Mariah Carey: Her Story

by Chris Nickson

"I mean, it really is like Cinderella." In a mixture of awe and wonder, that's the way Mariah Carey describes her career. It really does seem as if she's the heroine of a fairy tale. In a matter of a few quick years she's gone from a poor girl raised alone by her divorced mother on Long Island, New York, to one of the world's leading pop divas. Her story is both inspiring and inspirational. Her four albums have sold a total of over sixteen million copies in this country alone. Her first five singles all reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a feat never managed before by anyone-not event the Beatles or Elvis Presley. Among the many awards she's received are two Grammys. And, as if all that weren't quite enough, she married the man who discovered her, Tommy Mottola, the head of the company for which she records.

Genres: Music

153 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 1995

About the author

I'm a novelist and music journalist, the author of many books set between the 1730s and 1950s in Leeds, as well as others in medieval Chesterfield and 1980s Seattle.

Above all, though, its Leeds I love, the people, the sense of the place changing with time. Yes, I write mysteries, but ultmiateoly they're books about people and their relationships, and the crime becomes a moral framework for the story.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a really devoted fan since the early ‘90s I felt that I knew an awfully lot about this amazing singer and when I read the book that proved to be true.

The book is pretty old now. It really doesn’t go too far into her career. The book is perfect for a new fan or someone that knows little to nothing about Mariah and wants to learn about her childhood, first marriage, and the early parts of her career. For me personally, while the book itself is good, I didn’t learn anything new. I’m looking forward to her upcoming memoir. I’m hoping she doesn’t sugar coat anything and gives us all the dirt!

[Nicki Kendall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Early days Mariah

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

when I was a kid I was huge fan of hers I didn't know that they made a book about her. I'm sure that there is some personal facts about her that we shouldn't know in her of course i hope not.

Of course looking at the cover more clearly I was able to figure out that I was able to find out that there was some personal facts in the book about her but she agreed to have them in the book.

I'm glad that she made a lift of her own with Nick Cannon.

[3SA-T1NY 913]

i love this boo thank u marisa

[Allison boozy bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this ages ago when I still liked MC.