Sorry guys, but Mariah said that she didn't even know what Billboard was before she got her record deal, so I really doubt that the first songs she was
writing were just copying what was popular at the time. Before her deal, before she was being pressured to do anything, SHE WAS WRITING BALLADS.
I mean seriously, in songs like "Petals", we get a REAL LIFE STORY of her life. Songs like "Through the Rain" are things that actually
happened to her! Woudn't you say that that type of song would be closest to her, since it's about her?
Sorry, but "Touch My Body" has nothing to do with her life. lol
Perhaps later in her career she wanted to experiment with her sound, but that doesn't mean she didn't like ballads anymore. Wake up! Sure, Mariah does
like R&B songs, but it doesn't mean it's all she likes!