Mariah Carey from the song "They Call the Wind Maria", originally from the 1951 Broadway musical "Paint Your Wagon." When Carey was three, her parents divorced. After their separation, Alison moved in with her father, while the other two children, Mariah and brother Morgan, remained with their mother. Carey would grow apart from her father, and would later stop seeing him altogether. By the age of four, Carey recalled that she had begun to sneak the radio under her covers at night, and just sing and try to find peace within the music. During elementary school, she excelled in subjects that she
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse and cover of the patriotic song "America the Beautiful" for the Japanese CD edition of the album. Consisting of fifteen songs and four deluxe songs "Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse" is an R&B album with a diverse musical style that incorporates hip hop, hip hop soul, soul and elements of disco and gospel. Mike Wass of Idolator described the album as being a concept album that journeys through the eras of R&B, from Motown to the '90s, disco and early hip-hop. Writing for "The Boston Globe", Sarah Rodman said ""Me. I Am Mariah"... offers up rhythmic hip-hop pop,