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".
Meghan Markle and Mariah Carey Bonded Over Caring for Their Natural Hair as Biracial Women
glamour.com, and on the latest episode of her podcast Archetypes, the spoke to a woman who can uniquely relate to her journey: Mariah Carey.Markle told that the singer was “so formative” for her in a time when representation of biracial women in the media was so low, citing Carey as one of the first examples Markle saw of “someone who kind of looks like me.” She specifically cited the 1993 video for “Dreamlover” video, and Carey took the opportunity to reflect on her curly hair at the time, how it was perceived by the media and how it was a challenge for some hairdressers.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“People were saying girl-next-door, dadadada, because there was also this ambiguity about me, racially, that fed into that, and those curls,” said Carey on the episode, “The Duality of Diva,” which you can listen to . “They didn't know how to do my hair, because if it was a white hair dresser that had never dealt with textured hair, they would tend to do a different thing, and my hair would be like, you're not doing that.
And then, if [it was] somebody that had only dealt with ethnic hair, it would become too much product.”The two women bonded over their in-between hair texture and the products they've both encountered, like Murray's hair pomade. “When I was growing up, my mom didn't know how to like, take the mass out of my hair,” said Carey, adding, "Nobody knew how to do my hair like even as a little girl…my mom is white, my dad is Black, I think sometimes when it's the other way around, you get the benefit of someone who has textured hair."“No, because my hair is so curly and it's so thick,” countered Meghan Markle, “my mom's black and so my grandma Jeanette [would] do my hair, she'd go, ‘just hold onto the.
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