Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is considered to be one of the greatest singers of all time due to her five-octave vocal range, singing style, and signature use of the whistle register. Ever since she broke out of the music scene from the late 80s to the early 90s, Mariah Carey has established herself as a staple name in the industry. She is also referred to as the “Songbird Supreme” and the “Queen of Christmas” because of her songs that are usually played throughout the holiday season. In this article, however, we will be talking about Mariah Carey’s net worth in 2022.

Net Worth$320 million
Age53
SalaryUnknown
SponsorsIntel, Pepsi, Motorola, Elizabeth Arden, Jenny Craig, Walkers Crisps, Amazon, Swarovski, McDonald’s, AT&T
ProfessionSinger, Songwriter, Actress, Record Producer

Mariah Carey’s net worth in 2022 (estimate): $320 million

Mariah Carey's 2022 Net Worth, Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey’s net worth in 2022 is estimated to be $320 million. This is agreed upon by multiple reputable sources such as Celebrity Net Worth.

Before we take a look at her career and the empire that she built throughout the years, let us learn more about where it all started for the Songbird Supreme.

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1969, in Huntington, New York, to parents Patrick Hickey and Alfred Roy Carey. Her mother was a former opera singer and vocal coach, Her father, on the other hand, was an aeronautical engineer. Mariah is of Irish, African-American, and Venezuelan-American descent. She is also the youngest of three children. Her name, Mariah, was derived from the song They Call the Wind Maria, from the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon.

She did not have an easy childhood growing up as her mother was disowned by her family because she married an African-American. That prevented their family from getting along with the community. It got to the point that their neighbors poisoned their dog and set their car on fire. Afterward, their parents divorced and her older sister moved in with her father while Mariah and her older brother went with their mother.

Mariah Carey began singing at the age of three wherein she began imitating her mother’s rendition of Verdi’s opera Rigoletto in Italian. When she was in elementary school, she succeeded in music and literature. She then began writing poetry and lyrics while she was in high school at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York.

She began vocal training with her mother. And, despite being an opera singer, she never pressured Mariah to pursue a career in classical opera. She was also often absent during her high school years because she worked as a demo singer. Because of this, her schoolmates gave her the nickname “Mirage”.

Her work as a demo singer in the Long Island music scene gave her opportunities to work with various musicians such as Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies. She also landed a gig as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr.

During a CBS record executives’ gala in December 1988, Mariah Carey handed her demo tape to the head of Colombia Records, Tommy Mottola. While listening to the tape on the way home, he immediately requested his driver to go back to the event, but Carey had already left.

When she got a hold of her after two weeks of looking, Mottola signed Mariah Carey and they marketed her as the top artist of Colombia Records, competing with the likes of Arista’s Whitney Houston and Sire Records’ Madonna.

On June 5, 1990, Mariah Carey made her first public appearance during the 1990 NBA Finals at The Palace of Auburn Hills where she performed America the Beautiful. She then featured her signature whistle note towards the end of the song, and CBS sports anchor Pat O’Brien claimed that “The Palace now has a queen”.

Her debut studio album titled “Mariah Carey” topped the Billboard 200 for eleven weeks. She also won the award for Best New Artist and the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her song Vision of Love, during the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. Her album became the best-selling album in the United States in 1991 and it sold a total of 15 million copies worldwide.

Mariah Carey’s 2nd studio album, Emotions, sold 8 million copies around the globe but failed to match the success of the 1st album. For the promotion of her 3rd album, Music Box, she went on her debut tour — a six-date concert series.

Merry Christmas, her 4th album, became the best-selling Christmas album of all time with over 15 million copies sold worldwide. This propelled her to be a staple name during the holiday season, spearheaded by the lead single “All I Want for Christmas Is You”. The song also became the longest-running number one song on the Billboard Holiday 100 as it spent 44 weeks at the top.

In 2001, she received the Artist of the Decade Award and the World Music Award for Best-Selling Pop Female Artist of the Millennium by Billboard. She also parted ways with Colombia Records and signed a five-album deal with Virgin Records (EMI Records) worth $100 million. Obviously, this attributed to Mariah Carey’s net worth in 2022.

Unfortunately, in July 2001, she was hospitalized due to exhaustion and a physical and emotional breakdown. She was admitted for two weeks and was not seen by the public for an extended amount of time. Not long after her hospitalization, the remaining $80 million from her contract with Virgin Records was bought for $28 million.

After a long, successful career, it was announced in January 2020 that Mariah Carey will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 11, 2020. In the same year, she released her memoir titled “The Meaning of Mariah Carey”.

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The following year, during the Christmas season, her song All I Want for Christmas Is You reached 1 billion streams on the music streaming platform Spotify.

 

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All in all, Mariah Carey has produced a total of 15 studio albums and she has been part of at least 17 tours, 12 of which she was the headliner.

Throughout her career, she has won numerous awards and honors such as five Grammy Awards, nineteen World Music Awards, ten American Music Awards, and fifteen Billboard Music Awards. As of March 2022, the Recording Industry Association of America named Mariah Carey as the best-selling female albums artist. On top of that, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in August 2015.

Her legacy reaches wide and beyond the music industry. In fact, San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson admits that he is a big fan of the music superstar. The team also tried to sing her song “We Belong Together” in one of their 2021 Valentine’s Day videos.

It is no question that she will go down as one of the best singers in the history of the industry.

With all of that being said, were you surprised about Mariah Carey’s net worth in 2022?