Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.
She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
Mariah Carey admits she slept just two hours in six days before she checked into rehab for bipolar disorder
thesun.co.ukLEGENDARY singer Mariah Carey revealed she only slept two hours in almost a week before she had to go to a mental health facility.
The record-breaking star, 50, opened up about her struggles with bipolar which will also feature in her new autobiography, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.
Mariah said she goes to some "very dark places" in the book, some of which she's never even told to her closest friends. "There's a lot of stuff that I'm dealing with in the book that I have never dealt with, even in conversation with some of my closest, closest friends," she Jane Pauley on Sunday Morning.
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