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‘I Didn’t Know I Could
Mariah tied with Elvis with 17 No. 1 singles!
Will her latest album, E=MC2, take her past the Beatles?
Privacy—or the lack thereof—being what it is for Mariah Carey, we are conducting an interview in the backseat of her car.
As you might imagine, this is not just any automobile. This is a $400,000 Maybach Touring Sedan—long and sleek, with deeply tinted windows mirrored on the outside. Passersby who gawk see only themselves. When you live in a fishbowl, it’s nice to be able to turn the tables now and then.
Aspiring pop divas, take note: It’s lonely at the top, but not lonely enough.
It’s a quarter after 12 on a cold night in New York City, and Carey—one of the best-selling recording artists of all time—is about to go into a studio to put the finishing touches on her latest album, E=MC2. We’re the only ones in the car, both Carey’s chauffeur and her boyfriend, record producer Mark Sudack, having obligingly vanished.
“Not to give a woe-is-me moment,” the 38-year-old singer/songwriter says, “but it’s not as easy as everybody thinks to have this kind of life. Even sitting here talking to you, I feel like there should be a bit of intimacy, and when there is always somebody else around, it’s tough.”
There’s a brief silence. It’s so cozy and quiet that I feel an overwhelming temptation to pop the big question.
“Are you a diva?” I ask.
Carey rolls her eyes. “They throw that word around like it’s a friggin’ Frisbee!” she says.
“I grew up hearing it, because my mother is an opera singer,” Carey tells me. “The actual definition is ‘a talented female singer.’ Definition two is ‘a difficult woman who is successful,’ I believe. So I take it as a compliment.”

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