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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is a famous American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She is one of the most successful musical artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide.
Mariah Carey has had five albums number one on the Billboard 200 chart and 19 singles number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She is the only artist in history to have a number one single in every year of the 1990s.
Mariah Carey has won five Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards and two World Music Awards. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
American singer
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 Mariah Carey: History, Biography, Photos |
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| Name: | Mariah Carey |
| Date of Birth: | March 27, 1970 (54 years old) |
| place of birth: | Huntington, New York, United States |
| Country of Citizenship: | American |
| high: | 1.73 m |
| parents: | Alfred Roy Carey, Patricia Carey |
| Brothers and sisters: | Alison Carey, Morgan Carey |
| Husband • Spouse: | Nick Cannon (m. 2008–2016), Tommy Mottola (m. 1993–1998) |
| Boyfriend and partner: | Christian Monzon (2005-2006), James Packer (2016), Mark Sudak (2003-2005), Eric Bennett (2000-2003), Luis Miguel (1999-2001), Marcus Schenkenberg (1998-1999), Derek Jeter (1997-1998), Jay-Z, Matt Dillon, Grant Hill, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel |
| Children: | Morocco Scott Cannon, Monroe Cannon |
| Profession: | Singer • Actor |
| net worth: | $320 million |
early life
Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1969 in Huntington, New York, USA. Her name comes from the song “They Call the Wind Maria”, which was first performed in the 1951 Broadway musical “Paint Your Wagon”.
She is the youngest of three children of Patricia Carey, an Irish-born former opera singer and voice teacher, and Alfred Roy Carey, an African-American, black Venezuelan-American aerospace engineer.
Her Venezuelan grandfather, Francisco Nez, took the Kelly name after immigrating to New York. Patricia Kelly’s family disowned her because she married a black man. Due to racial tensions, the Kelly family was unable to integrate into the community.
While they lived in Huntington, neighbors poisoned the family dog and burned their car. Mariah Carey had little contact with her father after her parents divorced, and her mother worked multiple jobs to support the family.
Mariah Carey spent most of her time alone at home and began singing at the age of three, often imitating her mother’s Italian version of Verdi’s opera Rigoletto. Mariah Carey’s sister, Alison Carey, moved in with their father, while Morgan Carey and Mariah Carey lived with their mother.
educate
Mariah Carey excelled in the arts, including music and writing, during her early years at school. She began writing poetry and lyrics while attending Haberfield High School in Greenlawn, from which she graduated in 1987.
Mariah Carey began vocal training under the guidance of her mother. Patricia Carey, a classically trained opera singer, never forced her daughter to pursue a classical opera career. She recalled: “I was never a coercive mother. She never suggested that her daughter should have more opera talent.”
I love opera, but it doesn’t do anything for me.” Mariah Carey was so absent from school as an audition singer that her classmates nicknamed her “The Phantom.”
Mariah Carey’s involvement in the Long Island music scene enabled her to work with musicians such as Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies, with whom she co-wrote her demo tape material.
She moved to New York City and worked part-time to pay her rent while taking 500 hours of classes at beauty school. She shared a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with four other female students. She became a backup singer for freestyle singer Brenda K. Starr.
Personal life
Mariah Carey met Tommy Mottola while recording a song, and the two married on June 5, 1993 at St. Thomas Church in New York at a cost of $500,000.
The newlyweds moved into Sing Sing House, a 51-acre estate in Bedford, New York, suggesting that she felt imprisoned there. Mariah Carey began to focus on her personal life after the publication of Daydreams and her subsequent fame, which was a daily struggle at the time.
Their relationship began to fall apart due to disagreements over musical creation and Tommy Mottola’s domineering personality.
On May 30, 1997, the couple announced their separation, and after the divorce, Tommy Mottola remarried on December 2, 2000. Their house was sold to Nelson Peltz for $20.5 million in 1998 and burned down in 1999.
Mariah Carey dated singer Luis Miguel from 1998 to 2001. She met actor and comedian Nick Cannon while filming the music video for her song “Bye Bye” on an island near Antigua. They married on April 30, 2008 in the Bahamas.
Mariah Carey suffered a miscarriage in the same year. On April 30, 2011, she gave birth to fraternal twins, Morocco Scott Cannon and Monroe Cannon, by caesarean section at 35 weeks of pregnancy.
In 2015, Mariah Carey began dating Australian billionaire James Packer, and on 21 January 2016, they announced their engagement. However, by October, they called off their engagement. In October 2016, she began dating American choreographer Brian Tanaka.
Mariah Carey has dated Christian Monzon (2005-2006), James Packer (2016), Mark Sudak (2003-2005), Eric Bennett (2000-2003), Luis Miguel (1999-2001), Marcus Schenkenberg (1998-1999), Derek Jeter (1997-1998), Jay-Z, Matt Dillon, Grant Hill, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Tyrese Gibson, and Vin Diesel.
Profession
In December 1988, Mariah Carey accompanied Brenda K. Starr to a dinner for CBS Records executives, where she handed her demo tape to Tommy Mottola, head of CBS Records. He asked his driver to listen to the tape on the way home and then return. Mariah had already left the party, and spent two weeks searching for her, in what has been described as a modern Cinderella story.
Another record company expressed interest, and a bidding war ensued. Tommy Mottola signed Mariah Carey to Columbia Records, bringing in famous producers Ric Wake, Narada Michael Walden, and Rhett Lawrence. Columbia Records made Mariah Carey the main female artist on its roster, competing against Whitney Houston at Arista Records and Madonna at Sire Records.
Mariah Carey made her public debut on June 5, 1990, singing “America the Beautiful” at the NBA Finals. The piercing whistle at the end of the song prompted CBS Sports anchor Pat O’Brien to declare, “The palace now has a queen.”
Columbia spent more than $1 million promoting Mariah Carey’s debut studio album, which earned her Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance awards at the 33rd Grammy Awards for her hit single “Vision of Love,” and ultimately spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The singles from the album, Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Someday and I Don’t Wanna Cry, all topped the US Billboard Hot 100. Mariah Carey’s album was the best-selling album in the United States in 1991 and has sold 15 million copies worldwide.
The following year, Mariah Carey co-wrote, produced, and recorded her second studio album, Emotion. She described the song as an ode to Motown soul, and enlisted the help of Walter Afanasyev (who had only worked on her debut album) and the dance group C+C Music Factory’s Robert Cleves and David Cole.
Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies’ friendship soured over a disagreement over songwriting payments. The songwriting duo split after Margulies filed a lawsuit against Columbia’s parent company Sony.
The album Emotions was released on September 17, 1991. The album’s first single was the title song, which earned Mariah Carey her fifth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single, making her the first artist to have her first five singles all top the charts.
Although critics praised the album’s content and considered it a more mature album, others criticized it for being too calculated and unoriginal. Despite selling eight million copies worldwide, Emotions was a commercial and critical underperformance of its predecessor.
net worth
Mariah Carey, worth an estimated $320 million, is one of the most successful singers of all time, with hits like “All I Want Is You for Christmas” and “We Belong Together.”
She has also appeared in movies and television shows. In addition to her singing career, Mariah Carey has also made a lot of money through her business ventures.
Social Media
- Instagram account: @Mariahcarey
- Twitter: @Mariahcarey
Discography
- Mariah Carey
- mood
- Music Box
- Merry Christmas
- Daydreaming
- Butterfly
- rainbow
- flash
- Amulet Bracelet
- Mimi’s Liberation
- Energy = MC²
- Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
- Merry Christmas II You
- I am Maria… the mysterious songstress
- warn
Filmography
- bachelor
- Smart Girl
- The fall of the dynasty
- State-owned assets 2
- Tennessee
- Don’t mess with the Zohan
- Precious
- housekeeper
