Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey
Carey at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of Tennessee on April 26, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Mariah Carey
Born	March 27, 1970 (1970-03-27) (age 38) [1] Huntington, Long Island, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress
Voice type(s)	Alto[2]
Years active	1990–present
Label(s)	Columbia, Virgin, Island
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards.[6] She has the most number-one singles for a solo artist in the United States (eighteen; second artist overall behind The Beatles),[7] where, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is one of the best-selling female artists and sixteenth overall recording artist.[8] In addition to her commercial accomplishments, Carey has earned five Grammy Awards, and is well-known for her vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register. To date, Mariah Carey has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. She is the third and youngest child of Patricia (née Hickey), a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of Afro-Venezuelan descent.[10][11] Carey's parents divorced when she was three years old.[12] While living in Huntington, racist neighbors allegedly poisoned the family dog and set fire to her family's car.[13] After her parents' divorce, Carey had little contact with her father, and her mother worked several jobs to support the family. Carey spent much of her time at home alone and turned to music to occupy herself. She began singing at around the age of three, when her mother began to teach her after Carey imitated her mother practicing Verdi's opera Rigoletto in Italian. "HERO" Obama Inaugural Ball Live Performances from 1990 to 2008 VANISHING "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU" 'CHRISTMAS (BABY, PLEASE, COME HOME)