BIOGRAPHY AND PERSONALITY OF A FAMOUS ARIES: MARIAH CAREY

Singer. Born March 27, 1970, in Long Island, USA. Mariah Carey is known as one of the top “pop divas� of the nineties, having sold more than eighty million albums worldwide. Her voice spans more than five octaves and she writes most of her own music.

When she was eighteen, Carey signed with Tommy Mottola from a demo tape she gave him. Then she worked on her first album, Mariah Carey (1990) which included four No. 1 singles: “Vision of Love,� “Love Takes Time,� “Some Day,� and “I Don’t Wanna Cry.� Her second album Emotions was released in 1992; the title track became her fifth No. 1 single, and included hits “Can’t Let Go� and “Make it Happen.� Her next album Music Box (1993) included the No. 1 singles, “Dreamlover� and “Hero.� In 1995 she released Daydream; the first single “Fantasy� debuted at No. 1. Her 1997 album Butterfly included eleven compositions written by Carey, and demonstrated her continued interest in hip-hop and R&B, including the Sean “Puffy� Combs produced “Honey,� her twelfth No. 1 hit.