Date of birth (location)
27 March 1970
Huntington, New York, USA
Spouse
Tommy Mottola (5 June 1993 - 5 March 1998) (divorced)
Trivia
Bought Marilyn Monroe's white lacquered baby grand piano at auction in October,
1999 for $600,000 plus commission.
Her highest octave is two octaves higher than normal soprano.
Got her name from the song "They Call The Wind Maria". 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, although spelt without the 'H', was apparently a
favourite 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.
Dated Latin singer Luis Miguel.
Attended Oldfield Middle School and Harborfield High School.
Father is half Venezuelan and half African-American, mother is Irish-American.
In 1999 Mariah won the Horizon Award at the Congressional Foundation Awards for
her work with and for children.
The only female artist to have 15 #1 songs in the US Hot 100 chart. As of 2000,
her albums had sold more than 125 million copies worldwide.
Made her singing debut, age 20. [1990]
Had the nickname "Mirage" in high school, because she never showed up for class.
According to her spokesperson, Mariah suffered a physical and emotional
breakdown, and spent the next couple weeks recovering in a Connecticut mental
hospital. [25 July 2001]
Appeared on the benefit concert "A Tribute To Heroes" and sang the song "Hero"
in dedication to the families, friends, victims, and heroes of the World Trade
Center tragedy. [September 2001]
Signed a $100,000,000 million deal with Virgin Records for her next four albums.
[2001]
Mariah Carey's songs have spent more weeks at Number 1 in the Billboard charts
than any other artist in history. Sixty-one weeks total, the previous record was
fifty-nine weeks held by the Beatles. [2001]
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.
Virgin records buys out her $100 million contract for $28 million. The primary
reason being the failure of her Glitter (2001) album and film. [26 January 2002]
Single 'One Sweet Day' holds the record for the single staying most weeks at #1
on the Billboard Hot 100 (a record 16 weeks)
Has more number one singles than any artist in history, apart from Elvis
Presley, the Beatles and Michael Jackson.
Owns a three floor apartment in New York City
Signed a three-album deal with Island/Def Jam records for a reported $21-24
million. She has already started work on a new album, which has no release date
at this point. Meanwhile, Wisegirls (2002), her movie with Mira Sorvino, will
premiere on HBO in the fall of 2002. [May 2002]
Voted in at #36 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition.
Her seventh studio album, titled 'Charmbracelet', will be released on December
3, 2002, a week earlier than originally planned.
Is the most successful female singer of all time, with 15 #1 hits and more than
125 million records sold.
Her paternal Venezuelan grandfather's name was Francisco Nuñez. He changed his
last name Nuñez to Carey after moving to New York City; he hoped an American
name would help him make a good life in the US. He took the name Carey from his
biological father. Francisco's mother Margarita Nuñez was with a man named
Carey, but they were not married.
Used to be a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr (Brenda Starr).
The first single from the Glitter (2001) soundtrack, "Loverboy," was the #1 best
selling single for a movie soundtrack in the year 2001.
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 vocal range spans an incredible seven octaves.
She has twice recorded Phil Collins' song "Against All Odds", initially on her
album "Rainbow" and then a collaboration with Westlife hit number one in the UK
in 2000.
Her mother Patricia Hickey is a former mezzo-soprano New York City opera singer
and a freelance vocal coach. Patricia was also Mariah's vocal coach. Her father
Alfred Roy Carey was an aeronautical engineer.
The Guinness Book of World Records awarded her the record for highest note hit
by a human in their March 2003 edition for hitting the G7# note during a live
performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner". This note was previously considered
beyond human range. Incidentally, she also holds the record for largest vocal
range; she can hit a note as low as A2.
Her siblings are Alison and Morgan, and are significantly older by ten 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.
See tons of Hi-Res Divx
movies in the members archive.
Actress - filmography
The Sweet Science (2005) (in production)
State Property II (2005)
Wisegirls (2002) .... Raychel
Glitter (2001) .... Billie Frank
The Bachelor (1999) .... Ilana
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