Mariah Carey

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Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York) is an American popular music singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, diva, actress, and philanthropist who rose to prominence in the 1990s. Carey's music has been influenced by rhythm and blues, pop, gospel, hip hop, dance, and rock and roll. She is credited as having a five-octave vocal range, possibly the greatest range of any popular singer since Minnie Riperton in the 1970s Template:Ref. She makes lavish use of melisma; her vocal swoops and trills are easily recognizable features of her sound. Template:Ref

Surveys have placed Carey as one of the best-selling female recording artists ever worldwide Template:Ref. She was the top-selling recording artist of any kind during the 1990s Template:Ref and her singles have spent more weeks at #1 than any other living artist in Billboard history Template:Ref. Carey's vocal style influenced a generation of singers who came after her, including Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé Knowles as well as many American Idol competitors. Template:Ref

Contents

1 Early life and family, 1970–1990 2 Early commercial success, 1990–1992 3 Worldwide success, 1993–1996 4 Independence and new image established, 1997–2000 5 Personal and career struggles, 2001–2003 6 Return of the Voice, 2004–present 7 Voice 7.1 Vocal Profile 8 Career records and achievements 8.1 Sales 8.2 Charts 8.3 Awards 8.4 Miscellaneous 9 Trivia 10 Awards 11 Discography 12 Filmography 13 See also 14 References 15 External links

Early life and family, 1970–1990

Carey is the third and youngest child of Patricia Hickey, an opera singer and voice coach of Irish-American ethnicity, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of Venezuelan-African descent. She was named after the song "(And They Call the Wind) Mariah", from the musical Paint Your Wagon. She has no middle name. Carey has a sister named Alison and a brother named Morgan, both of whom are about ten years older than she. Template:Ref

As a multiracial family, the Carey household was met with racial slurs, hostility and even violence. (She claimed in the early days, crosses were burned on their lawn, their dogs were poisoned, their car was blown up, and a shot was fired through the kitchen window during mealtime). Thus, the family moved around the New York area often to find more friendly neighborhoods Template:Ref. 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. Template:Ref

Carey began singing when she was three; her mother realized early on that she had tremendous potential. Carey first performed in public when she was six and first began writing songs when she was in grade school. She attended and graduated from Harborfields High School in Greenlawn but was frequently absent due to efforts to break into the music business Template:Ref. She eventually landed a role as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr Template:Ref. 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 Template:Ref. This Cinderella-like story became part of the standard publicity surrounding Carey's entrance into the industry.

Early commercial success, 1990–1992

Mariah Carey's career began with the release of her eponymous debut album in 1990, when she was just twenty years old. She became a commercial success almost overnight, and the album produced four huge #1 hit singles: "Vision Of Love", "Love Takes Time", "Someday", and "I Don't Wanna Cry". Template:Ref

Beginning with this first album, Carey has been a co-writer on almost every song she has recorded throughout her career, working with songwriting partners such as Ben Marguiles, Walter Afanasieff, and many others Template:Ref. "Vision of Love" established the template for many of her other songs: a hint of swing; a melody and arrangement designed for her voice, such that her ornamented vocals seem part of the fabric of a song rather than an add-on; lyrics organized around themes of dreams, struggle, and self-help. Template:Ref

Carey's second album, Emotions, was released in the fall of 1991 and its first single, the title track, was also an American #1 hit Template:Ref. This song gave Carey the distinction of being the only music act ever to have had their first five singles all hit the top of the Hot 100 chart in the United States Template:Ref. Emotions generated two other Top 5 singles, "Can't Let Go" which peaked at #2, breaking her run of five #1 singles, and "Make It Happen". Template:Ref

Beginning with Emotions, Carey has co-produced almost all of the songs on her albums, in collaboration with her songwriting and other partners. (She fought to co-produce on her first album as well, but was only allowed to produce one song.) Template:Ref

In 1992, Carey gave her first real concert performance on the MTV Unplugged program Template:Ref. Her whistle register workout on "Emotions" showed that her vocal abilities were not confined to the studio Template:Ref. She premiered a cover of the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There", featuring Trey Lorenz, which was subsequently released as a single and gave her a sixth #1 hit, returning her to form Template:Ref. The program was popular enough that the songs were compiled onto the commercially successful album MTV Unplugged Template:Ref. Her live performance of the song Emotions on the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards was one for the record books when she hit the ear-piercing note of G#7, reportedly the highest note a vocalist has been able to produce. Template:Ref

Worldwide success, 1993–1996

Carey and Tommy Mottola had become romantically involved, and in June 1993 they staged a lavish wedding in Manhattan. Template:Ref

Carey's next studio album, Music Box, was released in 1993, and was largely comprised of ballads Template:Ref. Platinum chart-toppers “Dreamlover” and “Hero” Template:Ref became two of Carey’s signature songs Template:Ref. The latter was performed by Carey at the televised America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Template:Ref

Following was the cover of the Harry Nilsson song, "Without You", which became her biggest international hit Template:Ref and her only solo #1 in the UK Template:Ref. The gospel-tinged ballad "Anytime You Need A Friend" was the final single and became Carey's first single to miss the top 5 in the US, peaking at #12. Template:Ref

Carey's Music Box hits, together with her duet with Luther Vandross of Diana Ross' "Endless Love", made her one of the most-played musicians on the radio in 1993 and 1994 Template:Ref. During the Christmas season of 1994, Carey released the album Merry Christmas. In addition to the expected covers of classics, it contained a very successful original holiday song, "All I Want For Christmas Is You", which was a Top 10 hit in many international markets. Template:Ref

In 1995, Carey released Daydream; this album and Music Box would eventually become Carey's two best-selling albums Template:Ref. Daydream's lead single, "Fantasy", got heavy play on urban radio Template:Ref, thanks to a remix which marked the start of a new trend for Carey's singles: she realized that she had a higher potential for massive crossover hits if she employed the use of various genre-specific remixes for each single Template:Ref. "Fantasy" became the second single (and first by a female) in American chart history to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 Template:Ref. It was followed by "One Sweet Day", a duet with Boyz II Men, which spent a still-record 16 consecutive weeks at #1 in the United States Template:Ref, beating the original record of 14 Template:Ref and becoming her second consecutive #1 debut Template:Ref and double platinum single. Template:Ref

"Always Be My Baby" next made it to #1 Template:Ref, receiving widespread airplay from a variety of different radio stations Template:Ref. Its urban remix got heavy airplay on urban, rap and R&B radio stations Template:Ref. "Forever", "Underneath The Stars", and "Open Arms", the other singles from the album, did not make #1 but were still hits in the United States and worldwide Template:Ref. Between October 1, 1995 and October 1, 1996 Mariah Carey was perched at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for one half of the year (26 weeks out of 52) with the singles from Daydream Template:Ref. Daydream also gave her the biggest sales week ever of her career, with 750,000 copies of the album sold in one week of December of 1995 (two months after it debuted) Template:Ref, a record sales week for a female artist up to that point Template:Ref.

While Carey's music was hugely popular, it also had its detractors as well. Some thought that her compositions were too homogeneously commercial Template:Ref; others thought that her lyrics were too full of repetitive, simplistic imagery (a line of criticism that would be further debated with her next few albums) Template:Ref; still others thought her voice was beginning to wear down (also an observation that would intensify in the coming decade). Template:Ref

Independence and new image established, 1997–2000

Carey and Mottola separated in 1997; their divorce became final the following year.

Carey's 1997 album, Butterfly, was her second consecutive #1 debut and saw her continuing to move in an R&B/hip-hop direction. Its butterfly motif related to Carey's feelings about escaping what she saw as the controlled, cocoon-like environment of her marriage. The first single, "Honey", became her third #1 debut in the United States and featured a popular remix; its video displayed a much more sexual and sultry Carey than before. The autobiographical "title track" was widely praised and “My All” became her thirteenth #1 single, an unprecedented feat for a female artist, breaking Diana Ross and the Supremes record of twelve #1 songs back in the 1960s. Two other singles were released from the album – “The Roof” and “Breakdown” – neither made much of an impact.

In 1998, Carey released the album #1s, a collection of all her American #1 singles up to that point. It included four new songs, the most successful internationally being "When You Believe", a duet with alleged rival Whitney Houston on the soundtrack to the film The Prince of Egypt and the most successful at home being "I Still Believe" a cover of the 1980s song by Brenda K. Starr.

Also in that year, Carey appeared on the first televised VH1 Divas program, a joint benefit concert appearance with Aretha Franklin, Céline Dion, Gloria Estefan.Carole King and Shania Twain. Carey's statuesque appearance, commanding vocal and stage presence, career twists and turns, and alleged prima donna behavior had already led many to consider her to be a diva.

In 1999, Carey released Rainbow, which like Butterfly, comprised of pop and more hip-hop oriented songs. Lead single "Heartbreaker" became yet another hit for her and platinum sales made it Carey’s fourteenth #1 single on the Hot 100. Airplay stats were solid, having been achieved through garnering relatively small amounts of airplay from a combination of different formats. The song was accompanied by a popular music video which cost over $2.5 million.

The second single from Rainbow, "Thank God I Found You", became Carey's fifteenth #1 single on the Hot 100. The song was a duet with Joe and featured 98 Degrees singing background vocals on the chorus. Like "Heartbreaker", its airplay was not impressive; however solid sales assured it to be a hit. Her duet with Westlife, “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”, topped the charts in the UK.

After having 26 consecutive songs in the Top 20 since her debut 10 years earlier, two singles from Rainbow were released as a double A-side "Crybaby" and "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)”; neither song really took off with an audience. Even with a commercial single release, "Crybaby" only managed to peak at #28, Carey's lowest-performing single up to that point. Carey blamed this on lack of support from Sony Music Entertainment (corporate parent of Columbia Records) and has suggested that Sony did not allow other potential singles on the album to flourish, particularly "How Much", her duet with Usher.

As the millennium drew to a close, despite some warning signs Carey still appeared to be on a high, having just celebrated her 15th #1 single. She was the recipient of several awards in recognition for her decade-spanning career, including Billboard's Artist of the Decade Award and the World Music Award for the Best-Selling Female Artist of the Millennium.

Personal and career struggles, 2001–2003

Carey had ended a very successful decade in music, however, things took a sudden downward turn for her. Her one victory was in finally ending her contract with Sony after which she signed a huge contract with EMI's Virgin Records. Both parties appeared to be enthusiastic about the deal and Carey received a hefty signing bonus. Just a few months later, in August, 2001 it was widely reported that Carey had suffered physical and mental exhaustion. She had left voicemail messages to her fans complaining of being overworked; her many years of concurrent singing, writing, producing, and now acting seemed to have finally taken their toll. Many speculated that the messages on her website were suicidal. (Mariah has subsequently denied this.)

Carey also made a notorious appearance on TRL, where she was scantily clad and acting strangely. After that, she checked into a mental health facility and announced that she was taking a break from performing.

Her acting debut, in the semi-autobiographical film Glitter, was scheduled for later that month; the film was finally released on September 21, but panned by most movie critics and became a box office failure. When EMI's Virgin Records released her tenth album, Glitter. Carey was unable to do much promotion due to her ill health and the album, having been released on a dark day in American history, September 11, 2001, peaked at #7 (Carey's weakest showing ever). Lead single "Loverboy" reached #2 on the Hot 100 thanks to Virgin's massive campaign to sell the single for only 99 cents across the United States, however, airplay was almost nonexistent.

Shortly after the disastrous release of Glitter, Sony released a semi-authorized second compilation album, the 2-CD Greatest Hits, just before Christmas. Although the album initially failed to make an impact on the charts, it would eventually hold strong, steady sales as Carey's definitive singles collection. In January of 2002, EMI decided to part ways with Carey and they bought out her contract for $28 million, giving her another round of bad publicity. Despite this, there were several record companies vying for her signature in the months that followed and she eventually signed with Island Records' Def Jam in 2002.

Meanwhile, Carey's three-year relationship with singer Luis Miguel was coming to an end. Before that, she had briefly dated baseball star Derek Jeter. Carey has stated in interviews that despite her more overtly sexual image, she is very reticent to enter an intimate relationship. In part, this may be in reaction to her sister, Alison, who is undoubtedly the black sheep of the Carey family. Alison was a drug addict for years, had been diagnosed with HIV and promised to write a tell-all book about how she worked as a prostitute to support Mariah in the early years of her career. Carey's family denied this, and in fact it was Mariah who took care of Alison's children when Alison lost custody of them. To further add to Mariah's emotional burdens, her father Alfred Roy Carey died of cancer in 2002.

Carey had a prominent acting role in the independent film Wisegirls (2002); this time, she received much better reviews from critics. Mariah then released a new album and her first concept album, Charmbracelet, in December 2002 as part of a new deal with Island Records; it debuted at #3. She expressed an interest in writing music that is more profoundly meaningful to her and her fans. The album included the singles "Through The Rain", "Boy (I Need You)" featuring rapper Cam'ron and a cover of Def Leppard's 1980s hit "Bringin' On The Heartbreak".

Carey's devoted fan base—who sometimes go by the name "lambs"—continued to buy her singles in the thousands, but none of the singles took off with pop radio, whose playlists had become less open to maturing pop "diva" stylists such as Carey, Whitney, and Céline. [1] (http://www.usatoday.com/life/dcovfri.htm) After a decade of one Carey hit after another, many observers came to the conclusion that Carey had lost her "radio magic."

Subsequently, Carey's duet with Busta Rhymes, "I Know What You Want" (2003), fared considerably better, reaching #3 in Billboard's pop singles chart; it is featured on her 13th album, The Remixes, a double CD. That year, Carey was awarded "Diamond Award" by the World Music Awards show in honour of over 150 million album sales worldwide. [2] (http://www.worldmusicawards.com/diamondaward.html) During 2003, Carey staged the "Charmbracelet World Tour". Reviews were generally favourable, although the press often focused on Carey's large travelling entourage, many pieces of luggage, hotel and dressing room demands, and other diva-like behaviours. [3] (http://www.abstracts.net/mariah-carey/2003-10.html)

Return of the Voice, 2004–present

Carey spent the majority of 2004 making her second concept album, The Emancipation of Mimi. In the fall, she was featured on Jadakiss's hit single "U Make Me Wanna", which managed to hit the Top 10 on Billboard's R&B chart. In November, the new song "Say Something", which featured rappers Snoop Dogg and Pharrell, leaked onto the Internet but was met with a lukewarm response. Another Neptunes production, "To the Floor" (formerly titled "Tonight"), which featured rapper Nelly, also leaked onto the Internet. On New Year's Eve, Carey premiered a Jermaine Dupri production at the grand opening of the Pure Club in Las Vegas. The song "It's Like That" received a positive response and within weeks, it zoomed into the Top 20, peaking at #16. Media sources hailed the song as a triumphant return for Carey. Billboard wrote, "After years of underwhelming singles, Mariah Carey finally returns with a hot track..." and put it on their list of the week's essentials. The decade-old "All I Want for Christmas Is You" also gave Carey a significant radio presence toward the end of the year among the many radio stations playing all-holiday music formats; a cover of it had been featured in the British film Love Actually, released the previous year.

As of April 2005, Mariah Carey had earned an estimated fortune of $427 million from her record sales, world tours, and recording advances.

The Emancipation of Mimi was heralded as "The Return of the Voice"—leading many to proclaim it to be her comeback album after the relatively underwhelming critical and commercial receptions to Glitter and Charmbracelet. It was released on April 12, 2005, and is the story of self-discovery and remaking one's image. It received generally positive reviews, with some critics calling it Carey's best album in years. Mimi debuted at #1, with 403,775 copies sold in its first week (the highest first week tally of Carey's career) and has gone on to achieve double-platinum status. Mimi has spent nine weeks in the top 5 so far, incuding two nonconsecutive weeks at #1. The second single from the album, "We Belong Together", features an interesting blend of quiet storm ambience and hip hop-style singing leading to a traditional Carey climax; it has been very successful and has become Mariah's 16th #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, her first since 2000's "Thank God I Found You". According to USA Today's airplay chart, "We Belong Together" was the first song in the three-year history of the chart to have an audience of 200 million people in a single week.

Voice

Mariah Carey is well known for her multi-octave voice. She has a very powerful control of her whistle register and it is this rare talent that has enabled her vocal range to virtually double that of the average singer.It was rumored that she was included in the Guinness Book of Records for having hit the highest note in music history however, those rumours have not been substantiated. Carey has been classified as a 'Full Dramatic Coloratura'. This means that her voice is rangy enough to access more than one registers with equal power and ease; she can sing contralto very comfortably, as well as mezzo-soprano and soprano, and she can execute vocal acrobatics and melismas ( she has even been accused of oversinging). Carey's voice is rated as one of the greatest ever among pop singers [4] (http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_vocalists-fe-pop.html). In 2003 she was voted as having The greatest voice in Music on MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music" countdown ahead of such rivals as Pop Divas Whitney Houston; #3 and Céline Dion; #9.

Vocal Profile

• Vocal timbre: Full Dramatic Coloratura Soprano
• Highest notes: G#7 (Live performance of "Emotions" at the 1991 MTV VMA's), F7 (In the song "All In Your Mind")
• Lowest notes: A2, B2 (In the song "My All")
• Vocal range: 5 octaves (A2-G#7)
• Longest note: 20 seconds (In the song "Lead The Way".)

Click on the following link to get further information on Carey's vocal capabalities and to hear her singing high notes:

• source (http://www.freehostz.com/notes_and_octaves/mariahcarey.html)

Career records and achievements

The singles marks here are based on Billboard Hot 100 chart. U.S. record sales figures are certified by RIAA and may be considered reliable. However, no process exists to certify worldwide record sales.

Sales

• Mariah Carey has sold 62 mil. albums in US and 184 mil. albums worldwide. She also sold 20 mil. singles in US and 47 mil. singles worldwide; (according to Mariah Carey Discography). This makes her one of the biggest-selling female artists of all time.

• Mariah Carey is the third album biggest-selling female artist in the United States (behind Barbra Streisand, 67 million albums) and Madonna, (63 million albums). She is the fastest selling, and has sold the most copies over the fewest albums in the least amount of time.

• Mariah Carey is the fastest selling artist of all time selling an average of 12.3 million albums a year since her 1990 debut.

• Mariah is the only artist to have 2 consecutive singles sell over 2 million in the US, "Fantasy", and "One Sweet Day".

• Mariah has the most platinum singles in the US by a female artist (10 platinum singles).

• Mariah is the only female artist to have 9 consecutive albums RIAA- certified for at least 3 million copies sold.

• In the US, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Britney Spears, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks are the only female artists with multiple Diamond (shipped over 10 million copies) albums.

• With only 15 years in the music industry Mariah has the following RIAA achievements: albums - 76 certifications, singles - 34 certications (as of April 2005); total: 110 certifications.

• RIAA Certifications: albums - 14 gold, 14 platinum, 10 multi-platinum, 2 Diamond Awards; singles - 24 gold, 10 platinum, 2 multi-platinum.

Charts

• Mariah is the artist with the record for most consecutive years with a #1 single on "Billboard Hot 100" ; she is the only artist to have a single reach #1 on "Billboard Hot 100" for every year of the 1990s.

• Mariah is the only artist to have every debut single from each album top the charts in the 90s. (Her run was broken in 2001 when Loverboy, lead single from Glitter, peaked at #2).

• When the single "One Sweet Day" spent 16 weeks on the Billboard charts in the #1 position, it became the longest running consecutive #1 single in history, taking the title held by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which managed 14 weeks.

• Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" officialy became the biggest song ever in the history of American radio when it reahced 192.3 million listeners and over 23,000 spins in the week ending June 7, 2005. The following week, the single broke its own record and peaked at 195.8 million listeners.

• Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" has recorded the best-ever one day listener figure after it registered with 31.2 million listeners on American radio in a single day.

• Mariah is the female artist with the most cumulative weeks having a #1 single on "Billboard Hot 100" in history (65 weeks). She is second overall to Elvis Presley (80 weeks).

• Mariah Carey has seen 16 singles reach #1 on the US chart; the most for any female artist in history and third overall (behind The Beatles (20) and Elvis Presley) (18). She also has three #2 singles.

• When "Fantasy","One Sweet Day" and "Honey" debuted at #1 on the singles chart, Mariah became the artist with the most singles to debut at Number 1 in chart history. No other artist has achieved more than one #1 debut.

• Of the 12 songs ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 3 of them were sung by Mariah Carey.

• Mariah is also the only artist to have two consecutive #1 debuts on the US singles chart ("Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day").

• Mariah is the first female artist to have a single debut at #1 with "Fantasy".

• Mariah has the record for the best debut on the Billboard hot 100 chart. Her first five singles went to #1 ("Vision Of Love","Love Takes Time","Someday","I Don't Wanna Cry" and "Emotions"). She later achieved another five consecutive #1 singles ("Fantasy","One Sweet Day","Always Be My Baby", "Honey", and "My All"). She is the only female artist to accomplish this feat.

• Mariah Carey has 5 #1 albums on The Billboard 200 (3 debuts at #1) tied with Madonna (5 #1s), Janet Jackson (5 #1s), and behind Barbra Streisand (8 #1 albums).

• "One Sweet Day" is rated as the #1 song of the 90s By Billboard Magazine (link (http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/top100_1990s.htm))

Awards

• In 1999, Mariah was awarded the Billboard award for "Artist of the Decade", crowning her as the biggest-selling artist of the 1990s.

• Mariah received the "Legend World Music Award" in 1998 for her multimillion record sales.

• Mariah is one of 3 artists (and the only female) to receive the American Music award for Special Achievement (the other two awardees are Michael Jackson and Prince).

• Mariah is the first female to ever win the Diamond Award from The World Music Awards show.

• The World Music Awards show also awarded Mariah the "Female Artist of the Millennium" award, declaring her as the world's biggest selling female artist of the millennium.

• Mariah Carey has the most awards from "World Music Awards" show for a any female (12 awards).

Miscellaneous

• The music video for Heartbreaker cost over $3 million making it the most expensive female video in history (it is third overall to "Thriller" and "Scream", both by Michael Jackson).

Trivia

• Mariah is philanthropist who has donated millions of dollars to organizations such as The Make-A-Wish Foundation, the National Adoption Center, and the Fresh Air Fund among many others.

• Mariah is the founder of Camp Mariah, a serene escape located in Fishkill, New York for inner-city youth to embrace the arts, be introduced to career opportunities, and build self-esteem.

• Mariah's self-titled debut album debuted on the Billboard 200 Album chart in June 1990 at #80. It reached #1 in March 1991 where it stayed for 11 weeks.

• Mariah has recorded three of her songs in Spanish: "Hero" ("Heroe"), "Open Arms" ("El Amor Que Sone"), and "My All" ("Mi Todo").

• Mariah's first public singing appearance was in 1976, when she was only 6 years old.

• At the start of her career, Mariah suffered from stage fright.

• Mariah is tall: 5 foot, 9 inches by most reports.

• Mariah's performance trademark is making fluttering motions with her left hand while she sings. Voice teachers have commented that this actually helps one's singing technique.

• At the 1996 Grammy Awards, Mariah was nominated for 6 awards. She did not win any awards that year and that marked the last time she made an appearance at the show. She has been nominated over 20 times but has only won twice in 1991.

• Mariah's religion is Episcopalian.

• Mariah directed her first video, "Fantasy", in 1995.

• Mariah advertised lipstick in Japan.

• Mariah used to believe that the right side of her face looked better because of a mole on her left side. She has outgrown that now.

• Mariah's favorite singers are Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder.

• Mariah has stated that she dislikes her #1 single "I Don't Wanna Cry" and tries to sing it as rarely as possible. She feels that the song "doesn't have a message" or anything to say.

• Mariah bought Marilyn Monroe's white lacquered baby grand piano at auction in October 1999 for $600,000 plus commission.

• Mariah attended Oldfield Middle School and Harborfields High School where she was given the nickname "Mirage" because she rarely showed up for class.

• Mariah was named one of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.

• Mariah owns a three-floor apartment in Manhattan, New York City that was featured on MTV Cribs.

• Mariah will be launching a clothing and accessories lines and plans to pen a series of children's books soon.

Awards

For a list of awards see: List of Mariah Carey Awards

Discography

For a detailed discography see: Mariah Carey discography

More Discography (http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-c/mariahcarey_main.htm)

Filmography

• The Bachelor (1999) as Ilana, an opera singer and one of the ex-girlfriends of Jimmie (Chris O'Donnell), who is proposed to by him as he tries to find a woman to marry so he can inherit his father's fortune.
• Glitter (2001) as Billie Frank, a struggling singer and songwriter who breaks into the music industry after she meets DJ Julian Dice (Max Beesley).
• Wisegirls (2002) as Raychel, a tough-talking waitress at an Italian restaurant run by mobsters.
• Death of a Dynasty (2003) as Herself.
• State Property 2 (2005) as Professionally Dressed Woman.
• The Sweet Science (2006, in development) as an unknown but talented boxer who is recruited by a determined female boxing manager.

See also

• Biggest-selling female musician
• Best selling music artists - World's top-selling music artists chart.

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External links

• MariahCarey.com (http://www.mariahcarey.com/) - Official site
• Dmoz.Org (http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/C/Carey,_Mariah/) - Various Mariah Carey's sites.
• CelebrityPro.Com (http://www.celebritypro.com/news/mariah_carey) - Mariah Carey's news.
• Mariah Daily (http://www.mariahdaily.com/) - Mariah Carey fan-website.
• Lyrics by album (http://mariahcareyweb.yaia.com/lyrics.html)de:Mariah Carey

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