Mariah Carey Net Worth (Updated 2024)

Mariah Carey is a famous American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She became famous after her debut album “Mariah Carey” was released in 1990. She became the first artist to have her first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Mariah Carey net worth is $320 million dollars:

Mariah Carey Early Life

Carey was born to Patricia and Alfred Roy Carey on March 27, 1969, in Huntington, New York, US. Her name was taken from the song “They Call the Wind Maria” which was from the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon. Her mother is a former opera singer and vocal coach. By race, she is Irish.

Mariah’s father is an aeronautical engineer. He is of African-American and black Venezuelan-American lineage. Their last name Carey was adopted by her Venezuelan grandfather, Francisco Núñez, after he emigrated to New York. She has two older siblings. Her older sister’s name is Alison Carey and her older brother’s name is Morgan Carey.

Name	Mariah Carey.
Birth Date / Age	March 27, 1970 / 54 Years Old.
Birth Place	Huntington, New York, United States.
Source of Income	Music/Acting.
Height	5 feet 7 inches.
Net Worth	$320 million dollars.

Mariah’s maternal grandparents disowned her mother marrying a black man. From the beginning, her family had to face severe racial discrimination for being a black family. Even their neighbors poisoned the family dog and set fire to their car when they were living in Huntington.

When Mariah was very young, her parents got divorced. Her elder sister went to stay with her father, while she and her elder brother stayed with their mother. Her mother had to work several jobs to support them. Mariah graduated high school from Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York in 1987.

Mariah Carey Career

As Mariah’s mother was busy providing for her family and she had very little contact with her father, she had to spend most of her time in the home alone. So she used to sing a lot and many times tried to copy her mother’s take on Verdi’s opera Rigoletto in Italian.

When Mariah was in her years in elementary school, she excelled in the arts, such as music and literature. She started writing poetry and lyrics when she was in high school. As she was very interested in music, Patricia began coaching her in vocal training. But Patricia never forced her daughter to adopt classical opera as a career.

Mariah became a demo singer when she was in high school. She used to miss classes for that and classmates nicknamed her Mirage. She got the chance of working with Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies after working in the Long Island music scene.

After graduating, Mariah moved to New York to pursue her musical career. Mariah released her first studio album titled Mariah Carey in 1990. So far she has released 15 studio albums, 8 compilation albums, 4 EPs, 2 soundtrack albums, and 1 remix album. She debuted as an actress in 1999 in the movie titled The Bachelor.

Mariah Carey Net Worth

As of 2024, Mariah Carey net worth is estimated at $320 million dollars. Her earnings come from the music industry including album sales, live concerts, song streams, international tours, attending events, etc. She also earns from acting in movies. She makes more than 30 million dollars per year from these sources.

Mariah’s major income comes from album sales. Till now she has released 15 studio albums, 8 compilation albums, 4 EPs, 2 soundtrack albums, and 1 remix album and sold over 71 million albums in the United States. From album sales, she has managed to earn more than 55 million dollars.

Mariah also earns a huge amount of money from live concerts. She has toured seventeen times around the world till 2020 and performed in front of thousands of people. For every tour, she charges a million dollars excluding travel and expenses. Her other big income source is acting. She has earned millions working in movies. She is also a record producer and earns a decent amount of money from that.

Mariah owns a 4-acre property located in the suburb of Sandy Springs, just outside Atlanta’s Tony Buckhead neighborhood worth almost 6 million dollars. She owns many expensive cars like the Porsche Cayenne, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe, Maybach 62S, and Mercedes Benz SLK.

Mariah Carey Instagram And Twitter.

Mariah Carey has fans all over the world. So she has made herself available on every possible social media platform to interact with them. On her accounts, she is followed by millions of people. She has verified accounts on all social media platforms and tries to keep her fans updated about her whereabouts.

Mariah is available on Facebook with a verified page. It has over 24 million followers. It is her most followed account on the internet. She can be found on Instagram as well. Her Instagram account is verified with 11.3 million followers. She has a TikTok account with 7 million followers.

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Carey is also available on Twitter. She has a verified Twitter account where she tweets about her works and other stuff. 21.8 million People follow her on Twitter. She has a YouTube channel where she releases her songs. Carey’s YouTube channel has more than 9 million subscribers.

Mariah Carey Personal Life

Carey married twice. She dated Tommy Mottola at the beginning of her career and married him in New York City on June 5, 1993. They separated on May 30, 1997.

Later Mariah dated Luis Miguel from 1998 to 2001. She again got married to actor and comedian Nick Cannon on April 30, 2008, in the Bahamas. They have fraternal twins together, Moroccan and Monroe. They got divorced in 2016.

Mariah started dating Australian billionaire James Packer in 2015. They got engaged on January 21, 2016, and broke up in October. Then she dated American choreographer Bryan Tanaka.