Mariah Carey life

Ten years, fourteen number one hits, one-hundred and twenty million records with one woman's face on them all. That face belongs to Mariah Carey, the best selling and recording artist of the nineties. This is only one of Mariah Carey’s claim to fame! Mariah Carey sky scraped onto the musical charts right out of high school with a number one single Vision Of Love from her debut which then was followed by three other number one hits from her first release. Mariah Carey has done more in ten years than most singers will come close to doing in a lifetime.

Carey was born to ahalf-Venezuelan, half-black father and an Irish mother. As you might imagine, the family faced a fair amount of prejudice due to its mixed heritage. Mother Patricia, an opera singer and vocal coach, was disowned by her family when she married Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer. Over the years, the couple had various atrocities waged against them by bigots, including having their cars blown up and their dogs poisoned. The marriage crumbled under the strain of such malicious events, and the couple divorced when Mariah was three years old. Mariah's older sister moved in with their father, and her older brother was soon off to college, leaving just Mariah at home with a mother who struggled to make ends meet.

Mariah's full name is Mariah Carey, she has no middle name. Her first name was taken from the musical, Paint Your Wagon.

Mariah wanted to be a singer from a very young age, and only days after graduating from Harborfields High School she left home for New York City. After a time working odd jobs and singing back-up for Brenda K. Starr, she met Tommy Mottola, then president of CBS Records, and her future husband at an industry party. Days later, in 1988, she was signed, and her first album was released in 1990.

Mariah has been taking acting lessons for some time and will be appearing in The Bachelor with Chris O'Donnell next year. She also has committed to a movie called 00-Soul with Chris Tucker and will produce and star in All That Glitters for Disney.

Mariah has not dated Puff Daddy, Donald Trump or Leonardo DiCaprio. In fact, the only person she has seen regularly since her divorce was Derek Jeter, from whom she has since split.

Mariah mentioned that she has a skin disorder called dermografia in Self Magazine, but later said that it was blown out of proportion. She later clarified on Access Hollywood that the condition is similar to hives.Mariah Carey Personal videos and photos - Click here!