--- description: The singer uses TIME's Mariah Carey Album Title Generator to title Letterman's album. title: WATCH: Mariah Carey Mariah-fies David Letterman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a60b11aba6e02ae/69868e71e8524ba5b9602c81/mariah-carey-5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mariah Carey Mariah-fies David Letterman by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 2:44 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Mariah Carey arrives for the "Late Show with David Letterman" at Ed Sullivan Theater on May 7, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Donna Ward/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Mariah Carey arrives for the "Late Show with David Letterman" at Ed Sullivan Theater on May 7, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Donna Ward/Getty Images)Donna Ward—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 2:44 PM CUT Mariah Carey visited the _Late Show with David Letterman_ on Wednesday and tried to show the host how to “Mariah-fy” his name, using TIME’s [Mariah Carey Album Title Generator](http://time.com/84645/mariah-carey-album-title-generator/ "undefined"). Unfortunately, the singer had a little bit of trouble, losing the link, but she told Letterman his album title: “The Magnificent Crooner.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92318/mariah-carey-mariah-fy-david-letterman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92318/mariah-carey-mariah-fy-david-letterman/"},"headline":"Mariah Carey Mariah-fies David Letterman","datePublished":"2014-05-08T14:44:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:30.415Z","description":"\"Me. I am Dave. The Magnificent Crooner.\"","url":"https://time.com/92318/mariah-carey-mariah-fy-david-letterman/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","David Letterman","Mariah Carey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a60b11aba6e02ae/69868e71e8524ba5b9602c81/mariah-carey-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a60b11aba6e02ae/69868e71e8524ba5b9602c81/mariah-carey-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Visit \"Late Show With David Letterman\" - May 7, 2014","caption":"Celebrities Visit \"Late Show With David Letterman\" - May 7, 2014","creditText":"Donna Ward—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92318/mariah-carey-mariah-fy-david-letterman/","name":"Mariah Carey Mariah-fies David Letterman"}}]}] ```