• Born: March 27, 1970
• Parents: Patricia and Alfred Carey
• Youngest of 3 children
• Parents divorced when she was 3, then she lived with her mother
  
• Sales of over 90 million worldwide
• Mariah has done several covers of others people's songs, including The Wind, I'll Be There, Without You, Open Arms, The Beautiful Ones, and some on her Merry Christmas album.
• She's recorded three of her songs in Spanish: Hero (Heroe), Open Arms (El Amor Que Sone). and My All (Mi Todo).

• 1976 - First public debut, 6 yrs old
• 1988 - Met Tommy Mottola who signed her to CBS Records (later became Sony)
• 1990 - Release of Mariah Carey
  
• 1991 - Release of Emotions
  
• 1992 - Release of MTV Unplugged EP
• 1993 - June 5 - Married Tommy Mottola
• 1993 - Release of Music Box
• 1993 - Nov 3 - Miami - debut tour
• 1994 - Release of Merry Christmas
  
• 1994 - Duet with Luther Vandross - Endless Love
• 1995 - Release of Daydream
• 1996 - March - Toured in Japan, Asia and Australia
• 1997 - May - Filed for divorce from Tommy Mottola
• 1997 - Sept 16 - release of Butterfly
• 1998 - Feb - Toured in Hawaii, Australia, Taiwan, Japan
• 1998 - March - Divorced from Tommy Mottola
• 1998 - April - Took part in VH1's concert Divas Live, with Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin
• 1998 - June - Tour in Europe
• 1998 - Oct 6 - Release of Sweetheart, a duet with JD

Mariah Carey, 1990

debut on Billboard: June 30/90 at #80

reached #1: March 9/91 - 11 wks at #1

singles: Vison of Love (#1), Love Takes Time(#1), Someday (#1), I Don't Wanna Cry (#1)

sold in US: 8 million

sold worldwide: 12 million

Emotions, 1991

debut on Billboard: October 4/91 at #4

8 wks in Top 10

singles: Emotions (#1), Can't Let Go (#2), Make It Happen (#5), If It's Over

MTV Unplugged EP, 1992

debut on Billboard: June 25/92 at #8

peaked at #3

singles: I'll Be There (#1)

sold in US: 3 million

sold worldwide: 5 million (home video sold 1/4 million)

Music Box, 1993

debut on Billboard: September 18/93

total of 8 wks at #1, on and off

singles: Dreamlover (#1), Hero (#1), Without You (#3) Anytime You Need A Friend (#12), Never Forget You

sold in US: 10 million

sold worldwide: 24 million

Merry Christmas, 1994

debut on Billboard: November 19/94 at #30

peaked at #3

Singles: All I Want For Christmas (Is You), O Holy Night, Miss You Most (At Christmas Time), Joy To The World, Jesus Born On This Day

best selling Christmas album ever

sold in US: 4 million

sold worldwide: 8 million

Daydream, 1995

debut on Billboard: October 21/95 at #1

6 wks at #1 on and off

singles: One Sweet Day (#1), Fantasy (#1), Always Be My Baby (#1), Forever, Open Arms, Underneath the Stars

sold in US: 9 million

Butterfly, 1997

release date: Oct 16/97

singles: Honey (#1), Butterfly, Breakdown, The Roof, My All (#1)

sold in US: 3 million

sold worldwide: 8 million

• First and only female artist to have her first 5 singles reach #1
• One Sweet Day was #1 for 16 weeks, the most week ever for any single
• Total of 58 weeks at #1, beaten only by the Beatles (59 wks) and Elvis Presley (79 wks)
• 13 #1 singles - tied with Michael Jackson and beaten only by the Beatles. She passed Whitney Houston and Madonna (11 each) with Honey
• First female artist ever to have a #1 debut (Fantasy)
• Only artist ever to have 3 singles debut at #1 (Fantasy, One Sweet Day and Honey)
• She has 3 out of the 6 #1 debuts in history
• Most years in a row to have a #1 single ('90 - Vision of Love, Love Takes Time; '91 - Someday, I Don't Wanna Cry, Emotions; '92 - I'll Be There; '93 - Dreamlover, Hero; '94 - Hero; '95 - Fantasy, One Sweet Day; '96 - One Sweet Day; '97 - Honey, My All)
• Only female artist to have 3 albums sell over 8 million (Mariah Carey - 8 million, Music Box - 10 million, Daydream - 9 million)
• First artist to have 7 consecutive albums reach triple platinum sales in the US

Australia

• Music Box sold over 1.5 million copies.
• Fantasy debuted at ARIA #2, and reached #1 in its second week
• During December 1995, she had three simultaneous ARIA top 40 singles (Fantasy, One Sweet Day, Joy To The World)
  
• Daydream was selling 100 000 copies a month.

Japan

• Daydream sold 0.5 million copies in its first week, beating the previous record by 0.1 million. This was the best performance of any album in its debut week anywhere in the world!

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