Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1969. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American)
and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. In June of 1990
Mariah made her debut with "Mariah Carey" which entered at #73, but on August 4 1990 it reached #1. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four consecutive #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time,"
"Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry," and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. On September
30th 1995, she made music history. Her single "Fantasy" from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. Her other Daydream's single "One Sweet Day" remained for 16 weeks at the top of the charts. She is the only
artist since The Beatles to have so many #1 singles and albums. With "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow and also her
14 #1 single, she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s, and with "Heartbreaker" at its 60th
week atop the Billboard's charts, she pushed ahead of The Beatles's 59-week record as the only artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. Following
"Heartbreaker", her second single "Thank God I Found You" also from her Rainbow album became her 15th #1. "We Belong Together"
from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi became her 16th #1 single and was also her first #1 without any guest artists
since her song "My All" (also a #1 single) captured the top spot in May 1998. The single "Don't Forget About Us" also from
her 2005 album Emancipation of Mimi became her 17th #1 single, tying her with Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Three more Grammy
Awards were gained from The Emancipation of Mimi album. She is the most successful selling female artist in music history and
is the only female artist to have the most #1 singles and albums and also holds the record for straight #1 singles and albums
each year. Along with numerous awards and incredible vocal range, she also composes all of her own material, with the exception of song covers.
In
April 2008, the single "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1 single, pushing her ahead of Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Now
she is the only artist since The Beatles to have as many number one singles and the only singer alive likely to succeed them.
Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair,
whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.
-Mariah Carey
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