18 interesting facts about Mariah Carey
- Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1970. Her father is Black Venezuelan-American and mother is White Irish-American. Her debut album “Mariah Carey” reached the No. 1 spot on August 4th 1990.
- In 1999 Mariah won the Horizon Award at the Congressional Foundation Awards for her work with and for children.
- Gave acclaimed performances at State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, and in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2003.
- Mariah Carey is the only female artist (and third artist or group ever) to have 18 #1 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.
- Her highest octave is two octaves higher than normal soprano.
- Made her singing debut, age 20. [1990]
- Had the nickname "Mirage" in high school, because she never showed up for class.
- Use to be a vegetarian but stopped for ex-husband Tommy Mottola.
- Named #15 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
- Some of her musical influences include Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Minnie Riperton and Stevie Wonder.
- Is mentioned in the Vanessa Hudgens song, 'Promise' and the Freeway song 'Flipside'.
- Her godmother is Patti LaBelle
- Used to be a backup singer for Brenda Starr.
- With "Heartbreaker," the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow, Mariah Carey became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s.
- Composes all of her own material, except for song covers.
- Studied over 500 hours of beauty school and hair salon prior to becoming a singer.
- Mariah Carey is in 2nd place among all artists with the most No. 1s in music history, with a total of 18 #1 hits, with The Beatles remaining in first place with 20.
- Mariah Carey dated Mexican singer Luis Miguel.
