要建立成功的音樂生涯，需要的不只有對音樂的熱愛而已，還必須具備商業頭腦。
Thank you so much. 非常謝謝大家。
How did you kind of start navigating from just the artist into the business woman? 你是如何從只當個藝人，然後開始朝著女企業家的方向邁進的？
You know, it's so interesting because really I always was, even as a kid, even like my first record deal. 這太有趣了，因為其實我一直都是個生意人，甚至在我小時候，甚至像是我的第一張唱片合約都是。
I was fortunate enough to have seen enough documentaries, clearly I was always interested in the music business. 我很幸運看過很多紀錄片，很顯然的我一直都對音樂事業很感興趣。
As a songwriter, even at that age, I was able to say I will not be forced to do other people's songs. 身為作曲家，即便在我年輕的時候，我也能夠說我不會被迫去唱別人寫的歌。
It's no secret that much of the music industry is still considered a man's world. 音樂產業仍然被認為大都是男人主導的產業，這並不是秘密。
But for an artist like Mariah Carey, changing that means taking control of her music and her legacy. 但是對於像瑪麗亞．凱莉這樣的藝人而言，改變這一點意謂掌控她的音樂和她留給後人的影響。
It's so easy for the world to give credit to the men in power, especially those who we really revere, and we respect them for who they are in all of their accomplishments. 世人很容易就給予掌權的男人肯定，尤其是那些我們推崇備至的人，而我們也因他們的所有成就而尊敬他們。
But I think when someone is also known as a -- the most overused word in the history of the world -- "diva," 但是當某個人也被稱為「天后」的時候——這是個有史以來最被濫用的詞了——
we tend to look at that and that overrides everything. 我們就會注意到這個稱呼，而那個稱呼就凌駕了一切。
I'm a songwriter first. It's much easier for the public to accept... look who is here, the next... the big manager came along and saved the day, 我根本上是個歌曲創作者。大家比較容易接受……瞧誰來了，下一個……大經理現身了，挽救了局面，
because nobody can imagine that I actually participate as much as I do in the making of the music. 因為沒有人能夠想像我其實在歌曲創作過程中的參與程度竟然如此之高。