Mariah Carey aka Mariah biography

Real biography: Introduction

Having 18 #1 singles, one more than Elvis Presley, Mariah Carey was the only artist to have a number 1 single in every year of the 1990s. World wide she has sold more than 180 million albums, making her the best selling female artist in history. Billboard Magazine named her Artist of The Decade while The World Music Awards named her Artist of The Millenium.

Life Story

Born in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Her mother was an opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, her father was an aeronautical engineer of African American and Venezuelan descent.Her parents divorced when she was just 3 years old and she had very little contact with her father from that point on. She moved to New York City and enrolled in beauty school until she eventually landed work as a back up singer for Brenda K. Starr. She made a demo tape that found its way to record exec Tommy Mottola who was head of Sony at the time and the rest is history.

Career

Her first self titled album was released in 1990. It went to number 1, earned her two Grammy awards and is the highest selling female R&B debut ever. Her second album, Emotions was less successfull, peaking at #4 on the charts, but her third album, Music Box, was a huge hit. She would release two more albums, DayDream and Butterfly that went to #1 before her sales began to slow. By 2001, she released the album Glitter to coincide with the movie of the same name. Although the album was considerably more successful than the film, the film was a disaster and album sales suffered, not only because of the film but also due to its release date of September 11, 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks. 2005 marked the release of her #1 comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi and her return to prominence. Going platinum multiple times in numerous countries, The Emancipation of Mimi became the best selling album of 2005.

Acting and other Issues

Her foray into acting has not been well received. Critics had panned most of the work she had done and the public seemed to agree, as most of her acting projects had not done well financially or otherwise. The failure of her film Glitter may have played a part in her highly publicized emotional breakdown. Things started to change when Mariah, along with Mira Sorvino presented Wisegirls at the Sundance Festival and received a standing ovation. Mariah has also stared in The Bachelor alongside Chris O'Donell as one of his many ex-girlfriends. She is currently working on a new movie Tennesse where she plays a waitress that is struggling to make it big in country music. Not only does Mariah sing, act, produce and write songs but she also does endorsements. She wrote and sung many ringtones for Pepsi and Motorola and held a very popular Pepsi Smash concert that helped kick off her very successful The Adventures Of Mimi tour back in 2006. Being successful and highly talented is just a beginning to what Mariah is all about. She also did endorsements for Gillette razors and was honored Gillette - Legs of a Goddess.

Voice

Her famous voice spans an amazing five octave range, allowing her to hit everything from the lowest notes to glass shatering notes in the "whistle register", something only a handful of performers have ever been able to do. Some fans and musical historians claim she has the greatest vocal range of all time. Regardless, Mariah's range is considered nothing short of phenomenal and she has the chart domination to back it up.