Mariah Carey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Early life == Carey was born on March 27, 1969,<!--NOTE: Once again, do not change without gaining consensus on talk page beforehand. If you find another source that may change the consensus, please discuss more on the talk page.-->{{efn|name=Birth date|While some sources give a birth year of 1970,<ref>* {{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=The Pop Life – Mariah Carey's Debut |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/13/arts/the-pop-life-987890.html |access-date=March 27, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 13, 1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101111434/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/13/arts/the-pop-life-987890.html |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |quote=The 20-year-old singer...}} * {{harvnb|Nickson|1998}} * {{harvnb|Shapiro|2001}} * {{cite magazine |last=Eliscu |first=Jenny |title=Mariah After Midnight |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mariah-after-midnight-2-102924/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221424/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mariah-after-midnight-2-102924/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |date=February 23, 2006 |quote=When Patricia Carey gave birth to a seven-pound baby girl at 7:27 A.M. on March 27th, 1970... }}</ref> a birth announcement in Carey's hometown newspaper ''[[Long Islander News|The Long-Islander]]'' indicates 1969,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031119/1969-04-10/ed-1/seq-15/|title=Recent Births Are Announced |newspaper=[[Long Islander News|The Long-Islander]]|location=Huntington, New York|date=April 10, 1969|page=2{{hyphen}}3|access-date=February 16, 2021|quote=Recent births at Huntington Hospital have been announced as follows{{nbsp}}... March 27 Mariah, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carey, Huntington|via=NYS Historic Newspapers|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303103838/https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031119/1969-04-10/ed-1/seq-15/|archive-date=March 3, 2021}}</ref> as do others.<ref>* {{cite news |title=Short Takes: Mariah Carey Doing OK at 21 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-21-ca-641-story.html |access-date=March 27, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 21, 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327220743/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-21-ca-641-story.html |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |quote=At age 21, she seems...}} * {{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sR4Ch1dMe8IC&q=who%27s+who+in+america+mariah+carey+1969&pg=PA275|title=The International Who's Who 2004|edition=67|publisher=[[Europa Publications]]|location=London|year=2003|editor-first=Elizabeth|editor-last=Sleeman|chapter=Carey, Mariah|isbn=978-1-85743-217-6|quote=b. 1969, Long Island, NY|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond}} * {{cite magazine |title=Mariah Carey – Biography |url=http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey/biography/ |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817222020/http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey/biography/ |archive-date=August 17, 2016|quote=Date of Birth: March 27, 1969}}</ref>}} in [[Huntington (CDP), New York|Huntington, New York]].<ref name="6G76Y">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/fanfare/li-music-hall-of-fame-recognizes-local-talent-1.884107|title=LI Music Hall of Fame recognizes local talent|date=October 22, 2008|first=Glenn|last=Gamboa|work=[[Newsday]]|location=[[New York City]] / [[Long Island]]|quote=Born in Huntington, raised in Greenlawn.|access-date = September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014201804/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/fanfare/li-music-hall-of-fame-recognizes-local-talent-1.884107|archive-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nick1"/> Her name is derived from the song "[[They Call the Wind Maria]]", originally from the 1951 Broadway musical ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]].''<ref name="b3WSA">{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/10883/Mariah-Carey/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017180104/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/10883/Mariah-Carey/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jason|last=Buchanan|date=2013|title=Mariah Carey Biography|access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name="zDki9">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey|title=Celebrity Central: Top 25 Celebrities: Mariah Carey|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=August 14, 2011|archive-date=August 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812025400/http://www.people.com/people/mariah_carey|url-status=live}}</ref> She is the youngest of three children born to Patricia (née Hickey), a former opera singer and vocal coach of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of African-American and Afro-Venezuelan lineage. The last name "Carey" was adopted by her Venezuelan grandfather, Francisco Núñez, after he emigrated to New York.<ref name="nick2"/><ref name="nick1"/> Patricia's family disowned her for marrying a black man.<ref name="nick2"/> Racial tensions prevented the Carey family from integrating into their community. While they lived in Huntington, their neighbors poisoned the family dog and set fire to their car.<ref name="nick2"/> After her parents' divorce, Carey had little contact with her father, and her mother worked several jobs to support the family. Carey spent much of her time at home alone and began singing at age three, often imitating her mother's take on [[Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Rigoletto]]'' in Italian. Her older sister Alison moved in with their father while Mariah and her elder brother Morgan lived with their mother.<ref name="nick3"/><ref name="nick4"/> During her years in elementary school, she excelled in the arts, such as music and literature. Carey began writing poetry and lyrics while attending [[Harborfields High School]] in [[Greenlawn, New York]],<ref name="nick7"/> where she graduated in 1987.<ref name="people1993"/> Carey began vocal training under the tutelage of her mother. Though she was a classically trained opera singer, Patricia Carey never pressured her daughter to pursue a career in classical opera. Mariah Carey recalled that she had "never been a pushy mom. She never said, 'Give it more of an operatic feel.' I respect opera like crazy, but it didn't influence me."<ref name="nick7"/><ref name="nick8"/> In high school, Mariah Carey was often absent because of her work as a [[demo (music)|demo]] singer. This led to her classmates giving her the nickname [[Mirage]].<ref name="nick8"/> Working in the Long Island music scene gave her opportunities to work with musicians such as [[Gavin Christopher]] and [[Ben Margulies]], with whom she co-wrote material for her demo tape. After moving to New York City, she worked part-time jobs to pay the rent and completed 500 hours of [[Cosmetology|beauty school]].<ref name="nick9"/> Carey moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with four female students as roommates.<ref name="nick10"/> She landed a gig singing backup for [[freestyle music|freestyle]] singer [[Brenda K. Starr]].<ref name="nick13"/><ref name="nick14"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page