Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1990, she rose to fame with the release of "Vision of Love" from her eponymous debut album. The album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbia's highest selling act. Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995-96 with "One Sweet Day", which...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth27 March 1970
CityHuntington, NY
I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.
We were hanging out. I'm a huge Eddie Murphy fan. Maybe people could just see that, and that's why they made a big drama. But there is nothing going on. That's the last time I saw him.
Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and hopefully bring some enjoyment to other people through what I do is an incrediable felling and I am just really thankfull for it.
People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?'
I think certain people like to torture me because they think I've had it easier than I actually have and they think: 'Oh, she's got this, she's got that, she's always had everything perfect,' and it's sooo not true.
It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.
We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that (upper) register? I doubt it.
People are always asking, 'Is everything ok?' Look, I was not depressed, ok? I was just freaking exhausted.
People are constantly asking me if I'm pregnant, but I don't like to talk about it too much. I just think about it as the next phase. We'll see.
I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.
The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.
You can fight against people, and fight to the death, but ... can't control the world.
Sometimes it's tough because I've got to sleep 15 hours to sing the way I want to. It's not easy because my vocal chords are different than most people's.
I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.