Mariah Carey on Overcoming 'Traumatizing' Childhood and Mom's Haunting Jealousy

Mariah Carey released her first memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, to critical acclaim. The artist recounts details from her award-winning career, her tumultuous childhood in the '70s and '80s, and her experiences with racism within her family and the industry, as a biracial daughter of divorced parents.

Mariah Carey is continuing to dish on the good, the bad, and the ugly of her life.

new book makes it official: We are in the golden age of the celebrity memoir.“The Meaning of Mariah” — published Tuesday and already a critically acclaimed best seller — follows three recent, blockbuster confessionals by female superstars: “Inside Out,” by Demi Moore, “Open Book,”  by Jessica Simpson, and Michelle Obama’s “Becoming.”All four women have broken barriers. Carey holds multiple Guinness World Records, including the most No.

Mariah Carey is opening up like never before.

Mariah Carey has opened up about her complicated relationship with her mother, and how it still impacts her life and career.In a new interview with CBS This Morning, Carey, who is promoting her new memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, discussed her mother Patricia’s alleged jealousy over her career.Explaining that Patricia is a “very talented” Juilliard-trained opera singer, the 50-year-old told Gayle King: “I've always credited her with exposing me to music,” and encouraging Carey to say “when I

Mariah Carey. In her new memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the five-time Grammy winner pulls back the curtain on her life and career thus far, giving fans an unprecedented look at one of the most accomplished — and private — stars in music history.Carey divides the book into four parts: Wayward Child, Sing.

Mariah Carey is reflecting on the impact her mother had on her as a child. The 50-year-old singer has been busy in recent weeks promoting her new memoir "The Meaning of Mariah Carey," which drops tomorrow.

As Mariah Carey continues to promote her new tell-all memoir, we’re learning more about the painful truth behind The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

The Meaning of Mariah Carey will make its debut on September 29 — and fans are lining up to grab a copy of her life story. Mariah Carey will undoubtedly raise some eyebrows with never-before-told stories from her past about love, life, career and more. The music icon, 50, “wrote about everything that made her who she is, including her marriage to Tommy Mottola,” a source close to Mariah told HollywoodLife, exclusively about her first marriage in the early ’90s.