Mariah Carey Bio, Affair, Divorce, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Husband, Kids

Mariah Carey: Biography in Details

Who is Mariah Carey?

Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is best known for hits like “Vision of Love,” “Touch My Body“, and “Shake It Off.”

In 1998, she was honored as the world’s best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000.

How many siblings does Mariah Carey have?

Carey was born on 27 March 1970, in Huntington, New York, USA. She is an American nationality and is of African-American, Cuban, and Irish ethnicity.

She is the daughter of Patricia Carey(mother) and Alfred Roy Carey(father). Her mother is a singer and vocal coach and her father was an aeronautical engineer. She has an elder brother named Morgan and an elder sister named Alison.

Her parents divorced when she was just three years old. She was very inspired by her mother from the age of 2 and she started learning to sing at the age of 4.

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Education

Mariah Carey attended Greenlawn’s Harborfields High School and graduated in the year 1987Later, she also studied cosmetology.

Mariah Carey: Professional Life, Career

Before fame, Mariah Carey worked as a waitress while she was studying cosmetology.

Carey has been an active member of the music industry since the year 1988. She released her debut album, Mariah Carey, in 1990. Her album eventually reached the top of the Billboard 200.

Carey began recording her second studio album, Emotions, in 1991 and was released on September 17, 1991. In 1990, she rose to fame with the release of “Vision of Love” from her eponymous debut album.

In 1992, she was seen singing the cover in MTV’s Unplugged and her cover was so famous and resulted in being No. 1. Her Merry Christmas song, which was released in the year 1994 was a super hit.

In 1998, she was honored as the world’s best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000. Since then, she has written songs for popular singers. She earned several awards and honors in her career and she has accumulated a net worth of 520 million dollars.

In 2012, Mariah Carey was one of the co-judges in FOX television’s American Idol along with the singers like Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj, and Keith Urban. She also experimented with acting and appeared in The Butler, which is Lee Daniels’ biopic about White House butler Eugene Allen. She gave her voice to an animated movie named The Lego Batman Movie in the year 2017.

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Lifetime Achievement and Awards

In her entire career, Maria has been nominated for and won many awards. In the year 1996, she won the 38th NARM Awards, 22nd People’s Choice Awards, the 2nd TMF Awards, the 11th National Dance Music Award, 1997 VH1 Viewers Poll Awards.

Mariah Carey has won the 1997 VH1 Viewers Poll Awards for the Artist of the Year 1997. From 1998 to 2010, she won many renowned awards.

In 2011, she has won the 2nd Noble Gift Gala in the Noble Gift Humanitarian Award category.

In 2012, she won 5th BET Honors for the Entertainers Award category and 12th BMI Urban Awards for the BMI Icon Songwriter category.

How much does Mariah Carey earn?

As of 2023, Carey has a net worth of $320 million but her salary is not revealed yet.

Mariah Carey: Rumors, Controversy

There is no rumor of her present love affair. Carey has been criticized for her 2017 New Year’s Eve performance by most of her fans and audiences. People are saying that her magical voice is not there anymore.

According to the recent update, Mariah Carey sued over the hit track All I Want for Christmas Is You.

Body Stats: Height, Weight, Figure

Moving towards her body measurements, Mariah Carey has a good height of 5 Feet and 9 Inches (1.73m) with a body weight of 65kg.

Mariah Carey has a well-shaped bodyweight of 38-26-35 inches. She has golden brown hair color and her eye color is dark brown.

Social Media

Mariah Carey is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has more than 10.1 million followers on Instagram and more than 21.6 million followers on Twitter.

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She has around 23 million followers on Facebook and 7.6 million subscribers on the Youtube channel.

Mariah Carey’s Birthday Dates

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2024 March Wednesday
2025 March Thursday
2026 March Friday
2027 March Saturday
2028 March Monday

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