Age & Career Of Mariah Carey

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Age & Career Of Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" and the "Queen of Christmas".

Early Life

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York. She is of African American, Afro-Venezuelan and Irish descent. Her father's father adopted the last name "Carey" upon moving to New York, changing it from Nunez. Her mother was a one-time Opera singer and vocal coach. The parents separated when Mariah was three years old.

Always interested in the arts and music in particular, Mariah started writing poems and early songs while at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York. She graduated from high school in 1987. At Harborfields, Mariah befriended Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies, with whom she soon began composing full songs with lyrics and music. After graduating, while living in New York City, Mariah, Gavin and Ben continued working together to create a full-length demo.

The demo eventually made its way to pop singer Brenda K. Starr. Brenda continued to pass the demo around town while bringing Mariah to various industry galas. At one such gala, the demo tape was handed off to Tommy Mottola, the head of Columbia Records. He listened to the tape in the car on the way home. After hearing the first two songs he was convinced Mariah Carey would become a star.

Career

Mariah's self-titled debut album was released on June 12, 1990. Columbia reportedly spent $1 million promoting the record. Sales were slow at first but eventually the album would eventually be certified 9X platinum in the US alone, selling more than 15 million copies worldwide. The album reached number one on the Billboard charts and earned her a Grammy for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Mariah's next album, 1991's "Emotions" was also an enormous success but it was her third album, 1993's "Music Box" that took her career to stratospheric levels. Music Box spent 128 weeks on the Billboard chart and eventually sold an astonishing 28 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Her success was not short-lived at all. Her next album "Merry Christmas" was also a monster, selling more than 15 million copies worldwide. Her next three albums would sell 20 million, 10 million and 8 million copies worldwide, respectively.

Personal Life

In 1993 Mariah married Tommy Motalla. They divorced in 1998. She was married to actor Nick Cannon from 2008 to 2016. They have two children together, twin boys who were born in April 2011. She was briefly engaged to Australian billionaire James Packer in 2016 and dated singer Luis Migeul between 1998 and 2001.

Top Songs

• Mariah Carey - Hero

• Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

• Mariah Carey - Against All Odds ft. Westlife

• Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

• Mariah Carey - Obsessed

Net Worth

Mariah Carey has a net worth of $320 million as of this writing. She is the second best-selling female artist of all time and one of the 15 best-selling artists overall. She has earned hundreds of millions of dollars during her career from record contracts and royalties. She has earned tens of million additional earnings from various media appearances, Las Vegas residences and private performances.