Born in Huntington, Long Island on March 27,1990, Mariah Carey is an internationally celebrated singer, songwriter and actress. She is the youngest child of Patricia Hickey, a formerly trained opera singer, and Alfred Carey, an aeronautical engineer. Mariah Carey began her career while she was still in High School, working as a demo sing for a local recording studio. After school she moved to New York city where she became a back up singer for Brenda K. Starr. Than in 1988, Mariah Carey received her first big break. She met Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola at a party and he signed her to a recording contract after listening to her demo tape. Then in 1990, Mariah Cary released her debut album, Mariah Carey. Although it met a lukewarm reception upon release it eventually went on to spawn four hit singles and become certified in 1999 as platinum nine times over. Her sophomore album Emotions was released in September 1991. To date it has sold over 10 million units. 1993 was a seminal year for Mariah Carey as she released her third album Music Box and married her mentor Tommy Mottola. The album helped her achieve her first number one hit single in the U.K ., Without You and propelled her to Worldwide stardom. From 1993-1997 she released three more albums, Merry Christmas, Daydream and Butterfly. It was in 1997 that she split from her husband and was divorced the subsequent year. After the separation she hired a new publicist and manager and remade her her image. She than went on to release the album Butterfly which debuted at number one at sold over a quarter million copies it’s first week. Butterfly is the album that is often seen as her transitional record, one that solidified her position in the ranks of R&B music. She has since released five more albums and has won five Grammy Awards and over thirty-five nominations.
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