Mariah is People News' "Diva of the Day"
"Mariah time" was the phrase coined by the people of five-octave diva Mariah Carey to describe her downtime - and she needs it. Best-selling female artist of the 1990s, the high-maintenance singer has a history of tantrums and demands. She refers to her fans as "lambs" and truly believes: "Butterflies are always following me, wherever I go." Similarly to fellow diva Celine, she married a man two decades her senior: Sony head Tommy Mottola, but they split up in 1997.
The new millennium brought a breakdown, rumoured suicide bid and an affair with Eminem, which ended in him recording songs using the garbled messages she left on his answerphone, and she recording "Clown" in his honour. She signed a $100 million deal with Virgin, who dumped her after critics panned her vanity project Glitter, an ill-advised semi-autobiographical film in which Mariah plays a talented and beautiful aspiring singer. Nicknamed "Mirage" at school because she turned up so rarely, she has racked up more number ones than any artist except Elvis and The Beatles. (People News) Many thanks to Mariah-Carey.org.
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