Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.
She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
Mariah Carey Discusses Childhood Struggles, Reveals Things In Her New Book She’s Never Talked About Before
etcanada.comLooking from the outside in, Mariah Carey seemingly has it all. However, it hasn’t been an easy journey. Carey speaks out about some of the extreme challenges she’s faced, in both her personal life and in the music industry, in a new interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley. “I always knew that I would do this, and it was just a matter of when it was going to happen,” the singer tells Pauley. “Because I came from, you know, a broken and dysfunctional family and without money or things that most people had.” Carey, the youngest member of an interracial family, was three when her parents divorced.
She lived with her mother, a trained opera singer, in a near-impoverished state. She tells Pauley she felt like an outsider, which
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