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| I was born March 27, 1970, in Long Island, New York, and began taking voice lessons at age four. At 18 i signed with Columbia records, and my first album had four No. 1 singles, including "Vision of Love" and "I Don't Wanna Cry." I went on to produce several more albums (later with other studios) and top singles, and I am one of the best-selling female artists of all time. |
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| My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. I stunned my mother by imitating her operatic singing as early as age two, and I was given singing lessons starting at age four. After graduating in 1987 from Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, i moved to Manhattan where I worked as a waitress, coat check girl, and studied cosmetology while writing songs and actively pursuing a music career at night. |
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| In 1988 I met Tommy Mottola. I met him at a party. Soon I found out that he knew some producers. He soon got me hooked up with a producer named Katana Michael Weller. By 1990 I had already released my first album. It was called Mariah. soon after that, I married Tommy. Though we soon got divorced in 1996. |
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My second album titled "Emotions" was released in the fall of 1991 and its first single, which was the title track, was a huge success, securing the top spot on Hot 100. This album had two other Top Five singles; "Can't Let Go" and "Make It Happen".
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| In July 2001, I was admitted into a New York-area hospital and put under psychiatric care after suffering what my publicists called a "physical and emotional collapse." I had been preparing to promote my upcoming feature film debut, Glitter, and its accompanying soundtrack album, but cancelled all of my public appearances. |
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| I married Nick Cannon in April of 2008. We soon had twins in August of 2010. In 2012, I was chosen as a new judge for season 12 of the popular FOX television show American Idol, taking a seat alongside Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban. |
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