Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is a Grammy-winning pop and R&B singer, songwriter and actress. Carey was named "best-selling female pop artist of the millennium" at the 2000 World Music Awards, and has a record eighteen #1 singles, second only to The Beatles in #1 hits.http://web.archive.org/web/20001015144058/www.montecarloresort.com/awards/00/w00res00.htm http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003784083#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003784083

Following months of pregnancy rumors, 41-year-old Carey confirmed she was pregnant on October 28, 2010. She was joined by 30-year-old husband Nick Cannon in the Today show interview, who said "the greatest gift on earth is a child."http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20437250,00.html In the interview Carey talked of a miscarriage two years earlier. "It strengthened our relationship so much... she handled it so well," Cannon said of the loss. People.com reported the couple had made "coy" references to children and pregnancy in the previous few months,and both had spoken of their desire to have children.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20437250,00.html On December 16, Cannon told his radio show listeners they were expecting twins.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20451078,00.html

Born to a a former opera singer and vocal coach mother, Carey was named after the Lerner and Loewe song "They Call the Wind Mariah." She was born March 27, 1970, on Long Island, NY, and began singing when she was four.http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio After graduating from high school she moved to New York, where she began working as a demo singer and held down a number of other part-time jobs. Her demo tape landed in the hands of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mattola, who soon signed her to the label. When her debut album was released in 1990, she became an overnight success.http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio The self-titled debut album reached #1 on the U.S. charts, earning her four #1 singles and two Grammy Awards (including one for "Best New Artist").http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio

Carey became Mattola's wife at the age of 24, though the marriage ended four years later.http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio Carey continued to record with Columbia until she signed with Virgin Records in 2001. People reported the four-album contract to be worth $80 million.http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey The same year, Carey acted in and provided the music for the semi-autobiographical film Glitter. The movie was unsuccessful both critically and commercially, with Allmovie.com relaying "reviews specifically targeting the vulnerable singer's sub-par performance and the films unintentionally campy tone."http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio When the soundtrack of the same name also failed, Virgin bought out her contract for $28 million.http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio Following strange public behavior, she was admitted into a Connecticut mental hospital (reportedly for a nervous breakdown) in late 2001.http://www.allmovie.com/artist/mariah-carey-10883/bio

Carey came back in 2005 with The Emancipation of Mimi, which became the year's best-selling album.http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey Carey performed the Jackson 5 hit "I'll Be There" at Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/07/michael-jackson-memorial-mariah-carey-sings-ill-be-there.html On December 12, 2010, Carey was featured as one of the performers for the Christmas in Washington concert.http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2010/12/17/christmas-in-washington-2010-ellen-degeneres-mariah-carey-matthew-morrison-miranda-cosgrove-and-more-perform-tonight/

• Merry Christmas II You (2010)http://www.mariahcarey.com/music/
• Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• E = MC2 (2008)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• The Ballads (2008)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• The Remixes (2003)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Charmbracelet (2002)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Glitter (Soundtrack) (2001)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Greatest Hits (2001)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Rainbow (1999)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Number 1’s (1998)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Butterfly (1997)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Daydream (1995)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Merry Christmas(1994) http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Music Box (1993)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Emotions (1991)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php
• Mariah Carey (1990)http://www.discographyworld.com/discography/mariah-carey-discography.php

"Yes, we are pregnant. This is true. It's been a long journey. It's been tough because I've been trying to hold on to a shred of privacy,"—During an interview on the Today show, as reported by People Magazine on October 28, 2010 http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20437250,00.html

"I just can't trust anybody any more because I don't understand what's going on. Basically all I really want to say is I don't know what's going on with life. I'm trying to understand things in life right now, and so I really don't feel that I should be doing music right now,"—Carey sends a message to her fans online, as reported by The Telegraph entertainment correspondent Hugh Davies on July 28, 2001http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1335645/Let-me-sort-myself-out-singer-Carey-tells-fans.html