Birth Name Mariah Angela Carey Nickname Songbird MC Mirage Mimi The Voice Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) Biography Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York, on March 27, 1969. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. In June of 1990, Mariah made her debut with "Mariah Carey" which entered at #73, but on August 4, 1990, it reached #1. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four consecutive #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry," and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. On September 30, 1995, she made music history. Her single "Fantasy" from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. Her other Daydream's single "One Sweet Day" remained for 16 weeks at the top of the charts. She is the only artist since The Beatles to have so many #1 singles and albums. With "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow and also her 14 #1 single, she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s, and with "Heartbreaker" at its 60th week atop the Billboard's charts, she pushed ahead of The Beatles's 59-week record as the only artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Following "Heartbreaker," her second single "Thank God I Found You" also from her Rainbow album became her 15th #1. "We Belong Together" from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi became her 16th #1 single and was also her first #1 without any guest artists since her song "My All" (also a #1 single) captured the top spot in May 1998. The single "Don't Forget About Us" also from her 2005 album Emancipation of Mimi became her 17th #1 single, tying her with Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Three more Grammy Awards were gained from The Emancipation of Mimi album. She is the most successful selling female artist in music history and is the only female artist to have the most #1 singles and albums and also holds the record for straight #1 singles and albums each year. Along with numerous awards and incredible vocal range, she also composes all of her own material, with the exception of song covers. In April 2008, the single "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1 single, pushing her ahead of Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Now she is the only artist since The Beatles to have as many number one singles and the only singer alive likely to succeed them. Spouse Nick Cannon (30 April 2008 - present) 2 children Tommy Mottola (5 June 1993 - 5 March 1998) (divorced) Trade Mark -Beauty mark just below her mouth -Labels her albums, videos, photographs, and clothing with butterflies -Spectacular range spanning 5 octaves -Husky speaking voice contrasting her light, airy singing vocals - Mariah Carey Bought Marilyn Monroe's white lacquered baby grand piano at auction in October, 1999 for $600,000 plus commission. --She got her name from the song "They Call The Wind Maria" (spelled 'Maria' without the H, but pronounced 'Mariah'). The popular Lerner & Loewe musical Paint Your Wagon (1969), starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, which was enjoying a great deal of success after its release in 1969, and the song containing Mariah's name, was a favorite of mother Patricia. -Worked a variety of odd jobs to support herself, including hat/coat-checker, hostess, hair sweeper in hair salons, and waitress. She stated that she got fired from all her jobs because of her attitude and was concentrating of becoming a backing singer and mixing demos. -Attended Oldfield Middle School and Harborfield High School. -Made her singing debut, age 20. [1990] -Had the nickname "Mirage" in high school, because she never showed up for class. -Founder of Camp Mariah, a serene escape located in Fishkill, New York for inner-city youth to embrace the arts, introduce career opportunities, and build self-esteem. -Single "One Sweet Day" holds the record for the single staying most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (a record 16 weeks). -With 18 #1 hits, she is in 2nd place among all artists with the most No. 1s in music history, with The Beatles remaining in first place with 20. She surpassed Elvis Presley's 17 #1 hits with "Touch My Body" as her 18th #1. -Owns a three-floor apartment in New York City. -Voted in at #36 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. -Is the most successful female singer-songwriter of all time, with 17 #1 hits and more than 160 million records sold worldwide. -Used to be a backup singer for Brenda Starr. -Has worked with an extensive amount of musicians, including: Brian McKnight, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Cam'ron, Carole King, Céline Dion, Michael Jackson, 98 Degrees, Joe, Da Brat, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain and many, many more. -Her siblings are Alison and Morgan, and are significantly older by eight years. -Mariah writes and co-writes as well as produces and co-produces her own songs, including all of her number one hits (with the exception of her cover of "I'll Be There"). -Her wedding to Tommy Mottola was modeled after the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Her excuse for using the royal wedding as basis for her own was that she never really had much interest in weddings as a girl, and she wanted to know what such a gala affair should be like. Even the tiara she wore, a family heirloom, was redesigned to look like Princess Diana's. Her wedding dress was an ivory-silk duchess satin gown designed by Vera Wang, with a 8.25 m (27') train and matching satin pumps. The whole affair cost almost $US0.5M, not including the 1893 sixpence Mariah put in one of her shoes for luck -"The Emancipation Of Mimi", named the biggest-selling album of 2005, generated an all-time career-high 8 Grammy nominations for Mariah. The album includes her 16th and 17th #1 career singles, "We Belong Together" and "Don't Forget About Us," respectively - which tied one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, 'Elvis Presley''s 17 #1's. She passed Presley with her 18th #1 single "Touch My Body". Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to match or surpass The Beatles' all-time high 20 #1 hits. -For the first time in history, a non current song, "All I want for Christmas is you" (1994) reached the #1 spot in the Digital Songs and Tracks the week of December 22th 2005. -Studied over 500 hours of beauty school and hair salon prior to becoming a singer. -Composes all of her own material, except for song covers. -Is the only act to have had a number one single in the US every year of the 1990's. -Named "America's Most Misunderstood Black Woman," by Essence magazine. - she Wanted to be a genie when she was a kid. -Confirmed after much speculation that she is four months pregnant with twins, by husband Nick Cannon (28 October 2010). -Revealed that she had fallen pregnant by her husband Nick Cannon in the autumn of 2008, but suffered a miscarriage shortly before arriving in Aspen, Colorado to spend Christmas with her family. Her publicist is Cindi Berger. RECENT NEWS Gave birth to her twins Monroe Cannon and Moroccan Scott Cannon, with husband Nick Cannon, 5 weeks prematurely via Caesarean section in an undisclosed Los Angeles hospital. Monroe weighed in at 5lbs 3oz and Moroccan weighed in at 5lbs 6oz (30 April 2011). Was 1 month pregnant with her twins Monroe and Moroccan when she completed performing on "The Angels Advocate Tour". Was originally cast as Tangie Adrose/Orange in For Colored Girls (2010), but after dropping out due to medical reasons she was replaced by Thandie Newton. -Her legs are insured for $1 billion. According to several interviews with Mariah Carey, her birth certificate, and her twins' birth certificates, Mariah has no middle name. Mariah said in a CNN interview (04/30/2005), her mother did not give her a middle name because she felt the full name "Mariah Carey" can be her "stage name". Mariah's daughter, Monroe Cannon, also does not have a middle name because Mariah herself does not have one. January 2006she had released her latest record "The Emancipation Of Mimi: Ultra Platinum Edition". The record is a celebration of the record "The Emancipation Of Mimi"'s success and Four bonus tracks have been included into this special record. (2009 she Debut of her perfume, "Luscious Pink". along with several other since. January 2010 she Launched her own line of champagne called Angel Champagne.
