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Mariah Carey's biography

Mariah Carey's photo1Pop singer Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, N.Y. to an Irish-American opera singer mother and an African-Venezuelan engineer father. Carey's mother encouraged her daughter's vocal skills from an early age and by age 15 Mariah was performing in New York City, often skipping school to play in clubs late into the night. After graduating from high school[1] Carey moved to New York shoping her rough demos[2] around town. She eventually landed a job as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr, who introduced her to music industry.

Carey released her debut album, Vision of Love, in 1990. The record shot to the top of the R&B[3], pop charts, selling over six million copies in the U.S., and winning two Grammys.

For her 1991 follow-up, Emotions, Carey wrote all of her own material. Though the first single, "Emotions," reached No. 1, the album's sales were somewhat disappointing.

Mariah Carey's photo2In June 1993 the 24-year-old Carey married the 43-year-old Tommy Mottola in a lavish half-million dollar ceremony. Later that year she released Music Box, featuring No. 1 singles[4] like "Hero" and "Dreamlover."

Carey's next album, 1995's Daydream, which duet with Boyz II Men ("One Sweet Day"), found the new heading for the singer in an R&B direction. A massive tour of Europe and Japan followed.

When she returned to the United States, Carey became embroiled in a custody case over her niece, whose mother (Carey's older sister) was an AIDS-infected heroin addicts. Soon after, Carey divorced Mottola.

Mariah Carey's photo3In 1997 Carey released the smash Butterfly, a hip-hop[5] / R&B-influenced album.

A greatest hits package, #1's, a collection of her 13 No. 1 singles was released in 1998.

Carey's latest effort, Rainbow, inpouring new sparks to record stores in November 1999.

 

    

 

 

注释：

 

 

[1]high school：
美式英语中的"中学"。

[2]demos：
录音样带，make a demos.（灌制试样唱片。）此外这个词还可以作为demostration /demostrator 的缩写形式，表示"示威、示威者"。

[3]R&B：
蓝调音乐，是Rhythm & Blues的缩写。

 

[4]singler：
虽然singler可以表示"单一的、单个的"之类的意思，但它总的来说还是相对于double（双数的、两倍于）这个词的。说到唱片，它就是"单曲"的意思。

 

[5]hip-hop：
Hip Hop源於紐約Bronx區的黑人街頭音樂文化，基本上是以簡單重複的節奏配上誦讀(Rap)而成，再加上Scratch碟、Sampling、樂器彈奏、歌唱、各式敲擊併合而成，基本上，你想到加什麼就加什麼，這就是Hip-hop的精神。

 

  
 
 


玛利亚·凯莉小传

Mariah Carey's photo41970年3月27日 ，流行音乐歌手玛利亚·凯莉（Mariah Carey）出生在纽约亨廷顿的一个家庭中，她的母亲是一个有着爱尔兰血统的美国歌剧演员，而他的父亲则是一个有着非洲-委内瑞拉血统的工程师。从小凯莉（Carey）的妈妈就鼓励她练习发声技巧，15岁那年她开始在纽约城登台表演。那时她经常逃学，在俱乐部里表演到很晚。中学毕业之后她去了纽约，展示她初具规模的音乐样带。最终她找到了一份工作--是为后来将她引入音乐圈的布兰达·斯塔（Brenda Star）作后备歌手。

凯莉（Carey）第一张专集Vision of Love发行于1990年。唱片的销售记录直击蓝调音乐、流行音乐排行榜首，美国范围内的唱片销售量超过600万张并且赢得两项格莱美大奖。

在接下来的1991年的专集Emotions中，凯莉（Carey）为自己的歌曲写下所有的素材。尽管第一首单曲 "Emotions" 攀上了排行榜的榜首，但唱片的销量却有点让人失望。

1993年6月，24岁的凯莉（Carey）嫁给了43岁的托米·莫妥拉（Tommy Mottola），整个婚礼花费将近五十万，堪称豪华。同年发行专集Music Box，其中主打单曲有名列榜首的 "Hero" 和"Dreamlover"。

Mariah Carey's photo5在她的下一张专集中，也就是1995年发行的Daydream里，凯莉（Carey）和Boyz II Men合唱了一曲 "One Sweet Day"，拓展了蓝调音乐歌手的发展方向。随后她在欧洲、日本进行了大范围的巡回演出。

当她回到美国，凯莉（Carey）卷入了一场有关于她侄女监护权的官司--女孩的母亲，也就是凯莉（Carey）的大姐，是一个患上了爱滋病的瘾君子。不久之后，凯莉（Carey）和莫妥拉（Mottola）离了婚。

1997年凯莉（Carey）发行了她另一张出色的专集Butterfly，给诵读乐以及蓝调音乐带来了影响。

1998年一张罗集凯莉（Carey）13首冠军单曲于一身的优秀专集 #1's发行。

Carey的最新专集Rainbow发行于1999年11月，给音像制品店注入了活力。