Mariah Carey
Mimi (Mariah Carey), 1970 March 27, was born at The United States of America State of New York Long Island Huntington Town, The United States of America singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, Europe and America "four days" One of
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On June 13, 1990, the first album of the same name " Mariah Carey " was released, and four champion singles headed by " Vision of Love " were born from the album
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. In 1995, the album " Daydream " was released , and according to Nielsen SoundScan, it sold 7.6 million in The United States of America
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. In 1996, he won the Best-selling Singer Award at The United States of America World Music Awards. In 1999, the song " When You Believe " sung with Whitney Houston won the 71st Oscars Best Movie Theme Song Award
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. In 2005, she won the Grammy Awards for Best R&B Female Singer. In 2010, she participated in the film " Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire " and won the Supporting Actress of the Year in the 14th Hollywood International Film Festival in Italy
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. In May 2015, the selected album " #1 to Infinity "
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As of 2019, Mariah Carey has 19 Billboard champion singles
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. Since the first single " Vision of Love " in 1990, she won the Billboard Hot 100 in 84 weeks
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Early Experience
On March 27, 1970, Mimi was born in Huntington, The United States of America State of New York, Long Island. In 1974, her parents agreed to divorce, and Carey, who was only three years old, lived with her mother. From the age of four, Mimi began to receive professional training in music courses, and was influenced by opera, folk songs, Soul and Rhythm and Blues , and even Gospel Music in the church . Later, Mimi began to imitate and practice the treble style of the well-known black Soul singer Minnie Riperton .
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In 1982, she and her family settled down in the suburbs of Long Island . She has been creating music since she was 13 years old. At the age of 14, she worked as a backup audition singer for several local recording studios. After graduating from high school, she went to New York to make a living on her own. At first, she could only earn a meager income as a waiter in a bar or coffee shop. In 1988, Mimi got the opportunity to perform on stage in a popular club through his brother Morgan's relationship, as the backing singer of Rhythm and Blues female artist Brenda K.Starr. In November, I followed Brenda to a party organized by a record company WTG and met Tommy Mottola , the president of Columbia Records . It was this week later that Colombia Records signed with Mimi for more than $350,000 in excess of Warner Bros. 's
. In 1989, after signing with a record company, Mimi began recording his first album.
Performing Experience
On May 15, 1990, the first single " Vision of Love " was released; on June 12, the first album of the same name "Mariah Carey" was released. In this album, Columbia Records invited producer Narada Michael Walden , And Walter Afanasieff also made a song for Mariah
. The album's sales exceeded six million. The album produced four champion singles headed by "Vision of Love"
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On February 20, 1991, he won the Grammy Awards for Best Newcomer of the Year and Best Female Pop Singer of the Year; On September 17, he released his second album " Emotions ", and the song from the same list once again topped the Billboard Singles chart.
. On March 17, 1992, an unplugged concert ( MTV Unplugged ) was held, in which the cover of the song "I'll Be There" from The Jackson 5 became its sixth champion single
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In 1993, he released the album " Music box ", which sold more than 24 million copies worldwide. Two of the singles " Dreamlover " and " Hero " won the charts, and " Without You " also entered the top ten
. In October 1994, the Christmas album " Merry Christmas " was released. The album included two original works "Miss You Most At Christmastime" and " All I Want for Christmas Is You "
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In 1995, the album " Daydream " was released , and " Fantasy ", a collaboration with the rapper ODB , won the 8-week championship on the bulletin board and sold more than double platinum. After that, " One sweet day " cooperating with Boyz II men set a record for female artists to have two consecutive singles airborne, and set a record for the bulletin board with 16 consecutive weeks of champions, and sales exceeded two hundred. Ten thousand
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In 1997, the album " Butterfly " was released , which sold 4 million copies, and the genre became between hip-hop and R&B . Two more champion singles "Honey" and "My All" were born on the album
. In 1998, he won the "Best-selling R&B Artist" award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of "The World's Best-selling Record Artist in the 90s" at the World Music Awards. In the same year, Mimi and Whitney Houston sang " The Prince of Egypt " movie theme song " When You Believe "
; in November, the collection "#1's" was released
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On September 30, 1999, he released the first single " Heartbreaker " from the album " Rainbow " , which once again topped the Billboard Pop Singles chart, becoming its 14th No. 1 single
; in October, "Rainbow" "On the market in most countries around the world; November, in the movie " The Bachelor " a guest role as an opera actor. In 2000, he signed with Viking Records for three records of 80 million US dollars
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In 2001, the second album "Greatest Hits" was released
; on September 11, the soundtrack of the movie "Tears of the Star Dream" was released nationwide
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In January 2002, due to personnel changes at Viking Records, President Alan Levy decided to terminate the recording contract with Kelly and pay Kelly US$28 million in losses
; in May, he signed a contract with Island Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music. Contract for three studio albums
; in the same year, the record company MonarC Music was established, and the first artist Isabel Gomes (Isabel Gomes) was signed. In January 2002, the album "Charmbracelet" was released, which sold more than 3 million copies
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In April 2005, the album " The Emancipation Of Mimi " was released
, which became Mariah Carey's first Billboard No. 1
album in eight years with a sales volume of 400,000 copies in the first week . The single " We Belong Together " was included in the album. "She also won the 14th week of the National Pop Chart, becoming her 16th No. 1 single
, and won the annual Hot 100 best single, Hot 100 annual most on-demand song and the annual 40 best rhythm songs crown
. According to the statistics of the World Recording Industry Association, " The Emancipation Of Mimi " ranks second in annual global sales, second only to Coldplay 's "XY Code"; within The United States of America, the album is worth 4.9 million in the year. The sales volume ranks among the annual sales champions in the United States
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On April 15, 2008, the album " E=MC² " was
released. The album's first single " Touch My Body " reached the top of The United States of America billboard singles chart with 286,000 digital downloads in the first week. Kelly has surpassed Elvis Presley to become the solo artist with the largest number of championship singles in history by accumulating the record of 18 championship singles
. Driven by "Touch My Body", "E=MC²" in The United States of America became the second highest-selling record in the first week of 2008 with 463,000 copies in the first week
; in November, at the 20th edition of the World At the Music Awards and the 36th American Music Awards , Kelly won the Sales Achievement Award respectively in recognition of her contribution to the music industry over the past 20 years and the record-breaking record of 18 The United States of America champion singles.
On January 29, 2009, he was invited by President Barack Hussein Obama to sing "Hero" for him at his inauguration party; on July 7, he participated in a memorial service for Michael Jackson and sang his song " I'll Be". There "
; On September 29, the album " Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel " was released
, and the first single " Obsessed " entered the top ten
on the billboard ; November 22, I was invited again to participate in the British talent show " The X Factor US ", Sing the second single " I Want To Know What Love Is " on the album . In 2009, he was invited to sing four songs for the private party of Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, the fourth son of Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi in 2009
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In 2010, he participated in the New Year's Eve concert of Mutassim Billah Gaddafi on St. Bart’s Island
; on November 2, the Christmas album "Merry christmas 2 you" was
released, which was ranked No. 4 on the Billboard Albums chart in the first week of release, and airborne R&B/ Hip-Hop and Festival Double Chart Champion
; In the same year, at the invitation of Tony Bennett , he re-recorded the song "When do the bells ring for me" for his album. In 2011, participated in the recording of JB 's Christmas album " Under the Mistletoe "
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On January 14, 2012, he was invited to attend the BET Honor Awards; on March 1, a small concert was held in New York; on June 14, he performed at the fundraising event held by Barack Hussein Obama and sang for support the campaign songs "Bring it on Home"; August, released the single "Triumphant"; in September, as a songwriter accepted BMI Urban Awards Award
; the second half of the same year, to 18 million US dollars to join " American Idol " first In the 12th season, I became the mentor of the judges for this season
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In February 2013, the theme song " Almost Home " for the Disney movie " Oz The Great and Powerful " was released, and the personal perfume Mariah Carey Dreams was released; on May 6, the first single of the album "#Beautiful" was released. ", this song was performed by Mimi and Miguel, breaking the record of female singer’s first-day radio audience, and the number of digital downloads exceeded one million
. However, because Mimi accidentally broke his arm, the album had to be postponed; in July, Mimi started singing in Central Park, New York
; in August, he attended the premiere conference of the film " The Butler " in which he had a guest appearance
; 11 On 11th, the single " The Art Of Letting Go " was released
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On February 12, 2014, the single " You're Mine (Eternal)"
was released; in May, the 14th studio album " Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse " was released
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On April 27, 2015, the single " Infinity " was released
; on May 6, a resident performance named "Mariah #1 to Infinity" was held in the rotunda of Caesars Palace
; on May 18, the selected album " #1 to Infinity"
; On August 5th, attended the star award ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and won the 2556th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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On October 5, 2016, the Fox musical drama series " Empire " was aired, playing the role of superstar Katie
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In November 2018, the album " Caution " was released
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In August 2020, collaborated with Grammy rapper Lauren Hill (Lauryn Hill) on the single "Save the Day".
In October 2020, the selected new album "THE RARITIES" will be released soon, including past "discarded songs", which is regarded as the 30th anniversary album of debut.
Personal Life
- family situation
Mimi's mother, Patricia Hickey, is the lead singer of the New York City Opera, and his father, Alfred Roy Carey, is an aeronautical engineer
. Kelly is the third child in the family. Her name is taken from the song "They Call the Wind Mariah" in the musical "Paint Your Wagon" in 1951
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In 2002, Carey rushed to New York to accompany her father who was endangered by cancer while recording the album. After the death of her father, Carey composed a song "Sunflowers for Father" and included it in the album " Charmbracelet ".
- Romance and childbirth
In 1992, while recording the album "Music Box", Mimi and the former president of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola (Tommy Mottola) began dating. In December, Mimi agreed to Motorola's formal marriage proposal. On June 5, 1993, 23-year-old Mimi officially married 45-year-old Motorola
. After the commercial success of the album "Daydream", Mimi began to focus on her personal life, and her relationship with Motora continued to deteriorate. She revealed that Motora had secretly monitored herself and eavesdropped on her phone
. On May 30, 1997, Mimi and Motorola officially divorced
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In March 2005, when filming the MV for the song "Goodbye", I met Nick Cannon on the set
. On April 30, 2008, Kelly and Cannon married in the Bahamas
. In October 2010, Mimi announced that she was 5 months pregnant
. On April 30, 2011, Mimi gave birth to a
baby, his son is Moroccan Scott Cannon, and his daughter is Monroe Cannon
. In May 2014, Mimi and Canon began to separate and ended their 6-year marriage
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In June 2015, he held hands with billionaire James Parker on the island of Capri, Italy
. On January 21, 2016, he was engaged to James Parker
; the two broke up in October of the same year, and Mimi received a break-up fee of millions of dollars, and also left the engagement diamond ring and sold it
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Character Evaluation
Mimi is one of the singing voices that the contestants love to imitate, a common idol in the minds of female singers, and a coveted partner of many artists.
Mimi is talented, has a wonderful voice and noble character, she is an excellent singer, a perfect songwriter, with a wide range of music, she can always write good melody, falling from the heights of life to the troughs, but like Stand up again without missing a rhythm
Mimi ended the loss of hip-hop style and regained confidence in the album " . This is a leap and release of the singer, declaring the return of the superstar who has changed his style. , Mimi has become the popular champion of the 21st century
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Character Dispute
- law dispute
In 2015, Nick Cannon took Mimi to court. Cannon stated that he had never authorized and agreed to sell his Los Angeles Bel-Air apartment with Kelly at a low price of 9 million US dollars
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In 2019, Mimi sued Lianna Azarian, a former female assistant, to court and demanded a claim for compensation, on the grounds that her private activities in secretly photographed her intimidated and blackmailed herself
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- False Singing Storm
On December 31, 2017, Mimi participated in the New Year's Eve concert at The United States of America in Times Square, New York. From the first song "Friendship is Everlasting", things seem to have deviated from the scheduled track. When Mimi's classic song "Emotion" sounded, she told the audience that she could not hear the sound in the headphones she was wearing, so the entire song was played with accompaniment, mixed with the dolphin sound that Kelly was good at. And Mimi can only pace on the stage, posing some poses with the dancers from time to time.
By the time the third song "We belong to each other", Mimi simply told the audience that this premiere was an album version. The United States of America Fox News said that even though Mimi sometimes took off the microphone, she still sang. It was obvious that Mimi was singing in lie at the time.
Mimi laughed at herself, saying "I'm trying to be someone who can afford to lose", "This is just...awesome", and tried to get the audience to sing for her. In the end, her performance ended in embarrassment
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