Thursday, February 18, 2010

Black History Month







Mariah was born March 27, in Long Island, New York to Alfred Roy Carey, a Venezuelan aeronautical engineer; and Patricia Carey, a voice coach and opera singer. She has to older siblings; a brother, Morgan, and a sister Alison. Mariah is know as one of the "top pop divas". Haven't sold more then eighty million albums worldwide. She writes most of her own songs.

She married rapper-actor Nick Cannon on April 30, 2008, in a secret ceremony in the Bahamas. She confirmed the wedding a week later. On Wednesday, May 7. The couple did not make the statement immediately, but Latina.com told everyone the news on May 1.

She surprised her mother by imitating her opera singing at age two. She had started singing lessons at age four.

When she was eight teen Mariah and her friend, singer Brenda K. Starr, went to a party hosted by CBS Records. Brenda convinced Mariah to bring one of her demo tapes. She in tented to give the demo tape to Columbia's Jerry Greenberg, but Tommy Mottolo, the president of Columbia Records, intercepted it before she could give it to Jerry. They listen to the tape on there way home from the party. Tommy signed Mariah immediately and set her to work on her first album. Mariah is also know for her acting career. If you would like to know more about her just push on this link.http://www.biography.com/articles/Mariah-Carey-9542177