Know by many as the Princess of Pop, Mariah Carey was born on the 27th March 1970, Huntingdon, New York and was raised there as well. She moved to the city immediately after graduating from high school and soon began writing songs with keyboard-player Ben Margulies. After appearing as a backing singer on a Brenda K. Starr record, she drew the attention of Tommy Mottola, the head of Columbia Records and subsequently head of Sony Music US whom she got married to eventually.

After marrying Mottola in a star-studded ceremony, Carey released her biggest-selling album to date, Music Box (1993)*, and had two further Number One singles, 'Hero' and 'Dreamlover'. Preceded by the festive hit 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' (1994), Daydream (1995) saw the singer begin to move away from pure pop and her worldwide audience grows. 'Fantasy' was only the second single to début at Number One in the US chart, while 'One Sweet Day', a duet with Boyz II Men, held on to the top spot for a record sixteen weeks, after which Carey began a lengthy world tour.

After her divorce from Mottola in 1997, her recordings took on a more soulful tinge. Butterfly* (1997), which was co-produced by Sean Puffy Combs, included the US chart-topper 'Honey'. In 1998 she recorded 'When You Believe', a duet with Whitney Houston, for the Prince of Egypt soundtrack and released #1's*, which collected together her thirteen US chart-toppers. In 1999 she released the hugely successful Rainbow.

Mariah Carey turns 38 today!

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Text Reference: Mariah Carey. (2001). In The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music. Retrieved March 27, 2008, from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/4411898

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