Tommy Mottola: 5 Things To Know About Mariah Carey’s First Husband Who She Wrote About In New Book

hollywoodlife.com:

Mariah Carey‘s die hard Lambs are familiar with the name Tommy Mottola. But her newer fans are about to get a lesson on her long-ago first marriage to the music mogul when the 50-year-old’s songbird’s memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey is released on September 29.

Tommy was 20 years her senior and literally her boss as head of Sony Music when they tied the knot in June 1993. He was one of the most powerful men in music, and helped launch Mariah’s career into the stratosphere with her 1990 debut album.

Tommy and Mariah’s coupling was controversial yet iconic. He helped make her a superstar, and it sure helped that she was literally married to the head of her record company.