Mariah Angela Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1990, Carey rose to fame with the release of "Vision of Love" from her eponymous debut album. The album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbias highest selling act. Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995–1996 with "One Sweet Day", which remains the longest-running number-one song in US chart history. Following a contentious divorce from Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and traversed towards hip hop with the release of Butterfly (1997). In 1998, she was honored as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990's at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000.

Personal life Carey began dating Tommy Mottola while recording Music Box, and married him on June 5, 1993. After the release of Daydream and the success that followed, Carey began focusing on her personal life, which was a constant struggle at the time. Carey's relationship with Mottola began to deteriorate, due to their growing creative differences in terms of her albums, as well as his controlling nature. On May 30, 1997, the couple announced their separation, with their divorce finalized by the time Mottola remarried on December 2, 2000. Carey was in a three-year relationship with singer Luis Miguel from 1998 to 2001.

Carey met actor and comedian Nick Cannon while they shot her music video for her song "Bye Bye" on an island off the coast of Antigua. On April 30, 2008, Carey married Cannon in The Bahamas. At 35 weeks into her pregnancy, she gave birth to their fraternal twins, Moroccan and Monroe, on April 30, 2011 via Cesarean section. Monroe is named after Marilyn Monroe; Moroccan is named after the Moroccan-decor room in Carey's apartment where Cannon proposed to her. In August 2014, Cannon confirmed he and Carey had separated. He filed for divorce on December 12, 2014. It was finalized in 2016.

In 2015 Carey began dating Australian billionaire James Packer and, on January 21, 2016, she announced that they were engaged. By October, however, they had ended their engagement. In October 2016 she began dating American choreographer Bryan Tanaka.

Carey is an active Episcopalian. She stated in 2006: "I do believe that I have been born again in a lot of ways. I think what I've changed are my priorities and my relationships with God. I feel the difference when I don't have my private moments to pray. ... I'm a fighter, but I learned that I'm not in charge. Whatever God wants to happen is what's going to happen. I feel like I've had endless second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth chances. It's by the grace of God I'm still here." In April 2018, Carey opened up about her struggle with bipolar II disorder. She, self-reportedly, was diagnosed in 2001, but kept the diagnosis private. Recently, she has sought out treatment in the form of medication and therapy.

Mariah Carey Singer - Born 27 March 1969 Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA

Full Name at Birth Mariah Angela Carey

Nicknames Songbird, M.C., Mirage, Mimi, The Voice, Queen of Christmas

Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Bio (1) Mariah was born on March 27, 1969 in Huntington, Long Island, New York to Patricia Carey (born: Patricia Hickey), an opera singer and vocal coach & Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer. Her mother is of Irish descent, and her father was of African & Venezuelan descent. Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. In June 1990, Mariah made her debut with "Mariah Carey" which entered at #73, but on August 4, 1990, it reached #1. Her 1990 self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and spawned an extraordinary four consecutive #1 singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry," and led to Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist. Her 1993 album titled Music Box went ten-times platinum. On September 30, 1995, she made music history. Her single "Fantasy" from her 1995 Daydream album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to accomplish a number one debut in the U.S. Her other Daydream's single "One Sweet Day" remained for 16 weeks at the top of the charts. She is the only artist since The Beatles to have so many #1 singles and albums. With "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album Rainbow and also her 14 #1 single, she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s, and with "Heartbreaker" at its 60th week atop the Billboard's charts, she pushed ahead of The Beatles's 59-week record as the only artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart.

Following "Heartbreaker," her second single "Thank God I Found You" also from her Rainbow album became her 15th #1. "We Belong Together" from her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi became her 16th #1 single and was also her first #1 without any guest artists since her song "My All" (also a #1 single) captured the top spot in May 1998. The single "Don't Forget About Us" also from her 2005 album Emancipation of Mimi became her 17th #1 single, tying her with Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Three more Grammy Awards were gained from The Emancipation of Mimi album. She is the most successful selling female artist in music history and is the only female artist to have the most #1 singles and albums and also holds the record for straight #1 singles and albums each year. Along with numerous awards and incredible vocal range, she also composes all of her own material, with the exception of song covers.

In April 2008, the single "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1 single, pushing her ahead of Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. Now she is the only artist since The Beatles to have as many number one singles and the only singer alive likely to succeed them.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Randie

Nick Cannon (30 April 2008 - 2 November 2016) divorced 2 children Twins M1. Moroccan (30 April 2011) F2. Monroe (30 April 2011)

Tommy Mottola (5 June 1993 - 5 March 1998) divorced

Luis Miguel from 1998 to 2001

Labels her albums, videos, photographs, and clothing with butterflies

Spectacular vocal range spanning five octaves

Husky speaking voice contrasting her light, airy singing vocals

Curvaceous, buxom figure

Beauty mark below her mouth

Exponent of the "melisma" style of vocal articulation where several different notes are often sung over the length of a word or syllable

Often wears glamorous gowns, tight mini-dresses, short skirts, and heels at public events.

Often sings with customized sequin-encrusted microphones in her performances.

Bought Marilyn Monroe's white lacquered baby grand piano at auction in October 1999 for $600,000 plus commission.

Got her name from the song "They Call the Wind Maria" (spelled 'Maria' without the H, but pronounced 'Mariah'). The popular Lerner & Loewe musical Paint Your Wagon (1969), starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, which was enjoying a great deal of success after its release in 1969, and the song containing Mariah's name, was a favorite of mother Patricia.

Worked a variety of odd jobs to support herself, including hat/coat-checker, hostess, hair sweeper in hair salons, and waitress. She stated that she got fired from all her jobs because of her attitude and was concentrating of becoming a backing singer and mixing demos.

Attended Oldfield Middle School and Harborfield High School.

Her paternal grandfather, Frank Carey (born: Francisco Núñez) was a Venzuelean immigrant and her paternal grandmother, Addie Cole was African-American. Her mother, who is Caucasian, is of Irish descent.

Honored by the Congressional Award in Washington, D.C. with the 1999 Horizon Award. The Horizon Award is a special recognition from the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors. The Horizon Award is presented to individuals from the private sectors who have contributed to expanding opportunities for all Americans through their own personal contributions, and who have set exceptional examples for young people through their successes in life.

Is the only female artist (and second artist or group ever) to have 18 #1 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.

1990: Made her singing debut at age 20.

Had the nickname "Mirage" in high school, because she never showed up for class.

(July 25, 2001) According to her spokesperson, Mariah suffered a physical and emotional breakdown, and spent the next couple weeks recovering in a Connecticut mental hospital.

Appeared on the benefit concert "A Tribute to Heroes" and sang the song "Hero" in dedication to the families, friends, victims and heroes of the World Trade Center tragedy. [September 2001]

2001: Signed an $80 million deal with Virgin Records for her next four albums.

Founder of Camp Mariah, a serene escape located in Fishkill, New York for inner-city youth to embrace the arts, introduce career opportunities, and build self-esteem.

Named one of People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001".

(January 26, 2002) Virgin Records bought out her $80 million contract for $28 million. The primary reason being the failure of her Glitter (2001) album and film.

Single "One Sweet Day" holds the record for the single staying most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (a record 16 weeks).

With 18 #1 hits, she is in second place among all artists with the most No. 1 hits in music history, with The Beatles remaining in first place with 20 #1 hits. She surpassed Elvis Presley's 17 #1 hits with "Touch My Body" as her 18th #1.

Owns a three-floor apartment in New York City.

Signed a three-album deal with Island/Def Jam records for a reported $21-24 million. She had already started work on a new album, which had no release date at that point. Meanwhile, WiseGirls (2002), her movie with Mira Sorvino, premiered on HBO in the fall of 2002. [May 2002]

Ranked #36 in the American edition of FHM magazine's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll.

Her seventh studio album, titled "Charmbracelet", was released on December 3, 2002, a week earlier than originally planned.

Is the most successful female singer-songwriter of all time, with 17 #1 hits and more than 160 million records sold worldwide.

Her paternal grandfather, Francisco Núñez, changed his last name to Carey after moving to New York City from Venezuela; he hoped a British Isles surname would help him make a good life in the United States. He took the last name Carey from his biological father. Francisco's mother, Margarita Núñez was with a man who's last name was Carey, but they were not married.

Used to be a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr.

The first single from the Glitter (2001) soundtrack, "Loverboy", was the #1 bestselling single in the year 2001.

Has worked with an extensive amount of musicians, including: Brian McKnight, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Cam'ron, Carole King, Céline Dion, Michael Jackson, 98 Degrees, Joe, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain and many, many more.

She has twice recorded Phil Collins' song "Against All Odds", initially on her album "Rainbow" and then a collaboration with Westlife hit number one in the United Kingdom in 2000.

Mariah's mother, Patricia Hickey, is a former mezzo-soprano New York City opera singer and a freelance vocal coach. Patricia was also Mariah's vocal coach. Mariah's father, Alfred Roy Carey, was an aeronautical engineer.

Her highest note thus far was a G#7 (a few keys from the top of a piano) hit during two live performances of "Emotions" in 1991. Also, she has hit an A2 in her 1998 hit "My All", verifying her five-octave range. Also, celebrity vocal coach Mark Baxter says that he has heard Mariah sing past the top note on the piano.

Her siblings are Alison and Morgan, and are significantly older by eight years.

Mariah writes and co-writes as well as produces and co-produces her own songs, including all of her number one hits (with the exception of her cover of "I'll Be There").

Her wedding to Tommy Mottola was modeled after the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Her excuse for using the royal wedding as basis for her own was that she never really had much interest in weddings as a girl, and she wanted to know what such a gala affair should be like. Even the tiara she wore, a family heirloom, was redesigned to look like Princess Diana's. Her wedding dress was an ivory-silk duchess satin gown designed by Vera Wang, with a 8.25 m (27') train and matching satin pumps. The whole affair cost almost $US0.5M, not including the 1893 sixpence Mariah put in one of her shoes for luck.

With "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album "Rainbow", she became the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s.

Made music history when "Fantasy" (from her 1995 album "Daydream") became a #1. With "Fantasy", she became the first female artist to debut at #1 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100s. "Heartbreaker", the first single from her 1999 album "Rainbow" became her 14th #1 single, and with "Heartbreaker" it marked Mariah's 60th week atop the charts, which broke a long-standing 59-week record established by The Beatles as the artist with the most weeks at #1 in the 41-year history of the Billboard's Hot 100. "Thank God I Found You" also from the "Rainbow" album, was her 15 #1. "We Belong Together" from her 2005 album "The Emancipation of Mimi" became her 16th #1 single, is also Hot 100's Greatest Airplay Gainer, and moved to #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart to become her ninth #1 chart topper there. It is also her first #1 without any guest artists since her song "My All" captured the top spot in May 1998. "Don't Forget About Us" became her 17th #1 single, tying her with Elvis Presley's 17 #1 singles. She beat Presley's record with "Touch My Body" as her 18th #1 single.

Some of her prestigious awards include five Grammy Awards, numerous Grammy nominations, numerous Radio Music Awards, many American Music Awards, Billboard's "Artist of the Decade" Award and the World Music Award for "World's Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium" to name a few.

Her mother Patricia discovered Mariah's talent in 1972 while rehearsing at home for her New York City Opera debut as Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto". Patricia said, "From the time Mariah was a tiny girl. she sang on true pitch; she was able to hear sound and duplicate it exactly. I missed my cue, but Mariah didn't. She sang it - in Italian - at exactly the right point. She wasn't even yet 3." From then on, Patricia began coaching Mariah.

Some of her albums feature the serif typeface friz quadrata.

Ranked #17 in the 2000 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Ranked #99 in the 2001 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Ranked #47 in Ask men's top 99 "most desirable" women of 2001.

Some of her musical influences include Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Minnie Riperton and Stevie Wonder.

"The Emancipation of Mimi", named the biggest-selling album of 2005, generated an all-time career-high eight Grammy nominations for Mariah. The album includes her 16th and 17th #1 career singles, "We Belong Together" and "Don't Forget About Us", respectively - which tied one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. She passed Presley with her 18th #1 single, "Touch My Body". Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to match or surpass The Beatles' all-time high 20 #1 hits.

For the first time in history, a non current song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994) reached the #1 spot in the Digital Songs and Tracks the week of December 22, 2005.

Was among the guests at Usher Raymond's 26th birthday party.

Her godmother is Patti LaBelle.

Named #15 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

Her longest note is in her song "Lead the Way", where she holds a note for about 21 seconds long. In full-voice (no Whistle), she can sing up to G6, as in the song "You're So Cold" where she ad-libs down to F2 (two notes lower than the A2 in "My All") and back up to F6, seconds later, she hits F7# in the Whistle register.

Studied over 500 hours of beauty school and hair salon prior to becoming a singer.

Named #28 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Gave acclaimed performances at State Kremlin Palace, Moscow and in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2003.

The first presents that Mariah indulged herself, were a Ford Mustang convertible and an apartment with a stunning view in New York's Upper East Side on the 21st floor of a high-rise building. She decorated it with her idol's posters (Marilyn Monroe) and lived there with her two cats Ninja and Thompkins.

Used to be a vegetarian but stopped for ex-husband Tommy Mottola.

Ranked #19 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

According to some reports, she insured her body for $10M during the shooting of Glitter (2001).

Is mentioned in the Vanessa Hudgens song "Promise", and the Freeway song "Flipside".

2001: Had a breakdown with the press, grabbed an interviewer's tape recorder and spoke directly to her fans: "I want them to know that this is a freaking, complete clown-fest".

Is the only act to have had a number one single in the United States every year of the 1990s.

The Guinness Book of World Records awarded her the record for the highest note hit by a human, after she hit the G7# note during a live performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner". She also held the record for possessing the largest vocal range A2-G7#. [March 2003]

1998: Toured Australia and said the highlight of her trip was swimming with dolphins.

Her official website features "Mariahisms", her favorite sayings, including "Lamb", "Bing bong" and "Okie dokie smokey".

Admires Marilyn Monroe.

Named "America's Most Misunderstood Black Woman", by Essence magazine.

In the mid 1990s, she thanked her mother by buying her a house. She gathered her mother's possessions and put them in the new house, as well as framing photos and putting them on the wall. Then she pretended they were just looking at the house. Mariah says: "It was the most incredible thing I've ever been able to do.".

Wanted to be a genie when she was a kid.

154,000 copies of her album, "E=MC2", were sold on its first day of release. [April 2008]

Merited a place in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" (Artists & Entertainers section) with a tribute written by Stevie Wonder (Issue May 12, 2008).

Ranked #71 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.

Has a dog named JJ.

Her publicist is Cindi Berger.

Was one month pregnant with her twins Monroe and Moroccan when she completed performing on "The Angels Advocate Tour".

Was originally cast as Tangie Adrose/Orange in For Colored Girls (2010), but after dropping out due to medical reasons she was replaced by Thandie Newton.

Founded Crave Records (1997-1998).

Her legs are insured for $1 billion.

According to several interviews with Mariah Carey, her birth certificate, and her twins' birth certificates, Mariah has no middle name. Mariah said in a CNN interview (04/30/2005), her mother did not give her a middle name because she felt the full name "Mariah Carey" can be her "stage name". Mariah's daughter, Monroe Cannon, also does not have a middle name because Mariah herself does not have one.

Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her twins Monroe and Moroccan to begin recording her 14th studio album.

(April 30, 2008) Married for the second time her boyfriend of a month Nick Cannon following a 5-day-long engagement.

2009: Debut of her perfume "Luscious Pink".

Is a staunch liberal Democrat.

Separated from her second husband of 6 years Nick Cannon. [May 2014]

Has 2 children: daughter, Monroe Cannon & son, Moroccan Cannon (b. April 30, 2011) with ex-husband, Nick Cannon.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 5, 2015.

In a relationship with Australian billionaire James Packer, as of the middle of 2015.

Her new property, with James Packer, is on 1 acre, took 5 years to build and was reportedly, never put up for sale.

Mariah and billionaire James Packer announced their engagement on Thursday, 23rd January, 2016, after the businessman popped the question in Carey's hometown, with a diamond ring which weighs in at around 35 carats.

When they got engaged, both Carey and James Packer were still legally married; Mariah to Nick Cannon, James to Erica Packer.

Moved in with fiance James Packer in November 2015.

Mariah and fiancé James Packer have split up [October 2016].

Good friends with Lee Daniels, Da Brat, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Snoop Dogg, Raymond Usher, Beyoncé, Will Smith, Jay-Z, and Alicia Keys.

Her manager is Stella Bulochnikov.

Her song "100% was used as one of the theme songs for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

She will be portrayed as a child by actress Breanna Yde in "Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You".

Blender Magazine's 50 Craziest Pop Stars Ever [April 2004] (Ranked: 43).

Blender Magazine's Covers (Ranked: 34).

AskMen's 50 Most Beautiful Women (Ranked: 47).

Blender Magazine's Hero of the Year Poll (Ranked: 3).

Blender Magazine's 25 Worst Rock-Star Actors of All Time [January/February 2005] (Ranked: 3).

"E=MC2" was featured in Blender Magazine's Top 33 Albums (Ranked: 27).

Blender Magazine's 30 Greatest Teen Moments in Rock & Roll History [October 2004] (Ranked: 23).

Blender Magazine's 50 Sexiest Artists of All Time (Ranked: 6).

Featured in Australian Who Weekly's 25 Most Intriguing People .

Blender Magazine's the Rock Goddess 50 (Ranked: 16).

Best Female Singer of the Century (Ranked: 9).

AOL's Top 10 Song Searches [Performer - 2005] (Ranked: 1).

Blender Magazine's 22 Greatest Voices [MTV2] (Ranked: 1).

Access Hollywood's 5 Worst Dressed (Ranked: 4).

Blender Magazine's 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances [December 2005] (Ranked: 33).

All Shades of Fine - 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years [BET - October 2005] (Ranked: 6).

AskMen's Top 10 Complete Celebrity Meltdowns (Ranked: 8).

AOL's Top 10 Musician Searches (Ranked: 4).

BGM's Most Over Exposed Celebrities (Ranked: 21).

11th Annual Junior Cotillions' Ten Best Mannered People (Ranked: 7).

FHM-Denmark's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 66).

E!'s 25 Most Sensational Celebrity Meltdowns (Ranked: 17).

Blender Magazine's 100 Best Songs of 2005 [Performers] (Ranked: 15).

FHM-Denmark's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 79).

FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 41).

FHM-Denmark's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 28).

FHM-France's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 99).

FHM-Australia's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 45).

"The Emancipation of Mimi" was featured in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Albums [1983-2008] (Ranked: 21).

FHM-Australia's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 80).

FHM-France's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 70).

FHM-Australia's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 42).

FHM-France's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 32).

Blender Magazine's 100 Best Songs of 2005 [Performers] (Ranked: 38).

Collector's Guide to Celebrity Autographs 10 Worst Autograph Signers (Ranked: 5).

Dateline NBC's Top 10 Celebrity Meltdowns [May 2008] (Ranked: 10).

FHM-France's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 59).

FHM-Denmark's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 9).

Started beauty school in the 11th grade, but had dropped out a year later.

Does not like to wear mascara.

Does all her own stunts in videos, including the Jet Ski scenes and the fight scenes.

FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 59).

FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 80).

Likes to swim in her evening gowns and heels.

Does not observe birthdays. Prefers to call them "anniversaries" instead.

Never wears a watch.

FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 50).

Can whistle with her hands.

Has an extreme aversion to overhead lighting, and has claim that elevator lighting is toxic.

Can do many impersonations with the various octaves of her voice.

Is addicted to Scandal (2012), How to Get Away with Murder (2014), and Veep (2012).

Is a very sloppy neat freak.

Her favorite things are vintage chandeliers and sconces. She has them everywhere decorating in her Tribeca penthouse apartment.

Used to smoke frequently when she was 12 to 18. She gave up smoking once her singing career began to flourish, and now detests cigarette smoke.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is her favorite ride at Disney World.

Once dyed her hair orange by accident in the seventh grade.

FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 23).

E!'s 7 Sexy Women who Scare Us (Ranked: 2).

FHM-Portugal's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 29).

FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 71).

FHM-Turkey's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 55).

FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 21).

From 1996-2005, she was featured in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women.

From 2001-2004, she was featured in FHM-Netherlands' 100 Sexiest Women.

FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 17).

FHM-Romania's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 54).

FHM-Philippines' 100 Sexiest Woman (Ranked: 47).

FHM-Spain's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 52).

FHM-Portugal's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 60).

FHM-South Africa's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 30).

From 2000-2007, she ranked within the FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women.

FHM-Philippines' 100 Sexiest Woman (Ranked: 24).

FHM-Spain's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 99).

FHM-Romania's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 40).

FHM-Singapore's 100 Sexiest Woman (Ranked: 28).

FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 15).

FHM-South Africa's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 77).

FHM-South Africa's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 65).

In Touch's Owners of the 10 Most Famous Dogs in Hollywood [December 3, 2007] (Ranked: 3).

Glamour's 50 Best Dressed Women in the World (Ranked: 48).

Google's Top 10 Women Searches (Ranked: 10).

I-Tunes 100 Most Download Songs by Artist (Ranked: 51).

Loaded 100 Peachiest Celebrity Chests (Ranked: 90).

Hollywood Exclusive's Tackiest People (Ranked: 6).

In Touch Weekly's 10 Best Cleavages in Hollywood (Ranked: 8).

Glamour Women of the Year - 9th Annual .

FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 27).

Green Daily's 3 Least Green Celebrities (Ranked: 1).

FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 28).

Forbes' 20 Richest Women in Entertainment (Ranked: 6).

In Style Sexiest Females in Music [August 29, 1999] (Ranked: 4).

Live Search/MSN's Top 10 Celebrity Image Searches (Ranked: 1).

FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 27).

Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking (Ranked: 7).

FHM-US's Cover Girls (Ranked: 56).

Forbes Top 10 Richest Female Singers [June 2006-June 2007] (Ranked: 10).

FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 27).

In Touch Weekly's 50 Most Fascinating Stars (Ranked: 48).

Featured in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2008 [May 2008].

McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities Online (Ranked: 5).

Rap-Up 50 Sexiest Women in Rap and R&B (Ranked: 4).

"The Emancipation of Mimi" was included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2005 (Ranked: 43) and in Slant's Top 10 Albums (Ranked: 9).

Spike/TNN 100 Most Irresistible Women (Ranked: 84).

Q Magazine's 100 Women Who Rock the World (Ranked: 46).

Playboy's 25 Sexiest Stars of 2005 [March 2006].

Featured in VH-1's Greatest Songs of the 90's (Ranked: 14), VH-1's Top 40 Music Video Performers (Ranked: 1), VH-1's Top 40 Music Video Performers (Ranked: 20), VH-1's Top 40 Music Video Performers (Ranked: 30), VH-1-UK's Nation's 20 Favorite Christmas Songs (Ranked: 6), and VIP-Brazil's 100 Sexiest Women of the World (Ranked: 94).

Featured in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 32), Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 22), Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 71), and Maxim's Cover Girls (Ranked: 69).

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of the Rock Era (Ranked: 79).

Featured in Lycos' Top 10 Female Searches (Ranked: 9), Lycos' Top 10 Female Searches (Ranked: 9), Lycos' Top 10 Female Searches (Ranked: 13), and Lycos' Top 30 Female Searches (Ranked: 14).

Featured in MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Divine Divas (Ranked: 2), MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Women Who Work the Video (Ranked: 9), MuchMusic 20 Best of the Worst Videos (Ranked: 8), MuchMusic's 20 Most Wanted Hottest Girls (Ranked: 18), and MuchMusic's 20 Most Wanted Hottest Girls (Ranked: 13), and MuchMusic's 50 Sexiest Videos (Ranked: 45).

MyBrotha's 50 Hottest Sistas (Ranked: 9).

Moviefone's Top 10 Movie Entertainers (Ranked: 8).

Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 65).

Featured in Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed (Ranked: 6), Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed (Ranked: 9), Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed (Ranked: 5), and Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed (Ranked: 5).

Listed in People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1991, 2001], People Magazine's Worst Dressed [1999, 2003, 2004, 2008], and People Magazine's Worst Dressed of All Time [September 18, 2000].

Featured in VH-1's Top 40 Music Video Performers (Ranked: 23), VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists (Ranked: 94), VH-1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons [101-200] (Ranked: 177), and VH-1's 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era (Ranked: 5).

[Madison Square Garden, 1995] This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

[taking a swipe at her critics at the 1999 Billboard Music awards] Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumors, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. We've come a long way and I feel like I'm just getting started. Because as an artist, and most importantly as a person, I am genuinely happy to finally be free to be who I am. Thank you.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel . . . hopefully it's not a freight train!

Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and hopefully bring some enjoyment to other people through what I do is an incrediable feeling and I am just really thankful for it

[on the importance of her music] One person could say, "'Hero' is a schmaltzy piece of garbage', but another person can write me a letter and say, "I've considered committing suicide every day of my life for the last ten years until I heard that song and I realized after all I can be my own hero". And that, that's an unexplainable feeling, like I've done something with my life, ya know?

[interview in Hip Hop Magazine] A lot of the time they [the media] form the idea in listeners' minds. Calling me a "pop diva" without listening to my work so when I come out with an urban song it's like, "Pop diva goes black". I mean, puh-lease.

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

I'm not vain, I'm insecure.

I decided to make my own ski-wear range after I found there were no fashion outfits for me to wear on the piste.

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.

I prayed very hard for this to happen and it happened. I don't even think about what I've achieved, I haven't focused on it and I wish I had, because I really want to enjoy it, and I don't know if I am enjoying it, because I am going through my life like a bulldozer. I still haven't marveled at it. I don't mind being compared to [Whitney Houston], there are people miles worse to be compared to, but if you really listen there's a difference.

People all of a sudden just see me and hear me having hit records and it seems to have come out of the blue. But really I have been working towards this my whole life, and this is what I say when people say I haven't paid my dues.

What I write is all from my imagination. Fact is, I haven't had time to experience all that, but that doesn't mean to say that I don't write from the heart, because I do. I put myself in other women's shoes, I can feel their pain and joy when I think about it. It's all the same, we're all women.

There's never been anything else in my life that inspired me at all. It's crazy, but I've always loved music and I've always known this was what I wanted to do. I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a singer.

Someone said I never paid any dues. I feel my whole life was struggling, because we were poor. We were alone, we had nothing--no security. I feel I have paid my dues. I've been paying my dues all my life.

[on her parents' divorce] They went through some very hard times before I was born. They had their dogs poisoned, their cars set on fire and blown up. It put a strain on their relationship that never quit. There was always this tension. They just fought all the time.

I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother is Irish. But people don't understand. They can't fathom that I'm African-American, Venezuelan and Irish.

And maybe there are some people out there who think a quarter Venezuelan is not a lot . . . Well, I may be only one quarter, but it's a strong quarter.

There was a time when all I was allowed to do was go to gay clubs, because my quote-unquote husband was so afraid of me being around straight people.

[on her glamor influences] Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress--I liked their little ensembles . . . You've got to throw Farrah Fawcett in there, too. I had the Farrah doll. She was my little style inspiration.

[on her height] I don't know why, but everybody thinks that I'm short. When they see me for the first time, women are always surprised to be obliged to raise their head.

I rarely go to bed before 5 or 6 am. I am a girl of the night. I hate getting up before 2 pm. And when I get up, I don't have breakfast, just a slice of pizza. I'm composing my songs in bed, because I'm getting inspired when I'm about to sink into sleep. The night inspires me.

I'd humbly like to become an inspiration to the biracial kids, who are the population of the new millennium. I'm everything and nothing at the same time: white, black and Latino. If I've managed to be accepted, the others can do it, too.

I can remember when I told myself for the first time, "I'm going to be rich and famous". I was about 5 or 6. I was in my mother's car, an old green dirty car. My sister was there, too. She was humming; she was about 15, she had just gotten married because she was pregnant. We were on a supermarket parking lot, and I was looking at the wealthy people through the window; I told myself, "I am going to be a star and I'll buy all these things for us".

I was the world's worst waitress.

[on not wanting to have kids] I would feel violated . . . I know that's a kind of weird thing to say, but that's how I am . . . It's hard to have kids in this world. I don't think I could properly educate a child right now. Maybe in the future, but I actually haven't thought about it. For now I enjoy my dog Jack's company. It's definitely because of childhood traumatic stuff. The whole not wanting to have a baby as a baby.

George Michael, you were such an inspiration. I'm honored to have not only been your fan, but a friend as well. Rest in peace.

It's true. The two lowest octaves are probably there because of the smoking. But of course it's not good to smoke. I always had a cold and constant throatache. One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.

If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you're gonna make it happen.

[TRL appearance, 2001] I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

[L.A. Times, November 1993] It's not easy that everything you do, everybody has to come in and critique it and give their opinion. Sometimes it does help me and sometimes it hurts me as a person. That's life. I have feelings.

Salary (1) American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002) $17,000,000 (2012)