"We Belong Together" from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi became her 16th #1 single and was also her first #1 without any guest artists since her song "My All" (also a #1 single) captured the top spot in May 1998. Following "Heartbreaker," her second single "Thank God I Found You" also from her Rainbow album became her 15th #1. With "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow and also her 14 #1 single, she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s, and with "Heartbreaker" at its 60th week atop the Billboard's charts, she pushed ahead of The Beatles's 59-week record as the only artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. She is the only artist since The Beatles to have so many #1 singles and albums. Her other Daydream's single "One Sweet Day" remained for 16 weeks at the top of the charts. Her single "Fantasy" from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. On September 30, 1995, she made music history. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four consecutive #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry," and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist. In June 1990, Mariah made her debut with her self-titled album, Mariah Carey which entered at #73, but on Augit reached #1. Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). In 1977, Patricia recorded the album "To Start Again" which featured 13 tracks.Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1969. Patricia would subsequently become active in the civil rights movement although her life and relationship with a Black man later on resulted in turmoil within the Carey family.Īccording to Mariah's memoir, Patricia's love for music derived from listening to a classical music station on the radio where she heard an "aria." She described this sound as being the "most beautiful sound she had ever heard." She then decided to move to New York City where she won a scholarship to the prestigious "Julliard School for Music." She would go on to sing with The New York City Opera, making her debut at Lincoln Center. In Mariah's memoir, she shares a story about Patricia being publicly shamed for sharing her mat with a Black boy during naptime. Patricia would experience racism in her earlier life. She was known as the "dark one" of three children because her hair was not blonde and eyes were a mixture of brown and green unlike her siblings who had blue eyes. Her mother was Irish Catholic woman and her father passed away while her mom was pregnant with her. Patricia Carey was born on Februin Virgin, Utah and grew up in Springfield Illinois. She is also the grandmother of Monroe and Moroccan Cannon. She is the mother of Mariah Carey, Morgan Carey and Alison Carey. Before retiring, she had worked with the New York City Opera. Patricia Carey (née Hickey February 15, 1937) is an Irish-American retired opera singer & freelance vocal coach.
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