Mariah Carey: Biography

She's the feature in my blogsite today because of my friend's request... but then, we can’t deny that Mariah Carey has one of the best vocal ranges in the music industry. As the saying goes "all that glitters is gold," and Mariah's been producing gold since her first release. She was one of the world's top recording artists throughout the 1990s, setting records for most No. 1 singles by a female artist…she has 15… and most consecutive weeks at No. 1 with "One Sweet Day," her collaboration with Boyz II Men *the single still holds that record*. Her chart accomplishments resulted in Billboard magazine
naming her "Artist of the Decade" for the '90s.

After suffering from physical and mental exhaustion in 2001, Mariah took a break from performing. However, in 2005, she came back in full force with The Emancipation of Mimi, which sold more copies in the first week following its release than any other one of her albums, and just keeps climbing the charts.

Her solid vocal ability is obviously legendary that will always be remembered for ages to come.

Let’s get to know her deeper…

Mariah Angela Carey was born on March 27, 1970, in Long Island, New York, to parents Patricia and Alfred. Unfortunately, her parents divorced when she was only three years old. As a result of her Irish/African-American/Venezuelan descent, Mariah encountered some racial violence while growing up.

As a multiracial family, the Carey household was met with racial slurs, hostility and even violence. Thus, the family moved around the New York area often to find more friendly neighborhoods. The strain on the family led to the divorce of Alfred and Patricia when Mariah was three; Mariah and Morgan stayed with their mother while Alison stayed with their father. Mariah had little contact with her father, except for sporadic visits on weekends but even those dwindled as the years went by; Patricia raised Mariah, often struggling with two or three jobs and continuing to move among different towns on Long Island, but tried to provide a spirited, loving household. Although, Patrica tried to be a good parent, it is generally believed that she failed in a sense as a parent, as Mariah has often mentioned that she grew up quick for her age being exposed to traumatic incidents as a child, and learning to deal with being alone as her mother and brother were never home. In a sense, Mariah has often mentioned that music helped raise her in a way when no one else was there. Nevertheless, Mariah and her mother still maintain a close relationship to this day.

Carey began singing when she was three; her mother believed early on that she had tremendous potential. In fact, one day, when Patricia had brought Mariah to her opera rehearsal, Patricia had missed a vocal cue, but the young Mariah astouned everyone by catching in and singing it perfectly in tune. Publicly, she first performed when she was six and first began writing songs when she was in grade school. She attended and graduated from Oldfield Middle School and Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, but was frequently absent due to efforts to break into the music business, netting her the nickname "Mirage". Ironically, Mariah was never in her school's choir. She eventually landed a role as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr. Then, in 1988, Carey met Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola while at a party, and gave him a demo tape. He played the tape while leaving the party and was very impressed by what he heard. He returned to the party to find Carey, but she had already left. Nevertheless he tracked her down and signed her to a recording contract. This Cinderella-like story became part of the standard publicity surrounding Carey's entrance into the industry.

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