Artist Spotlight

1. Artist Spotlight By; Chapter 8 Group

2. Mariah Carey Born at March 27, 1970 (age 39) Born in Long Island, New York. Parents Patricia Hickey & Alfred Roy Carey. attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School.

3. Random Facts. • The only female US artist (and second artist or group ever) to have 18 #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. • Made her singing debut, age 20 • 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] • Named one of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001' • Owns a three-floor apartment in New York City • Voted in at #36 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition • Her paternal Venezuelan grandfather's name was Francisco Nuñez. He changed his last name Nuñez to Carey after moving to New York City; he hoped an American name would help him make a good life in the US. He took the name Carey from his biological father. Francisco's mother Margarita Nuñez was with a man named Carey, but they were not married

4. Owns a three-floor apartment in New York City • Voted in at #36 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition • Her paternal Venezuelan grandfather's name was Francisco Nuñez. He changed his last name Nuñez to Carey after moving to New York City; he hoped an American name would help him make a good life in the US. He took the name Carey from his biological father. Francisco's mother Margarita Nuñez was with a man named Carey, but they were not married