
The Mariah Carey album saw light in 1990 and made her a pop star in the USA. Having signed the contract with the label, Carey put her hand to writing the material for her debut. Mottola listened to the tape on his way home and was so impressed by it that he turned back and found Mariah. According to the legend, Starr gave Carey's demo to Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola during some party. She was lucky to become the backing vocalist of famous singer Brenda K. Carey headed to New York immediately after finishing the school.

The girl was often absent at the classes in the high school because of her work, and she was nicknamed Mirage for it. Since that time Patricia started teaching Mariah to sing. Once she sang an opera part and noticed that her little daughter was trying to imitate her. Mariah's mother had to work at several jobs to support the children. Mariah got Irish, African and Venezuelan roots from her parents, who divorced when she was only three.

Mariah Carey became the third child in the family of Patricia Hickey, former opera singer, and Alfred Roy Carey, aeronautical engineer.
