Biography: Mariah Carey: born on March 27, 1970 in Hungtington, Long Island, New York; height: 5 feet 9 (176 cm) Zodiac Sign: Aries. In 1990, Carey debuted her first album and she became the first recording artist to have her first five singles to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States. Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. She has had the most number-one singles for a solo artist in the United States (eighteen; second artist overall behind The Beatles.) –  Very impressive!

Shortly after Mariah finished high school, she moved to New York city and eventually a backup singer for Puerto Rican freestyle singer Brenda K. Starr. In 1988, Carey met Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola at a party, where Starr gave him Carey’s demo tape. Mottola played the tape when leaving the party and was so impressed.  Mottola tracked Mariah down and signed her to a recording contract.

In fact, her first debut record was launched under the guidance of Tommy Mottola of Columbia Records, in 1993 they got married. Carey and Mottola were separated in 1997.

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