Mariah Carey's Parents divorced when she was just a 3 years old.
To afford her rent and expenses Carey worked as hostess, hair sweeper in salons, and also as waitress.
Because of her parents' interracial marriage. Mariah's family faced racist attacks in which their dogs were poisoned and a car was blown up.
Her name was inspired from the song "They Call The Wind Maria" from the famous 1951 musical "Paint Your Wagon."
Mariah loves Marilyn Monroe and she has bought the actress' baby grand piano at an auction for $600,000.
Mariah kept her singing and songwriting works a secret from her mom.
She has the ability to reach notes beyond the 7th octave, which is considered as a superhuman vocal range.
She holds the record for the longest-running number 1 song (
One Sweet Day
) in history together with the band Boyz II Men.
She calls her loved ones, friends, and fans as a 'lambs'.
She has 8 jack russell terriers, who live better lives than most people. She spend £28000 a year on their spa treatments.
She began taking singing lessons at the age of 4, developing a voice that would span five octaves.
According to rumors Mariah and Eminem had physical relationship, although She denies it.
Mariah has been sued for copyright over her very famous song i.e 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'.