Bibliograph

Mariah Carey, the unauthorized biography, Marc Shapiro

Type

Label

Mariah Carey, the unauthorized biography, Marc Shapiro

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167), discography (pages 153-156) and filmography (pages 157-160)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Trade, ECW Press

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mariah Carey

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

filmographiesbibliographydiscographiesdictionaries

Responsibility statement

Marc Shapiro

Sub title

the unauthorized biography

Summary

Annotation, Mariah Carey grew up in a broken home, poor and with no friends. Singing was her salvation. One day, at a music industry party, a musician slipped executive Tommy Mottola a demo tape of Carey. Bored, he played it on his way home in the limo. Mottola knew right away he was listening to gold, and he went back to look for Carey. But just like in the Cinderella story, she had already left. Mottola followed the tracks of Carey's slipper and in 1990, at the age of 21, she achieved instant stardom. Her debut album sold more than seven million copies in the U.S. And she got to marry Mottola, her Prince Charming. Marc Shapiro's new biography charts this Cinderella story in which Carey becomes the biggest selling recording artist of the 1990s, the only musical artist to earn a #1 single every year of that decade. Shapiro's new book also includes coverage of Carey's recent break-up with Mottola, in which it was revealed that he abused her and kept her prisoner in their mansion, as well as her bizarre behavior at live shows like her fondness for the striptease

Table Of Contents

Welcome to the world -- High school, my school -- In the city -- First time's the charm -- Second that emotion -- All work and all play -- Star-spangled road stories -- Trouble in paradise -- The big break -- Happily-- -- Ever after -- Into the future

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