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 said she felt ‘emotionally and physically safer’ to have no contact with sister Alison before her death
nypost.comdied on the same day as their mom Patricia, 87, this past weekend. Both causes of death are unknown.David Baker, a friend of Alison’s for nine years, told PEOPLE that Alison and Mariah hadn’t seen each other since either 1994 or 2002.Four years ago, Mariah explained that she cut ties with Alison, Patricia and her brother, Morgan Carey, in her 2000 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.”“For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to literally rename and reframe my family,” she wrote in her book.“My mother became Pat to me, Morgan my ex-brother and Alison my ex-sister … I had to stop expecting them to one day miraculously become the mommy, big brother and big sister I fantasized about.“I had to stop making myself available to be hurt by them.
It has been helpful. I have no doubt it is emotionally and physically safer for me not to have any contact with my ex-brother and ex-sister,” the “Hero” singer added.
Mariah described her sister as “deeply wounded” in her book, saying that Alison witnessed “things a child should never see” before Mariah was born. “I do know that what she experienced damaged and derailed her girlhood,” said Mariah.
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