Mariah Carey is a star representative of American show business, singer, songwriter, actress and music producer. In 1998, she was named the most commercially successful singer of the millennium. The total circulation of its sold discs is more than 200 million copies. The songs of Mariah Carey are known throughout the world and are very popular among people of different ages.
Origin
Mariah was born March 27, 1970 in the family of an engineer - a Venezuelan of African descent and an opera singer - American Irish. She inherited her unusual voice from her mother, who gave her the first vocal lessons. She started singing at 3 years old.
In 1973, the parents divorced, and the mother, left alone with three children, was forced to work hard. Mariah was deprived of proper parental attention, so she became a wayward child. Carey rarely attended school. She spent a lot of time in a local recording studio. This work gave her the opportunity to meet and collaborate with some famous musicians.
The beginning of the creative path
After graduating from school, she did not want to continue her studies and went to New York to become a singer. At first, she worked as a backing vocalist and a waitress in a diner.
The girl had such a great desire to become a star that she began to look for a person who could help her in this. Producer Tommy Motolla, with whom she began working in 1990, and a little later married him, helped record her first album Mariah Carey, which was incredibly successful. The next albums by Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991) and Musicbox (1993) - contributed to the rapid growth of the singer's popularity. In the nineties, she began to study acting, so that her clips attracted a huge number of viewers. In addition, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Mariah Carey actively starred in films.
In 2001, the singer released a new album and the soundtrack of Glitter, but he was subjected to sharp criticism. After that, she experiences a creative crisis, as a result of which she is hospitalized. This was preceded by physical and emotional exhaustion. Overwork and rupture of romantic relations with Luis Miguel affected.
But in 2005, the new Emancipation Of Mimi album brings her another success.
Collaboration with the "stars"
The beginning of Mariah Carey's career coincided with the time when Whitney Houston was considered the unsurpassed romantic singer of American show business. The media vied to tell the public about the enmity of these extraordinary performers of lyric songs. But the refutation of these rumors was the collaboration of Mariah and Whitney, who in 1998 released the soundtrack When you believe to the cartoon "Prince of Egypt", which became a hit. Subsequently, at various ceremonies, they repeatedly demonstrated their friendships.
In 2010, the singer recorded the next album Merry ChristmasII You, one of the compositions of which is her collaboration with Justin Bieber, the idol of teenagers. They shot a clip that became popular.
Personal life of the singer
The first marriage of Mariah Carey with producer Tommy Motolla lasted 4 years. They broke up at a time when the singer was already popular.
The next chosen one was Carey singer Nick Cannon, who was ten years younger than her. As a result of this marriage, the singer gave birth to twins in the spring of 2011: a son and a daughter. But when the kids were three years old, the couple divorced. Experiences about the breakup of the family affected Carey's health: she temporarily lost her voice.
The next hero of the singer's romantic relationship was billionaire James Parker. They have been together for over a year. It almost reached the wedding, but it never took place.
Carey's next choice is Brian Tanaka, a dancer from her group, who is 13 years younger than her. They advertise their relationship, periodically exhibiting joint photos.
Singer today
The singer's problem was her weight. With a height of 175 cm, she weighed 120 kg.
Carey solved this problem radically - in 2017, she had surgery, removing part of her stomach. After that, weight loss became rapid. The photos of Mariah Carey, taken after that, aroused great admiration among fans. She was even suspected of using Photoshop.
Today, the weight of the singer is 64 kg, she is quite happy with her appearance and makes creative plans.
Carey is a philanthropist. She periodically donates money to charity and collaborates with various charitable foundations.