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Mariah Carey was born on the 27th of March 1969 in Huntington, New York. Her mother Patricia Hickey was a former opera singer of Irish descent and her father Alfred Roy Carey was an aeronautical engineer of African-American and Afro-Venezuelan lineage.
Mariah Carey released her self-titled debut album on the 5th of June 1990. The album topped the Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks and sold 15 million copies worldwide.
Mariah Carey released Music Box on the 31st of August 1993 and it became her best-selling record with over 28 million copies sold. The album cemented her status as the Queen of Christmas with the release of Merry Christmas on the 1st of November 1994.
On the 19th of July 2001 Mariah Carey made a surprise appearance on MTV's Total Request Live and was subsequently hospitalized for exhaustion and a physical breakdown. She remained under doctor's care for two weeks following the collapse of her marriage to Tommy Mottola and a strained relationship with Columbia Records.
One Sweet Day a collaboration between Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men held the number one spot for a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks. This record stood for over two decades until it was surpassed.
Mariah Carey released the song All I Want for Christmas Is You on the 1st of November 1994 as part of her album Merry Christmas. The song has spent 22 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and is the longest-running number-one song in the chart's history.