Her godmother is R&B/Soul diva Patti LaBelle.
Bought Marilyn Monroe's white lacquered baby grand piano at auction in October, 1999 for $600,000 plus commission.
Her highest octave is two octaves higher than normal soprano.
Got her name from the song "They Call The Wind Maria". The popular Lerner & Loewe musical Paint Your Wagon (1969), starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, which was enjoying a great deal of success after its release in 1969, and the song containing Mariah's name, although spelt without the 'H', was apparently a favourite of mother Patricia.
Worked a variety of odd jobs to support herself, including hat/coat-checker, hostess, hair sweeper in hair salons, and waitress. She stated that she got fired from all her jobs because of her attitude and was concentrating of becoming a backing singer and mixing demos.
Dated Latin singer Luis Miguel.
Attended Oldfield Middle School and Harborfield High School.
Father is half Venezuelan and half African-American, mother is Irish-American.
In 1999 Mariah won the Horizon Award at the Congressional Foundation Awards for her work with and for children.
The only female artist to have 15 #1 songs in the US Hot 100 chart. As of 2000, her albums had sold more than 125 million copies worldwide.
Made her singing debut, age 20. [1990]
Had the nickname "Mirage" in high school, because she never showed up for class.
According to her spokesperson, Mariah suffered a physical and emotional breakdown, and spent the next couple weeks recovering in a Connecticut mental hospital. [25 July 2001]
Appeared on the benefit concert "A Tribute To Heroes" and sang the song "Hero" in dedication to the families, friends, victims, and heroes of the World Trade Center tragedy. [September 2001]
Signed a $100,000,000 million deal with Virgin Records for her next four albums. [2001]
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